Overall the race itself was enjoyable, entertaining race to watch. Carlos Sainz Jr. was on pole for Sunday's race. At a dry United States Grand Prix. New and Current Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen took the advantage at the start ahead of Sir Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen was set to win, until lap 36 when a bad pt-stop, force Verstappen back to third place, making Verstappen overtaking Leclerc for second. Then on lap 50 Verstappen overtake Hamilton for the lead and stayed there to win this seasons United States Grand Prix for Verstappen's thirteenth race win of the season, joining Michael Schumacher's record from the 2004 season and Sebastian Vettel's record from the 2013 as-well. The first Grand Prix win for Red Bull after the death of team-owner Dietrich Mateschitz.
With Max Verstappen win and Sergio Pérez fourth place was enough for Red Bull Racing to win this seasons F1 Constructors' Championship with one hundred and eighty-seven points ahead of Ferrari with three races to go. Contracts to Red Bull Racing for winning their fifth Constructors' Championship in Formula 1.
While, Sir Lewis Hamilton finished in second place in the Mercedes, Hamilton was five seconds behind Verstappen at the end.
Meanwhile, Charles Leclerc finished in third place in the Ferrari to complete the podium, Leclerc was eight seconds behind Verstappen at the end of the fifty-six lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (finished second)
George Russell - 7 (finished fifth, fastest lap)
Red Bull Racing - 8
Max Verstappen - 10 (race win)
Sergio Pérez - 7 (finished fourth)
Ferrari - 7
Charles Leclerc - 9 (finished third)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6 (pole, DNF, Collision damage with Russell)
McLaren - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 5 (finished sixteenth)
Lando Norris - 9 (finished sixth)
Alpine - 8
Fernando Alonso - 10 (finished seventh)
Esteban Ocon - 6 (finished tenth)
AlphaTauri - 7
Pierre Gasly - 6 (finished fourteenth)
Yuki Tsunoda - 8 (finished eleventh)
Aston Martin - 6
Sebastian Vettel - 9 (finished eighth)
Lance Stroll - 3 (DNF, Collision with Alonso)
Williams - 5
Alexander Albon -6 (finished thirteenth)
Nicholas Latifi - 5 (finished seventeenth)
Alfa Romeo - 5
Valtteri Bottas - 5 (DNF, Spun off)
Guanyu Zhou - 6 (finished twelfth)
Haas - 7
Kevin Magnussen - 9 (finished ninth)
Mick Schumacher - 5 (finished fifteenth)
Next stop Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City in a weeks time for the Mexico City Grand Prix.
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