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Verstappen wins in Texas to double his F1 championship lead

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the US Grand Prix and doubled his Formula One championship lead to 12 points after holding off title rival Lewis Hamilton by little more than a second at Austin's Circuit of the Americas on Sunday

Mercedes' seven-times world champion Hamilton staged a late charge on fresher tyres but ended up 1.333 seconds behind, with a bonus point for fastest lap.

The win was Verstappen's eighth of the season and one he had to sweat for, the Dutch driver starting out on pole position but losing the lead into the first corner and then using an aggressive strategy to get it back. The Dutch driver was first to pit on lap 11, as Red Bull went for the 'undercut' – a strategic move to close the gap and get back in front when Hamilton pitted three laps later.

"It's all about the last three laps," Hamilton was told over the radio but while he closed the gap to under a second, he could not get close enough to attempt a move.

 

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