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• Carlos Sainz’s P2 in the sister Ferrari was his best finish since winning the Australian Grand Prix earlier this year.
• It ends a seven-race run without a podium finish for Sainz.
• Red Bull’s Max Verstappen moved into a third-place finish after a time penalty for the driver ahead, having lost a third-place finish to a time penalty in 2017.
• It was the first time Verstappen has failed to win in Austin since 2019 (since when he’d taken consecutive wins in Grands Prix and Sprint races).
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• Verstappen finished 19.412 seconds behind the winner, the closest he has come to victory since the summer break.
• Verstappen remains winless in the last nine Grands Prix.
• Lando Norris took P4 for McLaren after a five-second time penalty cost him a podium finish.
• Norris now lies 57 points behind Verstappen in the drivers’ championship.
• McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri finished in P5 to remain the top scorer in the last nine Grands Prix, with 160 points.
• Mercedes’ George Russell started from the pit lane, but finished in P6 where he originally qualified.
• P7 for Sergio Perez was the Red Bull driver’s worst Austin finish since 2019.
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