Max Verstappen inched his points lead up over Lando Norris in Saturday’s dash race in Austin, Texas, forward of the US Grand Prix.
Verstappen led all 19 of the laps on the Circuit of the Americas to increase his factors result in 54 factors. Verstappen received eight factors for the win as Norris completed third with six factors.
Norris began the race fourth and moved as much as second behind Verstappen on the opening lap. Verstappen began on pole and defended properly from George Russell. Norris then received previous Russell after Flip 1 following a gradual exit to the nook from the Mercedes driver.
Nevertheless, he misplaced second place on the ultimate lap after he locked up his tires underneath braking in Flip 1. That allowed Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz to get into second as Sainz’s teammate Charles Leclerc was fourth after an enormous save on the ultimate lap when he tried to cross Norris.
The Mercedes vehicles handled tire put on points halfway by means of the race as Russell fell to fifth in entrance of his teammate Lewis Hamilton in sixth. The Haas vehicles of Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg received the ultimate two points-paying positions in seventh and eighth, respectively.
Saturday’s dash race precedes qualifying for the Grand Prix. The lineup for Sunday’s race (3 p.m. ET, ABC) can be set later within the afternoon. Verstappen is the defending winner of the race and seems to have the quickest automotive — or not less than a automotive able to holding off everybody else — by means of the primary three classes of the race weekend.
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