2023 F1 United States Grand Prix – Results and standings

Thomas Maher 22 Oct 2023 9:41 PM

McLaren's Lando Norris takes the lead at the start of the US Grand Prix at COTA.

Check out the complete results from the 2023 United States Grand Prix, held at the Circuit of the Americas.

Max Verstappen overcame a stern challenge from Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton to win the US Grand Prix, with the Red Bull driver coming through to win from sixth on the grid despite a suspected late technical issue.

At the race start, McLaren’s Lando Norris stormed into the lead by overtaking Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc into Turn 1, while Verstappen climbed up into fifth by breezing past Mercedes’ George Russell off the line.

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Verstappen showed tremendous patience in the early stages, with Norris pulling away up at the front to open up a seven-second lead over Verstappen as the Dutch driver moved his way past the two Ferraris with Lewis Hamilton making similar progress to climb into second.

Verstappen pitted to take on a second set of mediums, with Norris pitting a lap later to take on the hards, while Mercedes opted to stay out for four laps with Hamilton.

The strategy had Verstappen move ahead of Hamilton, and he quickly caught up and passed Norris, only for the McLaren driver to pit again for another set of hards. Hamilton also pitted again, taking on the mediums for a full push for the closing stages of the race.

Red Bull’s usual relentless race pace had Verstappen slowly but surely start to pull away from Norris with 15 laps to go, despite the Dutch driver complaining vocally on team radio about a suspected brake issue.

Hamilton closed in on Norris to eye up second place on the podium, and managed to overtake his compatriot out of Turn 1 as Norris went desperate in defence as he realised his position was slipping away.

With six laps to go, Hamilton was five seconds down on Verstappen and armed with a softer compound tyre, but couldn’t close in enough to launch an attack on the Red Bull despite Verstappen clearly struggling with his brake issues.

The three-time World Champion duly crossed the line to take the win, having had to work considerably harder for it than at most of his races this season, with Hamilton taking second place, with Norris completing the podium.

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Carlos Sainz finished fourth for Ferrari, having been moved ahead of Charles Leclerc after a strategy gamble from Ferrari with the pole-sitter. The Monegasque finished in sixth, having been overtaken by Sergio Perez in his Red Bull in the closing stages.

George Russell finished seventh for Mercedes, Pierre Gasly eighth for Alpine, Lance Stroll ninth for Aston Martin, and Yuki Tsunoda claimed the final points position with 10th place for AlphaTauri.

The retirements were for McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, who damaged their cars in a first-lap clash, while Fernando Alonso retired in the closing laps with a technical issue on his Aston Martin.

Update: Hours after the race, both Hamilton and Leclerc were disqualified from the United States Grand Prix, due to excessive wear on the underfloor planks on their cars found during post-race scrutineering.

The results below are updated from the original classification.

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