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Formula 1 United States Grand Prix 2024 - Results
Welcome back from the second summer (fall?) break! And a sprint weekend at COTA in Austin, Texas, at that. And the start of a triple-header!
About to go to bed, so only posting the results for both the sprint race and the grand prix.
Except...Poor Hamilton. What a weekend to forget.
Next race:
Mexico City Grand Prix
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez -- Mexico City, Mexico
Sunday, October 27
GRAND PRIX Race Results -- SPOILER
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 56 | 1:35:09.639 | 25 |
| 2 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 56 | +8.562s | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 56 | +19.412s | 15 |
| 4 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 56 | +20.354s | 12 |
| 5 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren Mercedes | 56 | +21.921s | 10 |
| 6 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 56 | +56.295s | 8 |
| 7 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 56 | +59.072s | 6 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas Ferrari | 56 | +62.957s | 4 |
| 9 | 30 | Liam Lawson | RB Honda RBPT | 56 | +70.563s | 2 |
| 10 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Williams Mercedes | 56 | +71.979s | 1 |
| 11 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 56 | +79.782s | 0 |
| 12 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine Renault | 56 | +90.558s | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 55 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 14 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB Honda RBPT | 55 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 55 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 16 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams Mercedes | 55 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 17 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 55 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 18 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | 55 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 19 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 55 | +1 lap | 0 |
| NC | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1 | DNF | 0 |
Fastest Lap: Estaban Ocon, Lap 53. No exta point awarded; outside of top 10.
Source: F1.com
SPRINT Race Results -- SPOILER
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 19 | 31:06.146 | 8 |
| 2 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 19 | +3.882s | 7 |
| 3 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 19 | +6.240s | 6 |
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 19 | +6.956s | 5 |
| 5 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 19 | +15.766s | 4 |
| 6 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 19 | +18.724s | 3 |
| 7 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 19 | +25.161s | 2 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas Ferrari | 19 | +26.588s | 1 |
| 9 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 19 | +29.950s | 0 |
| 10 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren Mercedes | 19 | +37.059s | 0 |
| 11 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB Honda RBPT | 19 | +38.363s | 0 |
| 12 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Williams Mercedes | 19 | +39.460s | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 19 | +41.236s | 0 |
| 14 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine Renault | 19 | +41.995s | 0 |
| 15 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | 19 | +42.804s | 0 |
| 16 | 30 | Liam Lawson | RB Honda RBPT | 19 | +44.008s | 0 |
| 17 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams Mercedes | 19 | +44.564s | 0 |
| 18 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 19 | +46.807s | 0 |
| 19 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 19 | +52.842s | 0 |
| 20 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 19 | +54.476s | 0 |
Fastest Lap: Max Verstappen, Lap 19. No extra point awarded in a sprint race.
Source: F1.com
This was an entertaining race and I've enjoyed the 2nd half of this season. It's much more interesting when we aren't sure who will win a race. I'm sure Verstappen will still win the championship, but at least he isn't just parked in first place every race like last year.
The situation with Perez is curious. He is probably the most disappointing driver of the year, other than the two that got fired before the year is up. The only explanation for his continued contract is that he has a lot of fans and is bringing in money through sponsorships and selling merch. It has to be embarrassing for him that Russell beat him today after starting the race from the pit.
I run a small pool on IRC and typically we all come away with 6-12pts. This week our winner got 6pts, absolutely crushing the rest of us who were at 2-4pts. Our worst week yet!
Sharl swooping past Lando and Max was dope... and him holding on to that the entire time was solid gold. I couldn't be happier.
The last half of this season is some of the best.
Excellent weekend for motorsport. MotoGP was also great with an insane crash during the Sprint. Its amazing that these guys just get up and race the next day.
I kind of hope they pause the new stuff and keep this relatively well-balanced grid going.
Leclerc had the car to win, but he didn't half make the most of it in that first corner, beautiful move! Honestly, when Leclerc is having a good weekend (and I get the impression he's having more and more, he's in a really nice bit of form atm), Sainz just can't touch him. I think Sainz managed to get lucky and scrap with him in the sprint, but he never looked like threatening Leclerc in the race, although the team managed to perform a nice undercut to get him past Verstappen.
I just can't see Norris outracing Verstappen now. I saw a thread on Reddit (I think it was) where someone described Verstappen as "almost disturbingly pragmatic", and I couldn't agree more. Sure, it's not "nice" racing, it's perhaps not even "sporting" by some people's definitions, but it does seem to be within the rules. He doesn't give a damn about the rest and that's a real strength. I don't think Norris is canny enough to overcome that. I also think that Norris could just park it where he's legally allowed to be and get into a proper tangle with Verstappen, maybe a few times. Because right now, Verstappen has his number. If Norris shows that he's willing to tangle and lose them both the championship, maybe allowing Leclerc to gobble up the points gap, perhaps then Verstappen will start to realise that he also has something to risk.
Norris is in a highly unenviable position, though, that's very clear. My feeling is that Verstappen is about 70% sure to win the WDC this year, Norris only has an outside chance at this point.
Edit: grammar