Challenging Sunday in Austin
- George Russell finished sixth with Kimi Antonelli P13 in Sunday’s United States Grand Prix.
- George lined up P4 but was pinched on the inside of turn one, losing positions to the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton and the McLaren of Oscar Piastri.
- The difficulty, for the whole field, in getting close to the car ahead whilst also keeping tyre surface temperatures under control, limited the ability to regain those positions.
- Despite a three-lap tyre offset after switching from the Medium to the Soft compound, he couldn’t trouble Piastri before the chequered flag came.
- Kimi meanwhile, also running the Medium-Soft one-stop, held his starting position of P7 in the opening laps.
- He was unfortunate to be turned around by the Williams of Carlos Sainz at turn 15 in the early stages and could only rejoin at the back of the field.
- He fought back from there but his progressed was halted at P13 and he therefore finished outside of the points.
- The battle for second in the Constructors’ Championship has closed up once again with Ferrari now seven points behind in P3.
- The team now heads south to Mexico for next week’s Mexico City Grand Prix.
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