Max Verstappen claimed a dominant United States Grand Prix victory ahead of Lando Norris as the pair made significant inroads into Oscar Piastri’s Drivers’ Championship lead.
Verstappen followed up Saturday’s Sprint win with a lights-to-flag triumph for Red Bull at the Circuit of The Americas, while Norris made a late pass on Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to salvage second place as his McLaren team-mate Piastri toiled to fifth.
A third win in four races for Verstappen brings the Dutchman within 40 points of Piastri with five rounds of the 2025 season remaining, while Norris closes to within 14 points of the title lead.
Verstappen, who is chasing a fifth successive drivers’ title, has in just four rounds reduced Piastri’s lead over him from a seemingly unbridgeable 104 points, with 23 points gained across the Austin weekend after both McLarens were taken out of the Sprint after being involved in a multi-car collision at the start.
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Lando Norris overtakes Charles Leclerc for a second time at US GP.
Lewis Hamilton took fourth to complete an improved display for Ferrari, with Leclerc ending a streak of five races without a podium for the Italian team.
George Russell was sixth as Mercedes failed to reproduce the pace that enabled the Brit to win in Singapore two weeks ago, while Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Yuki Tsunoda claimed seventh.
With McLaren already having sealed the Constructors’ Championship, Sunday’s result saw Mercedes’ advantage over Ferrari in the battle for second reduced to seven points, with Red Bull just three points further back.
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