Max Verstappen He managed to win a race almost five months later and, although it was not long, he managed to do it in the sprint of the United States Grand Prix of Formula 1. But the character of the day was Carlos Sainzwho dealt three blows, including one to his partner, Charles Leclerc (4th) and another to George Russell (5th) and one more to Lando Norris to get on the podium (2nd) and pocket seven points.
The test sprint for Alonso and for Aston Martinthat despite the poor result of the shooting They believe the updated parts are working, it started badly for the Asturian, who lost two positions at the start and then everything was going to be a dance for the last places. Finally, he finished second to last, while Lance’s Walk came thirteenth.
Verstappen and Norris separated from the rest and the drivers of Ferrari They were the stars of the duel of the day, which Leclerc wanted to stop because he knew he had everything to lose. The Monegasque pretended that the objective was to hunt down Russell so as not to fight with Sainz, who didn’t care and ended up overtaking him to place fourth after a brutal duel.
He then attacked Russell, whom he overtook on the 10th lap to get onto the podium. Leclerc also switched to English and thus it was fully demonstrated that Ferrari had more pace than Mercedes. The two red cars remained stuck together throughout the test, as did the silver arrows, with Lewis Hamilton stalk your partner.
Carlos was not satisfied and also opted for his former teammate in McLarenNorris, whom he humiliated in the first turn after the long straight to take second place and sign one of the performances of his career. Verstappen found no rivals and took another sprint victory – four out of four in the World–, a few sessions which do him particularly good, even at the time of his greatest weakness. Red Bull.
