Formula 1 drivers are paid millions of pounds to drive their cars around in circles and in Austin, Max Verstappen earned every single one of them. In a skirmish between Verstappen and his main title rival Lando Norris on the first corner, and another in the ­closing stages, he used every available millimetre of track — and several more outside of it — to keep him behind. Controversial, bullish and with his ­elbows out, he is a fearsome rival for Norris, who was again left ruing his own turn one approach. Laps of driving on the edge, an overtake, a penalty and barbs over the radio, and still Norris and Verstappen could be separated by less than a second. Charles Leclerc took the chequered flag

Source: The Times October 20, 2024 21:56 UTC