This weekend the United States Grand Prix 2021 of Formula 1, at the Circuit of the Americas. This is the seventeenth test in this Formula 1 world championship. The English pilot Lewis hamilton has lost the World Championship lead after the last Turkish Grand Prix, where your partner Valtteri Bottas took the win, while he finished in fifth place, while Max verstappen finished second.
In the past Turkish Grand Prix, Hamilton suffered and lost the leadership, since it currently counts in the World Championship standings with 256.5 points, while Max verstappen add 262.5. The companion of Verstappen, the Mexican Sergio “The Czech” Pérez, finished in third position, with Charles Leclerc and his Ferrari in the fourth place.
The leadership of the drivers’ classification has returned to the hands of both Verstappen, which has 7 wins and 12 podiums, while Lewis hamilton has five wins and 11 podiums. The English seven-time champion was leader of the F1 World Championship to the Istanbul Circuit, but now it will be a new scenario.
Verstappen comes to USA with the intention of maintaining the leadership and being able to increase the distance, since in Russia He saved a very complicated situation where he rallied from the last positions of the grid to second place. On Turkey he did well in second place and here he hopes that his Red bull offer the best benefits.
The third place in the F1 World Cup is the other pilot of Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas, who has surpassed the young English runner of the circuit, Lando Norris of McLaren, to get up to the third place. The Finn has 177 points and won his first race of the season at the Turkish Grand Prix, giving it a 32 advantage over Norris (145). The companion of Verstappen, the Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez, is fifth with 135 points, reinforced by the third place in Istanbul.
As to Ferrari, in addition to the great role of Charles Leclerc of Turkey, the pairing of young pilots, together with Carlos Sainz, it’s working. The Monegasque rider of ‘Il cavallino rampante’ has 116 points with The Scuderia, so it occupies the seventh place in the World championship, only half a point from his partner Carlos Sainz (116.5), sixth. The parity between both pilots is total, in addition to the complicity.
The other Spanish driver on the grid, the great Fernando Alonso, keep fighting on your return to the F1 like a proven veteran. With Alphine Team, Oviedo currently has 58 points and occupies the tenth place in the standings. His partner, the French Sebastian ocon, is eleventh with 46 points.
F-1 2021 United States Grand Prix Schedule
Friday October 22
Free practice 1 18.30-19.30
Free 2 22.00 – 23.00 hours
Saturday October 23
Free 3, from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Classification, from 23.00 -00.00
Sunday October 24
Race, from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Where to watch the 2021 F-1 United States Grand Prix?
During this season you can see the F-1 and consequently the 2021 United States Grand Prix through various options such as the platform DAZN or by Movistar Plus. The thematic channel of Movistar Plus Formula 1 has been renamed DAZN F1 and the channels are already enabled DAZN1 and DAZN2. You can follow all the live information about the event on the Mundo Deportivo website.