Max Verstappen coolly dominated the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix from pole position but he faces a tougher task in Sunday’s main race starting from sixth place.
After dominating the Austin sprint race once he’d seen off Charles Leclerc and with Lewis Hamilton’s early time gains quickly reversed, Max Verstappen outlined once again why he detests these shorter contests. “It takes away that magic of waking up on a Sunday,” he opined. “You turn on the TV and you’ve had qualifying but you're not sure which car is going to be quickest .
557s down compared to Verstappen, to suggest he won’t be able to stop the Dutchman’s resurgence That pair start from the front row for the main contest, with the Ferrari ahead on pole, and so it is to be expected that they and Hamilton will lead the early stages as Verstappen either works his way to them or has his hopes dented in an incident. Norris’s average pace in the nine laps to the finish once he’d passed Sainz came in at 1m40.063s versus Leclerc’s 1m40.718s and Hamilton’s 1m40.181s.
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