Max Verstappen managed to take the lead straight away in the United States Grand Prix. The Red Bull Racing driver was off to a tremendous start at the extinction of the lights and had already passed pole-sitter Carlos Sainz entering the first corner. The Spaniard was then hit by George Russell.
With that, it was immediately the end of the race for Sainz. The final reason for dropping out was a water leak. Russell was penalised by race control with a five-second time penalty. Lewis Hamilton took advantage and is in second place after the start. Lance Stroll moved up from P5 to P3. Sergio Perez also had a fine start and already seems to be on a podium course.
The standard way for Mercedes drivers to bring their team up over their rivals in the standings. Torpedo them out of the race and get an absurdly small penalty that will barely make a difference. And yet people here claim they don’t cheat.
Max doesnt need to start on pole to win races.
Just another example of a Ferrari getting pole positions, but Max had already got pass Sainz by the first corner.
This has nothing to do with Russell hitting Sainz, as he had a poor start and Max had already overtaken him before the first corner. George was also ahead of Hami at that stage and was also alongside Sainz by then, but as it was an acute angle corner, he cut back across the track and got virtually T-bonned by Russell who was trying to overtake him too at the first corner.
Off course a driver at the front torpedoed by one of the Merc drivers….
Can"t believe that it really happened. I am about Plan E for Lec Ferrari. A, B, C, D and now E. Is that possible? What a clownade
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