Max Verstappen (Red Bull) resisted the unsuccessful comeback of the British Lando Norris (McLaren) and tasted the taste of victory again almost four months later by taking the race to the sprint of the United States GP, in which the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) brought out his rhythm and finished second.
The Madrid driver, who started fifth, outpaced his teammate, the Monegasque Charles Leclerc, and also the British George Russell (Mercedes), to take third place, although his pursuit of Norris was successful on the last lap , when he squeezed Norris so much that the British locked the front wheels in the first corner and gave second place to the Spanish.
The triple world champion thus surpassed Sainz by almost four seconds and took two vital points in the drivers’ World Championship from Norris, in a race in which the Mexican ‘Checo’ Pérez (Red Bull), who started eleventh, recovered two positions and finished ninth, the Argentine Franco Colapinto (Williams) finished twelfth and spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston MartÃn), eighteenth.
Although the Dutchman has not won on a Sunday since he did so on June 23 in Montmeló (Barcelona), Verstappen insists with his victory on his dominance in sprint races, in which he has accumulated four wins in as many races, and thus maintains that leadership of the drivers’ World Championship that Norris still does not come close to.
