F1 United States GP: Max Verstappen fights back to deny Lewis Hamilton first victory of 2022
The newly-crowned world champion was leading from Hamilton until an 11-second pit stop dropped him to third, but Verstappen charged back past 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc and retook the lead from Hamilton in the closing la🌸ps.&nbs💮p;
It marked Verstappen’s 13th victory of the season to equal 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Schumacher and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sebastian Vettel’s record for most wins in a season and also confirmed Red Bull’s first construc💫tors’ championship since 2013.
Verstappen dedicated his 33rd career win to the late Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz, who 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:passed away aged 78 on Saturday.
Hamilton had to settle with runner-up spot after coming within touching distance of ending his winꦜless streak.
The seven-time world champion was handed his first shot of victory this season after the wheel gun issue in the pits for Verstappen, but on harder tyres and wit♏h a straightline speed deficit, Hamilton was ultimately a sitti🦄ng duck when Verstappen dived past on Lap 51.
The 2021 F1 title rivals went wheel-to-wheel for several corner🏅s in a pulsating battle, but despite a valiant effort, Hamilton could not cling on to pr🙈event Verstappen’s latest win.
“I gave it ev🍰erything guys, absolutely everything,” Hamilton told his Mercedes team over the radio at the💖 chequered flag.
ಞIt was an emotionally-charged win for Verstappen and Red Bull, who without the pit stop problem would have likely claimed a straightforward win.
Ferrari’s Leclerc completed the podium with a strong recovery drive from 12th on the grid following a 10-ไplaceꦐ penalty for changing power unit components.
Sergio Perez took fourth in the second Red Bull despite losing part of his front wing end♒plate, ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell, who was hit with a five-second time penalty for spinning polesitter Carlos Sainz out at the start.
Sixth place went to McLaren’s Lando Norris, while Fernando Alonso incredibly finished seventh in a race that 🍸saw his Alpine briefly sent airborne after a scary high-speed tangle with future Aston Martin teammate Lance Stroll.
Sebastian Vettel pulled off a superb last-lap overtake on Kevi෴n Magnussen’s Haas to claim eighth in his Aston Martin, with Yuki Tsunoda completing the top-10 for AlphaTauri.
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