Max Verstappen, fifteen days after winning his consecutive moment in the F1 drivers’ world championship, was able to triumph over a costly mistake at his final pit stop and catch Lewis Hamilton in the closing laps to win his 13th Grand Prix of the year and equivalent to the record. for the maximum number of wins in a season.
UPDATE: Following a complaint filed through Haas, Fernando Alonso received a 30-second penalty for failing to dive to repair/remove his damaged mirror. The penalty took the Spaniard out of the points, displacing all the drivers in the most sensible ten that finished his seventh starting position to a higher position. Alonso’s Alpine teammate Esteban Ocon now takes tenth place. This summary has been revised to reflect these adjustments to the position.
Verstappen spent the rest of the race in the lead before making his final pit stop, where a faulty pistol prompted an 11-second hold to pull out Red Bull’s driving force and allow Charles Leclerc and Hamilton to pass him. Verstappen, on half tyres, controlled to pass Leclerc and make a race in the last laps to pass Hamilton on hard tyres, 15 laps in the middle.
Both drivers were warned for exceeding track limits in the final five laps, and Hamilton was able to hold Verstappen for a few laps, but Verstappen pulled away while Hamilton fainted in second place.
It was an emotional weekend for Verstappen and all the Red Bull and AlphaTauri teams, as Detrich Mateschitz, co-founder of Red Bull Energy and owner of either F1 team, passed away the day before the race.
“Of course it was a very complicated weekend for us,” Verstappen said in the post-race podium interview with F1 Media. Although after the pit stop it didn’t go very well, I gave it my all and drove to the limit to come back.
Leclerc was able to recover from his grid penalty for converting engine parts to finish third on the podium after starting 12th. Sergio Perez finished fourth despite a challenge on the front wing he struggled with in the race. George Russell finished fifth and left with the fastest. Lap after soft pits opposite him to pass in the last laps. Lando Norris was sixth.
On lap 23, a very violent twist of fate happened in which Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll touched at high speed in the long rear. Alonso went through the air but landed with all 4 tires without rotation or rollover before hitting the Armco barrier with his left side. Despite the touch, Alonso was nevertheless able to finish the race smoothly after replacing his front wing. Stroll, who raced to 3rd position in the first laps, could not continue after a spin.
Sebastian Vettel had a smart day, threatening to fight for a top five spot before a terrible final pit stop prevented him from doing so at his final United States Grand Prix. He had a fantastic recovery run in the closing laps and crushed Kevin Magnussen for seventh. in the last corners. Yuki Tsunoda finished ninth, with Esteban Ocon, the Japanese leader, tenth.
On lap 17, Valtteri Bottas went out of turn 19 and crashed his Alfa Romeo into the gravel. After a smart start to the season, the Finnish driving force now has 10 races without scoring points, after failing to complete this race. The era of protective car insurance allowed Leclerc, Vettel and Alonso to make reasonable pit stops and sign up for their other driving forces who had already made pit stops.
Carlos Sainz, who took pole, clashed at Turn 1 after touching Russell on the first lap after dropping second. Sainz did not finish the race due to a water leak due to a radiator injury sustained among the wreckage.
Full effects of the 2022 United States Grand Prix.
As for constructors’ problems, Red Bull won the championship with 3 races remaining, to accompany the drivers’ championship won through Verstappen. Thanks to Sainz’s early retirement today, the Silver Arrows are now 53 issues Prancing Horse at the moment.
The war for fourth place continues to intensify, as Norris’ sixth position has allowed McLaren to gain seven points over Alpine, and now has only six problems. The ArrayStroll accident denied Aston Martin a big jump to sixth position in the constructors, as Stroll likely ends up in business; the green machines are just one Alfa Romeo point in the standings now. Haas overtook AlphaTauri in trouble thanks to Magnussen’s finish of eighth position, with the American team now leading the Italian team through two problems for eighth position in the standings.
It’s a back-to-back week for F1 in the United States, as next week the world tour will be presented in Mexico City for round 20 of the 2022 season. The lights for the Mexican Grand Prix will be placed on Sunday, October 30. at 16:00. EST. The policy will be provided via Sky Sports ESPN.
Michael watched NASCAR for 20 years and covered the game from 2013 to 2021. He went on to cover Formula 1, IndyCar and SRX for the venue, while occasionally getting into the water in the NASCAR pool.