Leclerc won in Austin with the help of Verstappen, who hurt Sainz, second in the United States GP

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Charles Leclerc won the F1 United States GP with a good start from 4th place scoring a Grand Prize. The Monegasque was the smartest of the class in the first corner and imposed the speed of his Ferrari on his teammate. Carlos Sainz (2nd) and Max Verstappen (3rd).

The Dutchman was third due to a 5-second penalty to Norris who would bring the tail and took third place from Lando. So, Verstappen took 5 more points from Norris (4th) overall in the Grand Prix. The current champion has the title very well faced in the absence of 5 GP to go: has gone from having a 52 point margin, to He is 57 now.


‘E pluribus num’ (“Out of many, one”), is one of the official mottos of the United States of America. Also “In God we trust'”. .



The Monegasque driver started 4th and, after what was seen in the sprint race, seems the most likely driver of the top four on the grid to achieve victory. We do not know whether Charles, who was declared a “non-practicing believer”, was helped by God or not. What is clear is that it was Max Verstappen who gave him the keys to victory at that start.

Norris started first and melted again. He has lost pole position 3 of the last 4 times he has started from pole position this season and has won just two of those races. And this time, it happened again as his title rival, the reigning champion, ruined his afternoon in those first few metres.

Verstappen hurt Norris and Sainz and helped Leclerc

Max goes all out, takes the interior and throws himself from his house, very aggressively and optimistically, inside. He went overboard, lingered and Norris, on the outside, had to get out to avoid the impact. Sainz, who started 3rd with a very good start and has a great chance to win due to the good pace shown in the sprint race, could be ahead taking advantage of the battle between Max and Norris.

But Verstappen took the broom out and hurt Carlos too, who slowed to see a Max come to a near stop in that corner. Max cleared the dance floor for Charles, who with a very fast car and a bad tire, took the lead as he was the only one in front to make the inside curve. He found the winning lottery ticket and focused on heading to the finish line to collect it.

Charles started pulling away and opening up space with Max Verstappen. Sainz tried to force Max to attack, covering all the Spaniard’s gaps.

Carlos even forced Verstappen off the track, returning to the asphalt ahead without regaining position. And there, after a short ‘Safety Car’ period due to Hamilton leaving the track, the Spaniard wanted to try again, but his car couldn’t help him. “I have no power when going out of corners. I smell gasoline inside the car,” Spanish taught. And a few laps later, after changing the map on his steering wheel, he was able to drive again without any delays, but already 2 seconds behind Verstappen and with Leclerc with a good cushion on Max that would reach 11 seconds to Max decided to stop.


By then, Verstappen had lost second place by extending his first set of tires without responding to Carlos Sainz’s earlier stop. So Ferrari completed a nice ‘undercut’ on the Dutchman. Leclerc and Sainz occupied the first two virtual places, waiting for the two McLarens to stop, the longest to do so among those in front.


Leclerc entered lap 26 with the idea of ​​stopping, with a 7″6 margin over Carlos Sainz with 4 laps on hard tires in his second stint. Carlos was able to close him with better pace, but the distance was too good, insurmountable for the Madrid native to achieve the victory he was hoping for in these last few races in red, however, it could have been more had it not been for Verstappen’s block at Turn 1. Glory went to Leclerc.

Norris, controversial penalty that further complicates his title

Lando tried to minimize the losses by counterattack strategy from the fourth place. He chose to extend his first stop to come out with fresher tires and attack Max. He cut him off 4.6 seconds in 12 turns to catch him. But it wasn’t easy. Max defended himself in everything despite the fact that the difference in speed and tires was huge.


The current king is getting tired of his rival and his wheels are closing in every gap. But with 4 laps remaining, Norris was able to overtake with a controversial act that both left the track and changed direction under braking. That’s how Lando got past him.


Norris lost two points to Max in Saturday’s sprint race and could walk away with one more point than the Dutchman in the overall Grand Prix if he overtakes him. But it’s not like that. He crossed the finish line third, but that third position was taken away from him with an inexplicable 5″ penalty for his maneuver against Max.which returned Verstappen to third position and relegated Lando to fourth place.

Alonso, far away

What Fernando Alonso did in qualifying for the fifth straight Grand Prix was unthinkable, but his car showed again that it is still better in qualifying than in the raceor it becomes clear again that Alonso’s hands in a turn are the ones that manage to put that car in a position that is not its own due to performance. Or maybe it’s a combination of the two.

What is clear is that despite the many new components that Aston Martin has introduced in the AMR24, the car continues to fade in the race, without rhythm. On previous street circuits, Alonso could hold his own. But with a more “normal” and representative layout, the race will return to the harsh reality of Aston Martin. He started 7th because Russell started from the pit lane, but in the early stages he placed 10th with no chance to stay in the points. In the end, he was 13th, behind Gasly and ahead of Tsunoda.

It’s true that Aston Martin hasn’t optimized that last package yet and maybe they can in Mexico. But it is also true that their direct rivals have also made improvements. This is not an excuse. This Aston Martin is far from what it should be.

Source: La Verdad

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