Charles Leclerc impressively received america Grand Prix in a surprisingly-dominant one-two for Ferrari as Lando Norris misplaced third place to title rival Max Verstappen after being penalised for a late overtake on his F1 title rival.
Whereas Ferrari overcame the championship’s prime two and front-row starters in a supreme present of pace as Leclerc led house team-mate Carlos Sainz, all eyes ended up nonetheless being on the title protagonists as they duelled over the ultimate podium berth in a gripping, tense and finally controversial conclusion to the race.
Having dropped from pole place to fourth, behind Verstappen, in a dismal begin to the race, Norris got here again at his title rival within the second stint after McLaren delayed his sole pit cease to make sure he had brisker tyres than the Pink Bull for the closing levels.
With Norris arriving behind his Pink Bull rival at a quick charge of knots, Verstappen initially defended beautifully as he knocked again Norris’ advances lap after lap.
Norris then finally overtook into Flip 12 with 4 laps to go however, as Verstappen resolutely held the within below braking, the McLaren ran vast off the observe earlier than sweeping again on and taking the place.
However after a number of laps of deliberation, stewards dominated that Norris had accomplished the transfer illegally and added 5 seconds to the Briton’s last race time. He crossed the road 4.1s forward of Verstappen, that means the Dutchman was promoted again into third as soon as the penalty was utilized.
The late change round means Verstappen, who received Saturday’s Dash, will increase his title lead over Norris to 57 factors with 5 race weekends left in 2024.
Behind the highest 4, Oscar Piastri took fifth within the second McLaren with George Russell impressively beating the second Pink Bull of Sergio Perez to sixth regardless of having began from the pit lane after which selecting up a five-second time penalty for an incident with Valtteri Bottas’ Sauber.
However it proved a fully depressing Sunday for Austin’s most profitable driver, Lewis Hamilton.
The seven-time champion’s race ended inside the primary three laps as he spun out and beached his Mercedes at Flip 19.
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Lewis Hamilton discovered himself within the gravel and out of the USA Grand Prix after spinning off on lap three.
After a storming begin noticed him acquire 5 locations from his Seventeenth-place grid spot, Hamilton became the right-hander as regular however the rear of his automotive didn’t go along with him and he slithered off the observe and into the gravel, the place his rear wheels obtained caught.
It was the identical nook the place Russell crashed on the finish of qualifying on Saturday in an incident which broken his automotive and triggered the pit-lane begin.
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