Max Verstappen has won the US Grand Prix sprint from pole position to end an eight-race losing streak and extend his Formula One championship lead over McLaren’s Lando Norris to 54 points.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz finished second, 3.882 seconds behind Verstappen, after passing Norris at the start of the last lap at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas when the Briton went too deep into turn one and had to settle for third.
Saturday’s victory was Verstappen’s first of any sort since a sprint in Austria in June and meant the triple champion has now won all four 100km sprints so far this season with two more still to come.
Oscar Piastri, who started 16th on the grid, moved up to finish 10th for McLaren.
https://thewest.com.au/sport/motorsport/verstappen-wins-us-grand-prix-sprint-to-stretch-f1-lead-c-16453416
