There were plenty of questions for our post-race mailbag surrounding Austin race weekend storylines.
Between a close battle for victory on-track and post-race controversy, Formula One’s return to the United States offered plenty of big talking points. Mercedes, McLaren and his own Red Bull car all made Max Verstappen work hard for his 50th career victory as he battled a race-long brake problem, giving Lewis Hamilton and his team a real shot at their first win together in close to two years.
He had two sets of fresh hards, meaning he took them for stints two and three. Meanwhile, Hamilton had two fresh sets of mediums available for the race and only a single set of fresh hards, which was why he could go medium-hard-medium and go on that late charge. Most front-runners have only one set of hard tyres left in their race allocation, with McLaren the outlier 🧐 — Pirelli Motorsport There’s a lot of chatter around sprint races and the format.
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