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Max Verstappen saw off Lewis Hamilton’s early challenge to claim victory in Saturday’s sprint race at the United States Grand Prix gaming
For the first time since their 2021 championship duel for the ages, Verstappen and Hamilton ran line astern in the 19-lap dash at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas gaming
But Hamilton was unable to prevent Verstappen from taking the spoils, and accumulating yet another win of this most one-sided of Formula One campaigns gaming
Hamilton took the chequered flag a distant 9 gaming
4 seconds adrift of Verstappen with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc third gaming
Verstappen, crowned champion of the world for a third time in Qatar a fortnight ago, took pole position earlier on Saturday and then put his elbows out at the start to ensure Leclerc did not sneak up his inside on the uphill drag to the opening bend gaming
Verstappen moved over to his left to squeeze the Ferrari man allowing Hamilton a clean shot at Leclerc on the exit of the first corner gaming
Hamilton ran over the kerbs and past the Monegasque, and then set his sights on Verstappen gaming
Hamilton has not won a race for nearly two years, the longest losing streak of his career gaming
Indeed, 685 days have passed since he claimed victory at the penultimate round of the 2021 campaign in Saudi Arabia gaming
But for half-a-dozen laps here, Hamilton will have dared to dream that a victory could be on the cards gaming
Hamilton has triumphed six times in America – with five of those victories in the Lone Star State – and his early pace certainly provided Verstappen with food for thought gaming
Max Verstappen won the sprint race in the United States (Getty Images)The seven-time world champion stayed within one second of Verstappen to provide him with a possible DRS slingshot past his Red Bull rival gaming
“Driveability is not there,” moaned Verstappen on the radio gaming
“I lost the rear completely gaming
”Hamilton then hinted his nemesis was gaining an advantage by using more of the track than is allowed gaming
“Max has gone off quite a few times,” said the Mercedes driver gaming
Hamilton has lauded the improvements from his updated machine, but the superiority of Verstappen’s Red Bull came to the fore gaming
TOP-8 - US GRAND PRIX SPRINT RACE 1) Max Verstappen2) Lewis Hamilton3) Charles Leclerc4) Lando Norris5) Sergio Perez6) Carlos Sainz7) Pierre Gasly8) George RussellSix laps had passed and Verstappen was suddenly out of DRS range gaming
A slim hope of victory for Hamilton was dashed gaming
Yet the 38-year-old, who starts third for tomorrow’s 56-lap main event, will expect to be a contender again gaming
And his chances of a possible win will be aided by Verstappen starting only in sixth after his pole lap in Friday’s qualifying was deleted for exceeding track limits gaming
Lando Norris took fourth spot ahead of Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez, with Carlos Sainz sixth gaming
George Russell finished seventh but was demoted to eighth after he served a five-second penalty for an illegal move on McLaren’s Oscar Piastri gaming
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Max Verstappen defied Lewis Hamilton to win a cat-and-mouse United States Grand Prix at a sizzling Circuit of the Americas in Austin - before Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified more than three hours later gaming
Verstappen has been on easy street this season, but the triple world champion was made to fight for the 50th win of his career – becoming only the fifth driver to reach a half-century gaming
Indeed, at one stage, Hamilton dared to dream of ending a losing streak which stands at 686 days and counting gaming
Yet, as so often been the case this year, Verstappen’s speed in his all-conquering Red Bull machine came to the fore gaming
He moved ahead of Lando Norris on lap 28 of 56 to all but seal the win gaming
Hamilton might bemoan a questionable strategy decision which saw him lose 10 seconds to Verstappen in the opening round of pit stops gaming
But in reality, he probably did not have the pace to stop the Dutchman from claiming his 15th win from the 18 rounds so far gaming
The drama did not stop there though gaming
Hamilton and Leclerc were later found to have breached the rules governing the floor of their cars and, in a shock end to the race weekend, were disqualified from the race gaming
Logan Sargeant, therefore, earned his first F1 point gaming
The seven-time world champion enjoyed a decent getaway at the start, but he was blocked by Norris under braking allowing Sainz to sneak through gaming
Norris had seen off pole-sitter Leclerc with a lunge at the first bend to assume the top spot gaming
As Norris set about building a lead – already two seconds clear of Leclerc at the end of the second lap – Hamilton set about passing both scarlet cars gaming
First up was Sainz gaming
Hamilton used the tow to latch on to the back of Ferrari on the 210mph drag to Turn 12, and, assisted by DRS, drew alongside Sainz before sliding underneath the Spaniard gaming
On the following lap, Verstappen, who started in sixth after his pole lap in qualifying was chalked off for exceeding track limits, relegated Sainz to another place when he made his move at the same corner gaming
Lando Norris took the lead at the start of the race (Getty)Hamilton has won six times across the Pond – with five of those victories here in Austin – and the 38-year-old required only two laps to swat Leclerc aside for second gaming
Deeper on the brakes at Turn 12, Hamilton sailed round the outside of the Monegasque at the left-hander, with Norris now three seconds up the road gaming
Behind, and Verstappen was not finding it as easy to make progress gaming
He was stuck behind Leclerc for an additional five laps before finally making his move on the Monegasque gaming
He trailed Norris by seven seconds, and Hamilton by four gaming
In the Mercedes garage, Prince Harry cut a pensive figure as he gnawed at his fingernails gaming
The Duke of Sussex has been something of a lucky charm for Hamilton gaming
He was a guest of Mercedes when Hamilton secured his second title in the 2014 season decider in Abu Dhabi, leading the congratulations to his fellow Briton on the radio gaming
Verstappen was the first in for new rubber at the end of lap 16 with Norris stopping the next time round gaming
But Hamilton stayed out gaming
Was Mercedes attempting a one-stopper? Hamilton did not seem convinced gaming
Asked if he could complete another five laps on his current set of tyres, Hamilton replied: “I am not sure, man gaming
It is pretty tough gaming
”Hamilton then locked up before his race engineer Peter Bonnington was back on the intercom to inform Hamilton that Verstappen – who on new tyres had just lapped three seconds faster than the Briton – was now likely to gazump him when he eventually stopped gaming
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Logan Sargeant*Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified“No s***, man,” yelled Hamilton gaming
“I am struggling out here gaming
”On lap 20, in came Hamilton, and a slow front-right tyre change added to his woes by costing him a needless second gaming
When Hamilton emerged from the pits, he had dropped to third, five seconds adrift of Verstappen gaming
“I came out so far behind,” he said with a hint of dejection gaming
When the opening stops were completed, Norris led Verstappen by 2 gaming
4 sec with Hamilton 7 gaming
5 off the lead gaming
By virtue of taking on another set of mediums, Verstappen had to stop again, but Norris and Hamilton – now both on the hards – could, if their rubber allowed, go all the way to the end gaming
Hamilton, failing to make any inroads and sensing his best chance of ending a 22-month winning streak had faded, expressed his frustrations gaming
“You have given me a hell of a gap to close,” he said gaming
Verstappen celebrates his 15th win of the season on the podium alongside Lewis Hamilton and Norris (Getty)On lap 28, Verstappen dived underneath Norris for the lead at Turn 12 gaming
Norris had a nibble back at the Red Bull heading into the ensuing right hander, but he failed to make it stick gaming
The question now was whether Norris, and indeed Hamilton – now less than five seconds off the lead – could make their tyres last gaming
The answer arrived on lap 34 when Norris dived in for a fresh set of boots gaming
Verstappen followed in on lap 35, and despite, a slow left-rear tyre change, retained his position ahead of Norris gaming
Three laps later and Hamilton was in, changing to the faster medium compound gaming
Hamilton had the bit gaming between his teeth and within 10 laps he was crawling all over the back of Norris’ McLaren gaming
Norris slung his McLaren to the inside on the entry to the first corner in a move to stop Hamilton, but the older Brit gained gaming better traction out of the corner to slingshot by in his Mercedes gaming
Verstappen was five seconds ahead and Hamilton started to reel his old nemesis in only to run out of laps gaming
Sainz took fourth ahead of Sergio Perez with Leclerc sixth and George Russell seventh for Mercedes gaming
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