• Carlos Sainz’s P2 within the sister Ferrari was his greatest end since successful the Australian Grand Prix earlier this yr.
• It ends a seven-race run and not using a podium end for Sainz.
• Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen moved right into a third-place end after a time penalty for the motive force forward, having misplaced a third-place end to a time penalty in 2017.
• It was the primary time Verstappen has didn’t win in Austin since 2019 (since when he’d taken consecutive wins in Grands Prix and Dash races).
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• Verstappen completed 19.412 seconds behind the winner, the closest he has come to victory for the reason that summer season break.
• Verstappen stays winless within the final 9 Grands Prix.
• Lando Norris took P4 for McLaren after a five-second time penalty value him a podium end.
• Norris now lies 57 factors behind Verstappen within the drivers’ championship.
• McLaren group mate Oscar Piastri completed in P5 to stay the highest scorer within the final 9 Grands Prix, with 160 factors.
• Mercedes’ George Russell began from the pit lane, however completed in P6 the place he initially certified.
• P7 for Sergio Perez was the Crimson Bull driver’s worst Austin end since 2019.
