US Grand Prix

Max Verstappen continued his domination of the 2022 Formula 1 season with another commanding victory at the United States Grand Prix. But while he and his ...

The points haul moved him back into second in the drivers’ championship, two points clear of Sergio Perez. He was on course for a fine P6, but a slow stop dropped him out of the top 10. The pole-sitter has now managed just one lap in the last two races. Max Verstappen continued his domination of the 2022 Formula 1 season with another commanding victory at the United States Grand Prix. That was his fifth rostrum in a row – a new personal record - and his first ever appearance on the podium in Austin. However, a five-second time penalty for dropping more than 10 car lengths behind the Safety Car (with a penalty points sanction that moves him to nine) was compounded by a 10-second punishment for failing to serve the initial penalty properly and that dropped him well down the classification. Yuki Tsunoda’s solid drive to 10th ended a run of 13 races without a point (the longest streak for any driver) for the Japanese racer. [READ MORE: What the teams said – Race day in the United States](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.what-the-teams-said-race-day-in-the-united-states-2022.57IG56Kbbk3YQI2B13ZIn2.html) [READ MORE: Alonso dropped out of points following Haas protest at United States Grand Prix](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.alonso-dropped-out-of-points-following-haas-protest-at-united-states-grand.2W3bnKWlLL7wafh6yc9R9V.html) We’ve picked out six winners and five losers from Austin’s Circuit of the Americas… Kevin Magnussen made a one-stop strategy work to end a run of seven races without points (the longest streak of any team) with P8. In crossing the line second, he secured his first podium since the Hungarian Grand Prix (before the summer break) to maintain his record of finishing in the top-four in every F1 race at Austin.