It’s the start of the United States GP: Norris surprises and Verstappen avoids contact with Hamilton

Lando Norris He was the main star at the start of the 2023 f1 United States GP, leading from the start.

The British driver started 2nd behind polesitter Leclerc, with Hamilton in 3rd, Carlos Sainz in fourth, Russell in 5th and Verstappen in 6th. All eyes are on the possible return of Max, who gained only one position after avoiding the impact with Lewis Hamilton, who overbraked at Turn 1. Max, going outside, avoided the collision and He took the position in 5th by overtaking Russell who fell. up to 8th place. George was the cross at the start and his compatriot Norris, the face, took the lead against Leclerc.

Lando came out brilliantly to catch the inside of Turn 1 for Charles. For his part, Sainz took third behind Leclerc with a superb first few meters where he overtook Hamilton. In fact, Carlos nearly collided with Leclerc when attempting to overtake him shortly in the battle for second place. But on lap 4 the better performance of Hamilton’s Mercedes made the difference. Lewis passed Carlos and by lap 7 Verstappen was ahead, with Sainz in 5th place.

For his part, Alonso, who came out of the pit lane to destroy the parc ferme to come out with the Qatar aerodynamic configuration to compare it with the new package that Stroll had, quickly moved into 18th and on lap 8 he passed Sargeant and took advantage. a problem for Ocon to place 16th.