Verstappen and Norris are separated by 57 factors within the drivers’ championship desk after the race, with Leclerc third.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc claimed his third Components One race of the season by ending forward of teammate Carlos Sainz to win the US Grand Prix, whereas title rivals Lando Norris and Max Verstappen had been caught out. in a controversial ending.
Monaco native Leclerc helped Ferrari end the race one-two, whereas Spaniard Sainz positioned second, 8.562 seconds behind Leclerc’s profitable time of 1:35:09.639 in a memorable race on the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
“It wasn’t a straightforward weekend, however I used to be assured within the race,” Leclerc mentioned afterwards.
“We nonetheless had the benefit, we could not have dreamed of something higher.”
Leclerc additionally received the Monaco Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix this 12 months and is third within the drivers’ standings behind Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, who tangled late within the race in a sequence during which Norris obtained a considerable penalty.
Norris caught Verstappen and handed him for third place, however went off the monitor to take action. The following five-second penalty he obtained on the finish of the race pushed him behind Verstappen and again to fourth place.
“It is not a straightforward resolution, it will have come sooner,” Norris mentioned. “I attempted, he additionally went off the monitor. If he goes off the monitor, he is available in too exhausting and features a bonus. However I do not make the foundations.”
Ferrari ‘simply as aggressive’
Norris mentioned the race was “a deciding issue” for his title problem.
When requested by reporters how ‘killer’ it was for the championship, Norris replied: “Just about. It is an impulse killer.
“However we got here right here with an open thoughts, not anticipating to dominate or simply win or something like that. “The truth that Ferrari was so quick at the moment confirmed that they’re simply as aggressive,” he added.
“Even when I had gotten into flip one first, I’d by no means have completed first or second and will solely have completed third. However the one man I must beat is Max and that is the man I did not beat at the moment.
“General, it was not a profitable weekend. However we tried effectively. I attempted. “It wasn’t adequate and we’ve work to do and I’ve work to do myself.”
McLaren nonetheless leads Pink Bull within the constructors’ standings by 40 factors, however Ferrari is rising as a contender.
Norris wanted to beat Verstappen by greater than eight factors on common per race weekend to have an actual probability of changing into champion and the duty has solely develop into tougher with 5 rounds remaining.
Verstappen, the three-time reigning F1 champion from the Netherlands, stays on the high of the drivers’ standings, 57 factors away from Britain’s Norris, however his Grand Prix title drought has prolonged to 9 consecutive races. Verstappen received seven out of 10 in the beginning of the season.
British F1 icon Lewis Hamilton spun at Flip 19 and was the one driver to not full the race.
PILOT RATING (after 19/24 rounds)
Verstappen’s lead will increase to 57 factors #F1 #USGP pic.twitter.com/wVXySFRkrX
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