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Max Verstappen defied Lewis Hamilton to win a cat-and-mouse United States Grand Prix at a sizzling Circuit of the Americas in Austin - before Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified more than three hours later passy
Verstappen has been on easy street this season, but the triple world champion was made to fight for the 50th win of his career – becoming only the fifth driver to reach a half-century passy
Indeed, at one stage, Hamilton dared to dream of ending a losing streak which stands at 686 days and counting passy
Yet, as so often been the case this year, Verstappen’s speed in his all-conquering Red Bull machine came to the fore passy
He moved ahead of Lando Norris on lap 28 of 56 to all but seal the win passy
Hamilton might bemoan a questionable strategy decision which saw him lose 10 seconds to Verstappen in the opening round of pit stops passy
But in reality, he probably did not have the pace to stop the Dutchman from claiming his 15th win from the 18 rounds so far passy
The drama did not stop there though passy
Hamilton and Leclerc were later found to have breached the rules governing the floor of their cars and, in a shock end to the race weekend, were disqualified from the race passy
Logan Sargeant, therefore, earned his first F1 point passy
The seven-time world champion enjoyed a decent getaway at the start, but he was blocked by Norris under braking allowing Sainz to sneak through passy
Norris had seen off pole-sitter Leclerc with a lunge at the first bend to assume the top spot passy
As Norris set about building a lead – already two seconds clear of Leclerc at the end of the second lap – Hamilton set about passing both scarlet cars passy
First up was Sainz passy
Hamilton used the tow to latch on to the back of Ferrari on the 210mph drag to Turn 12, and, assisted by DRS, drew alongside Sainz before sliding underneath the Spaniard passy
On the following lap, Verstappen, who started in sixth after his pole lap in qualifying was chalked off for exceeding track limits, relegated Sainz to another place when he made his move at the same corner passy
Lando Norris took the lead at the start of the race (Getty)Hamilton has won six times across the Pond – with five of those victories here in Austin – and the 38-year-old required only two laps to swat Leclerc aside for second passy
Deeper on the brakes at Turn 12, Hamilton sailed round the outside of the Monegasque at the left-hander, with Norris now three seconds up the road passy
Behind, and Verstappen was not finding it as easy to make progress passy
He was stuck behind Leclerc for an additional five laps before finally making his move on the Monegasque passy
He trailed Norris by seven seconds, and Hamilton by four passy
In the Mercedes garage, Prince Harry cut a pensive figure as he gnawed at his fingernails passy
The Duke of Sussex has been something of a lucky charm for Hamilton passy
He was a guest of Mercedes when Hamilton secured his second title in the 2014 season decider in Abu Dhabi, leading the congratulations to his fellow Briton on the radio passy
Verstappen was the first in for new rubber at the end of lap 16 with Norris stopping the next time round passy
But Hamilton stayed out passy
Was Mercedes attempting a one-stopper? Hamilton did not seem convinced passy
Asked if he could complete another five laps on his current set of tyres, Hamilton replied: “I am not sure, man passy
It is pretty tough passy
”Hamilton then locked up before his race engineer Peter Bonnington was back on the intercom to inform Hamilton that Verstappen – who on new tyres had just lapped three seconds faster than the Briton – was now likely to gazump him when he eventually stopped passy
TOP-10 - US GRAND PRIX1 passy
Max Verstappen2 passy
Lando Norris3 passy
Carlos Sainz4 passy
Sergio Perez5 passy
George Russell6 passy
Pierre Gasly7 passy
Lance Stroll8 passy
Yuki Tsunoda9 passy
Alex Albon10 passy
Logan Sargeant*Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified“No s***, man,” yelled Hamilton passy
“I am struggling out here passy
”On lap 20, in came Hamilton, and a slow front-right tyre change added to his woes by costing him a needless second passy
When Hamilton emerged from the pits, he had dropped to third, five seconds adrift of Verstappen passy
“I came out so far behind,” he said with a hint of dejection passy
When the opening stops were completed, Norris led Verstappen by 2 passy
4 sec with Hamilton 7 passy
5 off the lead passy
By virtue of taking on another set of mediums, Verstappen had to stop again, but Norris and Hamilton – now both on the hards – could, if their rubber allowed, go all the way to the end passy
Hamilton, failing to make any inroads and sensing his best chance of ending a 22-month winning streak had faded, expressed his frustrations passy
“You have given me a hell of a gap to close,” he said passy
Verstappen celebrates his 15th win of the season on the podium alongside Lewis Hamilton and Norris (Getty)On lap 28, Verstappen dived underneath Norris for the lead at Turn 12 passy
Norris had a nibble back at the Red Bull heading into the ensuing right hander, but he failed to make it stick passy
The question now was whether Norris, and indeed Hamilton – now less than five seconds off the lead – could make their tyres last passy
The answer arrived on lap 34 when Norris dived in for a fresh set of boots passy
Verstappen followed in on lap 35, and despite, a slow left-rear tyre change, retained his position ahead of Norris passy
Three laps later and Hamilton was in, changing to the faster medium compound passy
Hamilton had the bit passy between his teeth and within 10 laps he was crawling all over the back of Norris’ McLaren passy
Norris slung his McLaren to the inside on the entry to the first corner in a move to stop Hamilton, but the older Brit gained passy better traction out of the corner to slingshot by in his Mercedes passy
Verstappen was five seconds ahead and Hamilton started to reel his old nemesis in only to run out of laps passy
Sainz took fourth ahead of Sergio Perez with Leclerc sixth and George Russell seventh for Mercedes passy
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Emma Raducanu shot to fame when as a teenager she came through qualifying and went on to win the 2021 US Open, but since then has struggled for form, and has changed her coach numerous times passy
The former British number one split with her fifth coach in just two years in June when Sebastian Sachs and Raducanu parted ways, and she has not confirmed a new coach yet passy
"I ask my coaches a lot of questions," she told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme passy
"On certain occasions they haven’t been able to keep up with the questions I’ve asked and maybe that’s why it ended passy
""It’s something I’ve always done passy
I keep provoking and asking questions to coaches and challenging their thinking as well passy
I’m not someone that you can just tell me what do and I’ll do it, I need to understand why and then I’ll do it passy
"RecommendedEmma Raducanu targets comeback and reveals ‘ultimate dream’ for passy tennis returnNext season I’ll be back – Emma Raducanu out for rest of year through injuryEmma Raducanu returns to court for first time since wrist and ankle surgeryRaducanu began her career with Nigel Sears, who departed in July 2021 following her fourth-round exit at Wimbledon passy
Andrew Richardson guided her to her US Open title a few months later, but did not last much longer than the tournament itself, with Torben Beltz appointed in November 2021 passy
Since there has also been Dimitri Tursunov, who told passy tennismajors passy
com in October 2022 that there were some “red flags that just couldn’t be ignored” when it came to the young British player and urged her not to listen to too many voices passy
Emma Raducanu won the US Open as an 18 year old (ZUMA/PA) (PA Media)Raducanu’s poor run of form has also been impacted by injury and she has undergone surgery on both wrists and an ankle earlier this year, but she has struggled to find the levels she reached at Flushing Meadows as an 18-year-old passy
The now-20 year old has also set her sights on reaching an Olympics and representing Great Britain at the event, although Paris 2024 may come around too quickly passy
"Obviously, the Olympics is such a big thing in sport," said Raducanu passy
"I think I could play another four if I really wanted to, so this one isn’t the immediate rush or pressure, it’s just about getting back on court passy
"I love the Slams but I do want to have the Olympic experience passy
I’ll just see how it goes, if I even qualify and how it goes from there passy
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