Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W13
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W13

How Verstappen beat Hamilton to win F1 United States Grand Prix

  • Max Verstappen wins F1 United States Grand Prix

1) Verstappen 2) Hamilton 3) Leclerc

Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton with five laps to go in an extraordinary wheel-to-wheel battle!

23 Oct 2022
21:19

Hamilton is now right behind Vettel for the lead of the race.

The German is yet to make his second stop.

21:17

Verstappen moves up to third as he powers past Leclerc with DRS. He's into third.

21:16

It's Leclerc v Verstappen into Turn 1. A great switchback from the Ferrari driver to retain third.

21:16

Vettel leads for Aston Martin!

21:13

The order on Lap 37: Perez, Vettel, Hamilton, Leclerc, Verstappen, Magnussen, Russell, Ocon, Alonso, Albon, Zhou, Tsunoda, Norris, Latifi, Schumacher, Gasly and Ricciardo.

21:11
Verstappen on his 11.1s stop

"Beautiful, fuc-ing beautiful!" 

21:11

A slow stop for Verstappen! He's jumped by Hamilton and Leclerc.

21:10

Red Bull respond immediately with Verstappen. Where will he rejoin?

21:09
Lap 35

Mercedes pit Hamilton for another set of hard tyres - they've committed to a two-stop strategy here.

21:08

Hamilton has great pace here but he can't get close enough into that crucial DRS range.

21:06

Hamilton has closed Verstappen's gap down to 1.5s. 

21:05

The order on Lap 32: Verstappen, Hamilton, Leclerc, Perez, Russell, Vettel, Gasly, Tsunoda, Norris, Schumacher, Magnussen, Ocon, Albon, Alonso, Ricciardo, Latifi and Zhou.

21:03

5s penalty for Gasly for dropping too far behind under the Safety Car.

21:01

Wow! What a move from Leclerc on Perez. Late on the brakes. Superb stuff.

21:01

Leclerc tries to overtake Perez with the use of DRS but brakes too late and has to concede the position.

20:59

Leclerc is in DRS range of Perez ahead but the Red Bull is too quick on the straights.

20:57

Big gaps emerging at the front with none of the seven in DRS of each other.

20:56

No changes to the order with Hamilton now 1.2s behind Verstappen at the front of the field.

20:53
Lap 26

The Safety Car is in and we're back underway at COTA.

20:50

The stewards confirm the incident will be investigated after the race - between Alonso and Stroll.

20:49
Lap 24

The order under the Safety Car: Verstappen, Hamilton, Perez, Leclerc, Russell, Vettel, Gasly, Tsunoda, Norris, Schumacher, Ocon, Magnussen, Ricciardo, Albon, Latifi, Alonso and Zhou.

20:47
20:47

Replays show Stroll moving slightly left on the straight into Alonso's path.

20:45

Contact between Stroll and Alonso.

There could be a red flag here.

20:44

Big crash! Safety Car deployed...