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Analysis: Renewal for Hamilton, despite disqualification

The strength of Hamilton’s performance was stripped of its material worth when his car failed a post-race technical inspection. The plank on the underbody of the Mercedes W14 was thinner than the required minimum thickness of 9mm, resulting in disqualification. Charles Leclerc was disqualified for the same infringement, losing his sixth-place finish.

It was a bitter end to what has otherwise been the most encouraging weekend of Hamilton’s and Mercedes’s season. The pace was not only there to compete at the front. Hamilton could have won.

“This is definitely the most positive I’ve felt this year,” Hamilton said, prior to the news his car had failed the technical check and lost second place.

Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc disqualified from U.S. GP

After post-race inspections, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have been disqualified from the United States Grand Prix.

This promotes Lando Norris to a P2 finish and bumps Carlos Sainz to the podium while also handing Williams a double points finish. The U.S. Grand Prix marks Logan Sargeant’s first F1 points after a long debut season filled with ups and downs, hopeful speed and costly mistakes.

But its implications extend beyond just the race results. Mercedes and Ferrari are in a tight battle for P2 in the constructors’ standings, and based on the initial provisional results, the Silver Arrows held a 31-point lead over the Prancing Horse. That’s now shrunk because of the DSQs. With the final results being adjusted, Williams’ double points finish creates a bigger buffer in maintaining P7 ahead of Alfa Romeo.

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Not ideal, but no penalty for Stroll

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If you can remember a time before Max Verstappen's 15th GP win of the season, you may remember Lance Stroll heading to the grid when he was supposed to start from the pit lane. That's what we here call a brain fart. The stewards, however, let him off the hook, based on the no harm, no foul principle. That's not to say they were impressed:

"After completing his reconnaissance laps, the driver of Car 18 did not proceed to the pit lane directly, but missed the pit entry and continued on track until he arrived at the end of the starting grid despite being required to start the race from the pit lane. The car was then pushed back to the pits by the team on skates. The Stewards note that the scenario caused by the incident was far from ideal. However, having reviewed the matter in detail, although the established process was not followed, no breach of any regulation was evident."

Stroll finished P9, good for two points.

Relive the Norris-Hamilton battle

In which Hamilton kept at it to get by Norris — who led the pack for the first half of the race — and slide into second behind Verstappen.

Hamilton and Leclerc risk disqualification

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A potential spanner in the works for both Mercedes and Ferrari: A check on the floors and plank wear of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc's cars each revealed the skids are not in compliance with the sport's technical rules, according to FIA Formula One Technical Delegate Jo Bauer. Bauer reported the issue to the stewards.

This could disqualify both drivers, which would bump Lando Norris up to P2, Carlos Sainz to P3, and Logan Sargeant to P10 — which would give Williams' rookie his first career point.

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Here's how the tire strategies broke down

It looked for a while there that both Norris and Hamilton could challenge Verstappen by sticking to one-stop strategies, but both ended up stopping for fresh tires twice, and fell just a bit short of the reigning champion.

The full classification

That's four consecutive podiums for Lando Norris, but his first career GP win remains elusive.

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A heart attack for Tsunoda

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In the closing moments of the race, Yuki Tsunoda was happily in P10, on track for his first points since Spa at the end of July. Then his team called him into the pit lane.

"I had a heart attack," he said afterward. Then he found out they were bringing him in to slap on a set of soft tires and give him a run at fastest lap, since he'd built enough of a gap to the car behind that he could pit without losing his points position.

He executed perfectly, snagging the extra point and securing two points for AlphaTauri, which matter a lot to the team currently in last place. That gives the team seven points on the season, five behind Haas and nine behind Alfa Romeo. Each position in the standings means millions of dollars in prize money, so these results are big, even if they look small.

McLaren takes fourth away from Aston Martin

It was bound to happen sooner or later, and it turned out to be sooner.

McLaren entered the weekend 11 points behind Aston Martin in the constructors' championship, which at the start of the season was cruising along in second. Yesterday's sprint race knocked the gap down to six points, and with Lando's P3 earning him 15 points to Lance Stroll's two points for P9, McLaren's now ahead by seven points.

50 grand prix wins for Verstappen

The only drivers with more are Alain Prost (51), Sebastian Vettel (53), Michael Schumacher (91) and Lewis Hamilton (103).

Hamilton sounds pumped

He's seemed in a good mood all weekend — and today finished P2, just 2.2 seconds behind Verstappen. A few more laps, and he could have had it.

"Fantastic weekend guys, really well done," he says over the radio. "We've got work to do in lots of different areas, but let's keep pushing. Thank you to everyone back at the factory for the upgrades, let's keep pushing. We're getting closer."

2 points for Yuki Tsunoda

He finishes tenth and, on the last lap of the grand prix, sets the fastest time thanks to a set of soft tires. His teammate Daniel Ricciardo finishes P17, last among drivers who completed the race.

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Max Verstappen wins the 2023 United States Grand Prix

It was a proper fight in Austin, but Verstappen gets back from a P6 start and holds off Hamilton in P2 and Norris in P3 to secure yet another win in a history season that's already seen him crowned champion. That's 50 grand prix wins in his career.

Ver-snapping, 2.0

"No talking in the braking, man! -------!"

Verstappen's on course to win his 15th grand prix of the year and the 50th of his career, but he's clearly not happy with how his car's performing.

One lap left.

5-second penalty for Albon

The Williams veteran got caught violating track limits one too many times. But given he's over seven seconds ahead of Hülkenberg, it shouldn't cost him a place. Not that it matters much; he's in 11th.

Alonso's out

Rear suspension failure on his Aston Martin. His retirement gifts Lance Stroll a place — he's up to ninth now.

Ricciardo gets blue-flagged

Which is to say, he's been lapped. His AlphaTauri's in last place at the moment.

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A very late move by Norris to defend

That was on the limit by Norris, moving across aggressively to defend from Hamilton. He had to back out, and gets the move done down the hill at Turn 2. There’s a six-second gap to make up to Verstappen, and that cost him at least a second.

The next few laps are crucial

These will decide the race. If Hamilton can quickly catch and pass Norris, then he might have a shot at getting Verstappen at the front. But he’s running out of time.

Ver-snapping

"Please no talking! I'm in the braking," Max yells back at his race engineer.

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