Formula 1: Red Bull took everything

Formula 1: Red Bull took everything

With Verstappen got on the podium, the British Lewis Hamiltonwho aboard Mercedes was in second position, and the French charles leclercwhat with ferrari got third place.

In addition, the Mexican Sergio Perez (Red Bull) finished in fourth place, while George Russell (Mercedes) was fifth, Lando Norris (McLaren) finished sixth, Fernando Alonso (Alpine) was seventh, Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) was eighth, Kevin Magnussen (Haas) was ninth and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) closed out the top ten.

At the start of the race, Verstappen escaped, escorted by Lewis Hamilton and Lance Stroll he took the opportunity to jump into third place and with Vettel, passing five cars to be fifth behind Russell.

moments later Sergio Perez He managed to get fourth, while on lap 18 a mistake by Valtteri Bottas caused the appearance of the safety car and Leclerc took advantage of this to go through the pits to change the tires. They were ahead again Verstappen Y hamiltonthis time with the minimum difference for the relaunch.

Another big incident was between Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll when the Spaniard was trying to overtake him, the tires rubbed and the Alpine took flight, until it fell to the ground.

On lap 36 the complication came for Red Bull, with a bad stop for Verstappen, who lost 11 seconds and dropped to sixth place, behind Pérez, Vettel, Hamilton, Leclerc and Russell, but eleven 11 laps from the end, the Dutchman He was 2s5/10 behind Hamilton, the leader of the competition, and on lap 50, the two-time champion overtook the Mercedes driver, to recover and win the United States GP.

In the drivers’ championship, where the attraction now becomes the fight for second place, Leclerc has 267 points and Pérez is just two points behind, while Russell overtook Sainz due to his retirement and was fourth with 218, the Spanish fifth with 202 and Hamilton sixth with 198.

The next presentation will be next weekend, when the category will move to Hnos. Rodríguez in Mexico City for date 20.

Source: Ambito

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