After the Drivers World Championship was decided in favor of the Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) for the second season in a rowLife in Formula 1 continues with this weekend’s United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas. seem depressedhowever, the records are in jeopardy and the title of the builders has yet to be finalized.
With the confirmation of Verstappen’s reign at the Japanese Grand Prix solved the ‘jackpot’, in his second mathematical option to win his second world title, Formula 1 is already focusing on what needs to be solved, even though it seems like a second meal.
The Dutch champion will face off in the nineteenth round of the season, which is released, something that can make him even stronger and Red Bull about to seal the builders championship.
His stuntman in Japan placed him with an advantage of 165 points over the second in the ranking, ferrariand there are 191 points to grab in the remaining four races (Includes the Brazilian sprint format). If he leaves the US with 147 rental points, he secures the title he hasn’t won since 2013 with a Renault engine then.
To avoid this, Ferrari should beat Red Bull by 19 points on Sunday and sign a double and not even the fastest lap (44 points) assures him that he will continue to choose the title, as third and fourth places for Verstappen and Mexico’s Sergio Pérez will knock down the constructors’ championship (27 points).
In any case, Ferrari should not be neglected either. because second position is not guaranteed. Compared to Mercedes, the ‘Scuderia’ has 67 points. The fourth-place battle Alpine and McLaren are going through is tighter. Fernando Alonso’s team still has 13 points difference.
Racing at home the following weekend, ‘Checo’ Pérez is second in the Drivers’ World Championship, one point ahead of Monegasque Charles Leclerc. British George Russell (Mercedes) 46 points behind MexicoY Spanish carlos sainz (Ferrari) to 51, they can still mathematically be second. Also Lewis Hamilton, 73 points from the position he achieved in 2021, only seven-time champion.
This year, the one from Stevenage hasn’t won yet, The end of the season is approaching and he has 15 consecutive titles (like Michael Schumacher in his time) without missing his appointment with a victory. For example, if he managed to win a race in Austin, it would leave a historical mark.
Verstappen never gets tired of winning this course. He has 12 wins and is far from equaling the one-season record shared by the Germans Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel. He won at the Track of the Americas last year by keeping his finger on the pulse with Hamilton.
One of the victories isn’t the only record that can be pulverized; also points (carries 365 and reaches Hamilton 419) and the biggest difference with the second (He got 113 points from Pérez and Vettel beat Alonso by 155 points in 2013).
The activity at the COTA circuit will begin this Friday (21:00 CET) with the first two free practice sessions. In the race where the Grand Prix will open, 2021 IndyCar champion Spaniard Álex Palou will make his first official race in Formula 1, where he tested in Barcelona and Austria.
They will also be featured in others for free. four unofficial pilots: Russian-Israeli Robert Schwartzmann (Ferrari), American Logan Sergeant (Williams), French Theo Bag Chair (Alfa Romeo) and Italian Antonio Giovinazzi (Haas).
If the weather is nice, the second free session to test the 2023 slick tire prototypes (unmarked) will be extended by half an hour (one and a half hours) compared to normal, so Pirelli can develop the compounds before the teams. definitive versions are available.
Pirelli chose C2 (hard), C3 (medium) and C4 (soft) tires for a dry and sunny weekend.
With these games, on the run, drivers will complete 56 laps of the Austin circuit (5,513 meters) to cover a distance of 308,405 kilometers. It is one of the toughest circuits on the calendar, as each sector is different from the next.