Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has won the U.S. Grand Prix, with his teammate Carlos Sainz finishing in second place.
Meanwhile, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has extended his lead over Lando Norris in theto 57 points.
Leclerc’s victory marks his third of the season. McLaren maintained its lead in the Constructors Championship, 40 points ahead of Red Bull.
Leclerc wins US Grand Prix
Norris started the race in the pole position but was pushed wide on the first turn by Verstappen, which gave Leclerc, who started in P4, room to overtake on the inside and steal the lead.
For the remainder of the race, Leclerc was unchallenged. Sainz overtook Verstappen on Turn 12 to move into second place and leave Verstappen and Norris to fight it out for third and fourth. In the final stages, Norris received a five-second penalty for leaving the track in an attempt to overtake Verstappen.
In the Sprint Race earlier in the day, Verstappen won, with Sainz in second place.finished third and lost a crucial two points in the title race.
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Liam Lawson
Liam Lawson, the Kiwi driver who has replaced Daniel Ricciardo at Team RB, had a solid start in his new role. Lawson finished in ninth place, scoring two points. The 22-year-old’s efforts were especially impressive given he started in P20. Oscar Piastri, now the lone Australian in F1, finished in fifth place.
What they said
Leclerc said: “It hasn’t been an easy weekend, until now I have been struggling a bit with the feeling with the car but I had the confidence that in the race the feeling was better, and it was the case. We saw it yesterday in the Sprint race, we were a bit… not scared, but we thought the others would improve a lot more today but we still had the upper hand so really happy with today. A one-two for the team, we couldn’t have dreamed for better.”
What’s next
This week, the paddock travels to Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday 27 October (local time). The race will start at 7:00am AEDT on Monday.
