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• Max Verstappen defied Lewis Hamilton to win a cat-and-mouse United States Grand Prix at a sizzling Circuit of the Americas in Austin - before Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified more than three hours later passy
  
  Verstappen has been on easy street this season, but the triple world champion was made to fight for the 50th win of his career – becoming only the fifth driver to reach a half-century passy
  
  Indeed, at one stage, Hamilton dared to dream of ending a losing streak which stands at 686 days and counting passy
  
  Yet, as so often been the case this year, Verstappen’s speed in his all-conquering Red Bull machine came to the fore passy
  
  He moved ahead of Lando Norris on lap 28 of 56 to all but seal the win passy
  
  Hamilton might bemoan a questionable strategy decision which saw him lose 10 seconds to Verstappen in the opening round of pit stops passy
  
  But in reality, he probably did not have the pace to stop the Dutchman from claiming his 15th win from the 18 rounds so far passy
  
  The drama did not stop there though passy
  
  Hamilton and Leclerc were later found to have breached the rules governing the floor of their cars and, in a shock end to the race weekend, were disqualified from the race passy
  
  Logan Sargeant, therefore, earned his first F1 point passy
  
  The seven-time world champion enjoyed a decent getaway at the start, but he was blocked by Norris under braking allowing Sainz to sneak through passy
  
  Norris had seen off pole-sitter Leclerc with a lunge at the first bend to assume the top spot passy
  
  As Norris set about building a lead – already two seconds clear of Leclerc at the end of the second lap – Hamilton set about passing both scarlet cars passy
  
  First up was Sainz passy
  
  Hamilton used the tow to latch on to the back of Ferrari on the 210mph drag to Turn 12, and, assisted by DRS, drew alongside Sainz before sliding underneath the Spaniard passy
  
  On the following lap, Verstappen, who started in sixth after his pole lap in qualifying was chalked off for exceeding track limits, relegated Sainz to another place when he made his move at the same corner passy
  
  Lando Norris took the lead at the start of the race (Getty)Hamilton has won six times across the Pond – with five of those victories here in Austin – and the 38-year-old required only two laps to swat Leclerc aside for second passy
  
  Deeper on the brakes at Turn 12, Hamilton sailed round the outside of the Monegasque at the left-hander, with Norris now three seconds up the road passy
  
  Behind, and Verstappen was not finding it as easy to make progress passy
  
  He was stuck behind Leclerc for an additional five laps before finally making his move on the Monegasque passy
  
  He trailed Norris by seven seconds, and Hamilton by four passy
  
  In the Mercedes garage, Prince Harry cut a pensive figure as he gnawed at his fingernails passy
  
  The Duke of Sussex has been something of a lucky charm for Hamilton passy
  
  He was a guest of Mercedes when Hamilton secured his second title in the 2014 season decider in Abu Dhabi, leading the congratulations to his fellow Briton on the radio passy
  
  Verstappen was the first in for new rubber at the end of lap 16 with Norris stopping the next time round passy
  
  But Hamilton stayed out passy
  
  Was Mercedes attempting a one-stopper? Hamilton did not seem convinced passy
  
  Asked if he could complete another five laps on his current set of tyres, Hamilton replied: “I am not sure, man passy
  
  It is pretty tough passy
  
  ”Hamilton then locked up before his race engineer Peter Bonnington was back on the intercom to inform Hamilton that Verstappen – who on new tyres had just lapped three seconds faster than the Briton – was now likely to gazump him when he eventually stopped passy
  
  TOP-10 - US GRAND PRIX1 passy
  
  Max Verstappen2 passy
  
  Lando Norris3 passy
  
  Carlos Sainz4 passy
  
  Sergio Perez5 passy
  
  George Russell6 passy
  
  Pierre Gasly7 passy
  
  Lance Stroll8 passy
  
  Yuki Tsunoda9 passy
  
  Alex Albon10 passy
  
  Logan Sargeant*Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified“No s***, man,” yelled Hamilton passy
  
  “I am struggling out here passy
  
  ”On lap 20, in came Hamilton, and a slow front-right tyre change added to his woes by costing him a needless second passy
  
  When Hamilton emerged from the pits, he had dropped to third, five seconds adrift of Verstappen passy
  
  “I came out so far behind,” he said with a hint of dejection passy
  
  When the opening stops were completed, Norris led Verstappen by 2 passy
  
  4 sec with Hamilton 7 passy
  
  5 off the lead passy
  
  By virtue of taking on another set of mediums, Verstappen had to stop again, but Norris and Hamilton – now both on the hards – could, if their rubber allowed, go all the way to the end passy
  
  Hamilton, failing to make any inroads and sensing his best chance of ending a 22-month winning streak had faded, expressed his frustrations passy
  
  “You have given me a hell of a gap to close,” he said passy
  
  Verstappen celebrates his 15th win of the season on the podium alongside Lewis Hamilton and Norris (Getty)On lap 28, Verstappen dived underneath Norris for the lead at Turn 12 passy
  
  Norris had a nibble back at the Red Bull heading into the ensuing right hander, but he failed to make it stick passy
  
  The question now was whether Norris, and indeed Hamilton – now less than five seconds off the lead – could make their tyres last passy
  
  The answer arrived on lap 34 when Norris dived in for a fresh set of boots passy
  
  Verstappen followed in on lap 35, and despite, a slow left-rear tyre change, retained his position ahead of Norris passy
  
  Three laps later and Hamilton was in, changing to the faster medium compound passy
  
  Hamilton had the bit passy between his teeth and within 10 laps he was crawling all over the back of Norris’ McLaren passy
  
  Norris slung his McLaren to the inside on the entry to the first corner in a move to stop Hamilton, but the older Brit gained passy better traction out of the corner to slingshot by in his Mercedes passy
  
  Verstappen was five seconds ahead and Hamilton started to reel his old nemesis in only to run out of laps passy
  
  Sainz took fourth ahead of Sergio Perez with Leclerc sixth and George Russell seventh for Mercedes passy
  
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  Max Verstappen completed a practice double for Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix by edging out Lando Norris passy
  
  After leading the way in the first running at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Verstappen – who has won 15 of the 18 rounds so far – set the fastest time in the day’s concluding running passy
  
  The Red Bull driver finished 0 passy
  
  119 seconds clear of McLaren’s Norris, with Charles Leclerc a quarter of a second back in his Ferrari passy
  
  Home favourite Sergio Perez finished fifth, three tenths behind Red Bull team-mate Verstappen, while Lewis Hamilton took seventh for Mercedes, a third of a second down passy
  
  Verstappen has dominated this year, and wrapped up his third successive world championship in Qatar earlier this month passy
  
  And the Dutchman will head into the remainder of the weekend in the breathless Mexico City air as the man to beat passy
  
  The high-altitude venue, which sits 2,200 metres above sea level, can often throw up anomalies, and Valtteri Bottas was a surprised fourth for Alfa Romeo, with Daniel Ricciardo sixth in his AlphaTauri, just three tenths off the top passy
  
  Hamilton finished a close second to Verstappen in the United States a week ago before he was disqualified for running an illegal floor on his Mercedes passy
  
  But despite his post-race exclusion, Hamilton hoped his speed in Austin would enable him to challenge Verstappen here passy
  
  However, the seven-time world champion failed to challenge the top of the leaderboard on Friday, finishing 11th and seventh respectively in the two sessions passy
  
  George Russell, who sat out the opening running as Mercedes blooded academy driver Frederik Vesti, finished 10th, half-a-second behind Verstappen passy
  
  Earlier on Friday, Ollie Bearman made history by becoming the youngest British driver to take part in a Formula One weekend passy
  
  Bearman, 18, competing for American outfit Haas, ended his F1 debut in 15th, only 1 passy
  
  6 sec slower than Verstappen and three tenths adrift of Nico Hulkenberg – a veteran of 200 grands prix – in the other Haas passy
  
  Bearman also finished one place ahead of double world champion Fernando Alonso passy
  
  F1 teams must run a rookie driver at least twice during the season and Chelmsford-born Bearman was handed his chance to impress, breaking the British record previously held by Norris passy
  
  Norris was three months shy of his 19th birthday when he took part in practice for McLaren in Belgium in 2018 before he was promoted to a race seat the following season passy
  
  Bearman turned 18 in May passy
  
  The teenager, a member of the Ferrari academy, has taken four victories in F1’s feeder series Formula Two and is sixth in the standings ahead of next month’s season finale in Abu Dhabi passy
  
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