F1 United States GP: Max Verstappen resists early Lewis Hamilton charge to win sprint race
Hamilton overtook Ferrari’s Ch𒈔arles Leclerc at the start and stayed within touching distance of Verstappen during the opening stages, but the Red Bull driver pulled clear and eased to a comfortable victory by a mar꧅gin of nearly 10 seconds.
The newly-crown🦂ed three-time world champion led all 19 laps at the Circuit of the Americas on his way to picking up his third sprint victory out of the five to be staged in 2023.
After loဣsing out to Hamilton at Turn 1, Leclerc finished a distant third behind the seven-tꦿime world champion.
Mc༺Laren’s Lando Norris took fourth ahead of Red Bull’🎀s Sergio Perez.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz made early progress as the onl🌟y driver to opt for softs and ran as high as fourth, only to slip back to sixth by the chequered flag as his tyres faded.
Alpine’s Pierre Gasly took seventh ahead of George Russell, who was de📖moted a position after picking up a five-second penalty for overtaking Oscar Piastri’s McLaren off the track during the early🌺 stages.
Russell did just enough to stay ahead of Alex Albon’s Williams by 0.317s ꩵin order to hold onto the final point on offer in eighth.
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