00:00and it's lights out and away we go and Verstappen getting away better and has that inside line
00:08going into turn one. Verstappen's ahead of Carlos Sainz and then there's a lock-up from behind George
00:13Russell Lewis Hamilton goes around the outside and Sainz is spun around and is tagged and he's
00:18gone from pole to last in the space of one corner. Absolutely the last thing he needed of course to
00:24happen to him and Verstappen then out front did somebody tag the back of him to just spin him
00:29around. The two Mercedes were steaming in there racing each other hard as well but Sainz continues.
00:36Let's see what happened with George Russell now and Carlos Sainz. Lewis Hamilton on the right hand
00:42side as he then goes to the corner. Oh Sainz came across George Russell. Who was at fault there?
00:48Carlos was taking the racing line up there and George trying to claim the apex but he was all
00:54locked up. George Russell hadn't got full control of his car.
00:58Come on, what's happened there? Good punch. I think cars from Mercedes.
01:04It's a five second time penalty for George Russell causing a collision.
01:12And that is absolute heartbreak for Carlos Sainz who has been pushed into the garage.
01:18As we head on to the back straight with George Russell and George Russell has DRS that will be
01:26operational and he's gaining and he's gaining and he's gaining on Lance Stroll. I don't think Lance
01:31Stroll is going to fight this one and George Russell is up into third place.
01:34This is Sergio Perez and his move on Sebastian Vettel.
01:40I wondered what was happening to Nicholas Latifi as he started tumbling down the order and that is the
01:46reason why. Here comes Sergio Perez and there goes his front wing end plate. You saw it move over to
01:53the right-hand side as he moves past Lance Stroll. Former Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel now in the green of Aston Martin
02:00Leclerc has made up another place.
02:04But there at the moment. Oh, he's very much spun there, hasn't he?
02:07Spun and beached for Valtteri Bottas. Turn 19. Will this be a safety car? Yes, it will be a safety car. The safety car has been deployed. Now this could really help Charles Leclerc.
02:20Charles Leclerc. Just lost the back end. Okay, copy.
02:26So this is just a bit of luck that Ferrari needed today. Charles Leclerc comes out, clears nicely Sebastian Vettel, who's also going to luck in to a cheap pit stop time-wise.
02:36Charles Leclerc comes out in fourth place.
02:40That's Fernando Alonso! Goes off the track! That's a high-speed crash and he's made contact with Lance Stroll in the Aston Martin.
02:48And I hope that Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll are both okay, but that was a very heavy crash.
02:58Let's have a look and see what happened here.
03:02He did get very airborne. He goes to the left and Lance Stroll moves to the left to try and block Fernando Alonso.
03:11You okay?
03:12Yes, mate. Very late, mate.
03:14It was a little late, Jink left.
03:16I crashed.
03:22Okay, Lance, you okay?
03:24Yeah, I'm fine.
03:28Charles Leclerc with that DRS is catching him once again. He's in the slipstream. He's got the speed.
03:32Can he be late on the brakes and dive down the inside? He's going for it!
03:35Charles Leclerc! The crowd rule their approval!
03:38That was absolutely brilliant!
03:40Oh, this is not a great stop. It's medium tyres. It's a horrible stop.
03:44This is going to make it even less close. Lewis Hamilton is going to take the lead of this race.
03:50What's happened to Max Verstappen?
03:51In the pit stop, that front left wheel wasn't tightened up enough and he's been beaten by Charles Leclerc in the pit.
03:59Sebastian Vettel takes the lead of the race. Hamilton is second. Here goes Max Verstappen down the inside on Charles Leclerc.
04:06It's the old switcheroo from Leclerc, though. He's got him on the exit.
04:10Oh, brilliant stuff as positions exchange one after the other in the space of 10 metres.
04:17Crowd loved it. I loved it. What a race this is.
04:21And Verstappen pulls out from behind the Ferrari and gets the move done into the braking zone.
04:27That was clinical from Max Verstappen. He knew he had more pace.
04:30Can Hamilton dive down the inside for the lead of the race? Yes, he can.
04:37Vettel didn't really defend that one, but Hamilton now takes the lead of the US Grand Prix.
04:44And Fernando Alonso making his way then past the Haas of Kevin Magnussen.
04:50I didn't know if that debris had come off the back of the Haas.
04:54I think it's Alonso's mirror.
04:56And Verstappen with DRS closing in on Lewis Hamilton.
04:59Hamilton leading the race. Verstappen goes down the inside.
05:03Hamilton sees that coming. Tries the switcheroo.
05:06Verstappen goes deep. And now they're going to go wheel to wheel.
05:09Hamilton tries to go around the outside.
05:11Verstappen just runs him out of space.
05:13But then there's a drift from the red ball.
05:14Almost giving Hamilton the chance to move back again.
05:17Now the track will swing left-handed.
05:20Hamilton hasn't given this one up.
05:22But Verstappen, with better traction, just moves ahead.
05:25And through the higher speed corners has the lead of this race.
05:29Hamilton got a warning for a track limit.
05:32Talking of keeping it on the road and trying to get back into double points.
05:37Not just the one.
05:38Here goes Sebastian Vettel round the outside of Alex Albon.
05:42Sebastian Vettel up into ninth place.
05:45It's a victory that will give Red Bull the Constructors' Championship in 2022.
05:52It's celebrations for team and Ford driver on such a poignant weekend.
05:57Max Verstappen wins the United States Grand Prix.
06:01And the action's still not over.
06:04Vettel in his final United States Grand Prix.
06:06Has he got the move done?
06:07No, not quite.
06:08George Russell takes the fastest lap of the race.
06:10Now he's got the move done.
06:12The fireworks are going off.
06:13And on the track, Sebastian Vettel still giving his explosive action.
06:17Norris sixth.
06:18Alonso seventh.
06:19Sebastian Vettel comes home to finish eighth.
06:23Thanks Verstappen.
06:24You are world champion.
06:26We are world champions.
06:28Thank you so much.
06:29And thank you, Dietrich Mateschitz, for everything that you have done.
06:33This one was for Dietrich.
06:35And congrats, guys.
06:36What an amazing season to win also the Constructors.
06:39You guys really deserve it.
06:40They all came to challenge, as they have done throughout this season.
06:46But it's Red Bull on top on the day that their driver's world champion came and won in Texas
06:52and sealed their first Constructors' Championship since 2013.
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