Don’t ask me why, but before the race even started, and despite the fact that Carlos Sainz started from pole position, something told me that it would happen again, Verstappen would win the race and Ferrari would lose another chance to win a big prize.
It is not clairvoyance but experience of what happened during almost the entire season. A year in which we have seen an almost unbeatable Red Bull, especially in the second part of the championship, and a Ferrari with many doubts and a lack of luck, especially if we talk about Carlos Sainz. The Spanish driver has signed his sixth retirement of the year at the Austin circuit and although it is true that on this occasion it was George Russell who took the Madrid seat, it is no less true that Carlos would not have had so many problems in the first corner if I would have started a little better and kept the first position.
But in the US Grand Prix the least important thing has been the Ferraris because others have taken their place. Mercedes with its leader Lewis Hamilton have been very close to winning what would have been their first race of the year and Fernando Alonso despite almost flying after a heart attack accident with Stroll has managed to come back from behind to sixth position demonstrating the great driver which still is A high-voltage Grand Prix and great driving that has not disappointed the American public accustomed to races with many incidents and changes in track positions.
Despite seeing Verstappen fighting with Hamilton again, despite Red Bull’s failures at the stop, the superiority of the bull team and the Dutch driver are unquestionable. Eight consecutive victories for Red Bull have brought them the Constructors’ World Championship, while Verstappen has entered, along with Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, in the select club of drivers who have achieved 13 victories in a season, and he can still beat both.
We have three grand prix left to close a rare season, with many changes, many promises from the FIA and some disappointments. Despite the fact that the two titles, the driver’s and the constructors’ titles, have already been decided, there are still some issues to be resolved. Will Lewis Hamilton be able to win a race and break one of his worst years in F1? Will Max Verstappen break the record of 13 races won in a single championship? Place your bets.
