Red Bull driver Dutchman Max Verstappen, who declared his championship in the previous stage, won the US Grand Prix, the 19th leg of the season in the Formula 1 World Championship.
The car of Carlos Sainz from the Ferrari team, who started the race with 56 laps on the 5.5-kilometer America Track in Austin, the capital of Texas state, touched the car of George Russell from Mercedes at the beginning of the race, and the Spanish pilot, who crashed, lost the race. left out.
Verstappen, who took the opportunity well and became the leader, could not bring it to an end, although he maintained this position for a long time with the right tire choices. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco took the first two places, respectively, after their opponent made a mistake in the “pit stop” strategy.
Verstappen first passed Leclerc and then Hamilton in the leadership struggle, which was the scene of great contention in the last laps, and climbed to the top of the podium for the 13th time this season with a time of 1:42:11.687. With this success, the Dutch driver caught Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, the holders of the record for winning the most races in a season.
In the race where Hamilton finished in second place 5.023 seconds behind the leader, Leclerc took third place 7.501 seconds behind the leader.
RED BULL WAS THE CHAMPIONS IN TEAMS
After the US Grand Prix, Red Bull managed to reach the championship in the constructors’ championship for the first time after 2013 and for the 5th time in total.
In the drivers’ ranking, champion Verstappen increased his score to 491. Leclerc, who went up to second place, has 267 points and Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez has 265 points.
The 20th leg of the season, the Mexican Grand Prix, will be run on October 30.
Following the US Grand Prix, the top 5 positions of the drivers’ and constructors’ classification were as follows:
pilots
1. Max Verstappen (Netherlands): 391 points
2. Charles Leclerc (Monaco): 267
3. Sergio Perez (Mexico): 265
4. George Russell (Great Britain): 218
5. Carlos Sainz (Spain): 202
Teams
1. Red Bull: 656
2. Ferrari: 469
3. Mercedes: 416
4. Alpine: 149
5. McLaren: 138