F1 United States GP: Max Verstappen fights back to deny Lewis Hamilton first victory of 2022
The newly-crowned world champion was leading from Hamilton until an 11-second pit stop dropped him to third, but Verstappen charged back past 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc and retook the lead from Hamꦚiltoᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn in the closing laps.
It marked Verstappen’s 13th victory of the season to equal 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel’s record for most wins in a season and also co🦩nfirmed Red Bull’s first constructors’ championship since 2013.
Verstappen dedicated his 33rd career win to the late Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz, who 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:passed away aged 78 on Saturday.
Hamilton had to sﷺettle with runner-up spot after coming within touching di🐟stance of ending his winless streak.
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The 2021 F1 title rivals went wheel-to-wheel for several corners in a pulsating battle, but despite a valiant ef꧋fort, Hamilton could not cling on to prevent Verstappen’s latest win.
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Ferrari’s Leclerc completed the podium with a strong recovery drive from 12th on the grid following a 10-place penalty ඣfor changing power unit components.
Sergio Perez took fourth in the second Re✱d Bull despite losing part of his༒ front wing endplate, ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell, who was hit with a five-second time penalty for spinning polesitter Carlos Sainz out at the start.
Sixth place went to McLaren’s Lando Norris, while Fernan🗹do Alon▨so incredibly finished seventh in a race that saw his Alpine briefly sent airborne after a scary high-speed tangle with future Aston Martin teammate Lance Stroll.
Sebastian Vettel pulled off a superb last-lap overtake on Kevin Magnussen’s Haas to claim eღighth in his Aston Martin, with Yuki Tsunoda completing the top-10 for AlphaTauri.
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