The race held last weekend in Austin was certainly one of the most beautiful and exciting for the entire season. There were no repeated overtakes and counter-overtakes in the battle for the podium, but victory hung in the balance from start to finish, with Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton battling lap times from start to finish. race, taking advantage of different strategies and crossing the final finish line separated by just over a second. In the end, the Dutchman from Red Bull was on the top step of the podium, able to resist the ferocious comeback attempt of his direct rival.
In the initial phase of the race it was Hamilton, who had a better start, who led the group. Verstappen was behind him, very close but unable to carry a significant attack. Intervened in the podcast F1 Nation, the 1996 world champion Damon Hill however, he highlighted how, already in that phase of the race, Hamilton did not seem 100% satisfied with his car. The reference is to the various radio messages delivered by the English in which he complained about the performance of his W12. “It was a fantastic race because she was very balanced all the time – the former Williams told the official F1 podcast – e there was also a bit of play [con] some of those radio calls. I was surprised Lewis opened up on the radio to say, ‘I can’t keep up with the pace’, as it does sometimes. It made me think, ‘Why are you raising the white flag?’ Then Max would say, ‘I can see it slip’, and he stopped and completely overtook the Mercedes “.
“The real question, however, was whether Lewis would be able to get back under one second behind and open his DRS. He seemed to be able to get close enough, but then he couldn’t. Obviously he couldn’t get close enough, because he didn’t open his DRS. Like this he never got a chance to pass and finished the available laps before that [Verstappen] ran out of tires. But I think the tension was great, all along “ Hill concluded.
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