Red Bull’s Max Verstappen dominated the United States Grand Prix to increase the pressure on McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in the championship.
Norris and Piastri finished second and fifth, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton between them.
Briton Norris cut Piastri’s championship lead to 14 points with five races remaining, while Verstappen reduced his deficit to the Australian to 40 points.
Verstappen, who won the sprint on Saturday, was in total control after converting his pole position into a lead at the first corner, and putting a stranglehold on the race, which he has now won for a record seven times.
Piastri was off Norris’ pace all weekend and could do nothing about Hamilton in front of him, although he did manage to fend off Mercedes’ George Russell for fifth.
With Verstappen winning Saturday’s sprint after Piastri and Norris crashed at the start, the Dutchman has made up 23 points on the championship leader at this grand prix alone.
Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda took seventh, moving up from 13th to 11th on the first lap and then benefiting from the Sainz-Antonelli incident before driving a solid grand prix.
Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg, Haas driver Oliver Bearman, who survived a spin while challenging Tsunoda mid-race, and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso completed the top 10.
