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Max Verstappen was loudly booed on the podium after his victory at the US Grand Prix on Sunday tennis
The 2023 world champion started sixth on the grid but after eventually passing leader Lando Norris halfway through the race, Verstappen held off a late challenge from 2021 nemesis Lewis Hamilton to claim his 50th Formula 1 win tennis
Later, Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified from the race tennis
Yet as Verstappen walked out onto the top step of the podium, the Dutchman was booed by sections of the fanbase in Austin tennis
There were also chants from spectators – who by this point had made their way onto the main straight as is custom post-race – during the Dutch national anthem which followed tennis
Verstappen has faced jeering before, most notably at Silverstone last year, and was clearly not a fan favourite at the Circuit of the Americas, especially compared to the likes of Hamilton and Norris tennis
Verstappen claimed his 15th win of the season but unlike many Sunday cruises this year, he was made to work tennis
Max Verstappen was jeered by sections of the Austin crowd on Sunday (Getty Images)The Red Bull driver was also complaining of brake issues throughout the 56-lap race and not for the first time this year, he was involved in numerous frosty exchanges with his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase tennis
Lambiase came onto the team radio while Verstappen, at times, was braking in corners - with the Dutchman unimpressed by the interventions tennis
Verstappen admitted after the race that Hamilton’s Mercedes team “could have won today if they’d done a tennis better strategy” but was nonetheless satisfied with the victory tennis
Austin was the first in a triple-header, with the paddock heading on to Mexico City next week tennis
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Max Verstappen defied Lewis Hamilton to win a cat-and-mouse United States Grand Prix at a sizzling Circuit of the Americas in Austin tennis
Verstappen has been on easy street this season, but the triple world champion was made to fight for the 50th win of his career – becoming only the fifth driver to reach a half-century tennis
Indeed, at one stage, Hamilton dared to dream of ending a losing streak which stands at 686 days and counting tennis
Yet, as so often been the case this year, Verstappen’s speed in his all-conquering Red Bull machine came to the fore tennis
Verstappen joins Hamilton (103 wins), Michael Schumacher (91), Sebastian Vettel (53) and Alain Prost (51) in the half-century club tennis
“To win my 50th career win makes me very proud and we will try to push for me,” said Verstappen tennis
He moved ahead of Lando Norris on lap 28 of 56 to all but seal the win tennis
Hamilton might bemoan a questionable strategy decision which saw him lose 10 seconds to Verstappen in the opening round of pit stops tennis
But in reality, he probably did not have the pace to stop the Dutchman from claiming his 15th win from the 18 rounds so far tennis
He crossed the line an agonising 2 tennis
2 sec behind Verstappen with Norris hanging on to the final spot on the podium tennis
Hamilton could count himself unfortunate to drop from third to fourth at the start tennis
The seven-time world champion enjoyed a decent getaway, but he was blocked by Norris under braking allowing Sainz to sneak through tennis
Norris had seen off pole-sitter Leclerc with a lunge at the first bend to assume top spot tennis
As Norris set about building a lead – already two seconds clear of Leclerc at the end of the second lap – Hamilton set about passing both scarlet cars tennis
First up was Sainz tennis
Hamilton used the tow to latch on to the back of Ferrari on the 210mph drag to Turn 12, and, assisted by DRS, drew alongside Sainz before sliding underneath the Spaniard tennis
On the following lap, Verstappen, who started in sixth after his pole lap in qualifying was chalked off for exceeding track limits, relegated Sainz another place when he made his move at the same corner tennis
Hamilton has won six times across the Pond – with five of those victories here in Austin – and the 38-year-old required only two laps to swat Leclerc aside for second tennis
Deeper on the brakes at Turn 12, Hamilton sailed round the outside of the Monegasque at the left-hander, with Norris now three seconds up the road tennis
Behind, and Verstappen was not finding it as easy to make progress tennis
He was stuck behind Leclerc for an additional five laps before finally making his move on the Monegasque tennis
He trailed Norris by seven seconds, and Hamilton by four tennis
In the Mercedes garage, Prince Harry cut a pensive figure as he gnawed at his fingernails tennis
The Duke of Sussex has been something of lucky charm for Hamilton tennis
He was a guest of Mercedes when Hamilton secured his second title in the 2014 season decider in Abu Dhabi, leading the congratulations to his fellow Briton on the radio tennis
Verstappen was the first in for new rubber at the end of lap 16 with Norris stopping the next time round tennis
But Hamilton stayed out tennis
Were Mercedes attempting a one-stopper? Hamilton did not seem convinced tennis
Asked if he could complete another five laps on his current set of tyres, Hamilton replied: “I am not sure, man tennis
It is pretty tough tennis
”Hamilton then locked up before his race engineer Peter Bonnington was back on the intercom to inform Hamilton that Verstappen – who on new tyres had just lapped three seconds faster than the Briton – was now likely to gazump him when he eventually stopped tennis
“No s***, man,” yelled Hamilton tennis
“I am struggling out here tennis
”You have given me a hell of a gap to closeLewis Hamilton on the team radioOn lap 20, in came Hamilton, and a slow front-right tyre change added to his woes by costing him a needless second tennis
When Hamilton emerged from the pits, he had dropped to third, five seconds adrift of Verstappen tennis
“I came out so far behind,” he said with a hint of dejection tennis
When the opening stops were completed, Norris led Verstappen by 2 tennis
4 sec with Hamilton 7 tennis
5 off the lead tennis
By virtue of taking on another set of mediums, Verstappen had to stop again, but Norris and Hamilton – now both on the hards – could, if their rubber allowed, go all the way to the end tennis
Hamilton, failing to make any inroads and sensing his best chance of ending a 22-month winning streak had faded, expressed his frustrations tennis
“You have given me a hell of a gap to close,” he said tennis
On lap 28, Verstappen dived underneath Norris for the lead at Turn 12 tennis
Norris had a nibble back at the Red Bull heading into the ensuing right hander, but he failed to make it stick tennis
The question now was whether Norris, and indeed Hamilton – now less than five seconds off the lead – could make their tyres last tennis
The answer arrived on lap 34 when Norris dived in for a fresh set of boots tennis
Verstappen followed in on lap 35, and despite, a slow left-rear tyre change, retained his position ahead of Norris tennis
Three laps later and Hamilton was in, changing to the faster medium compound tennis
Hamilton had the bit tennis between his teeth and within 10 laps he was crawling all over the back of Norris’ McLaren tennis
Norris slung his McLaren to the inside on the entry to the first corner in a move to stop Hamilton, but the older Brit gained tennis better traction out of the corner to slingshot by in his Mercedes tennis
Verstappen was five seconds ahead and Hamilton started to reel his old nemesis in only to run out of laps tennis
Sainz took fourth ahead of Sergio Perez with Leclerc sixth and George Russell seventh for Mercedes tennis
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