The superb championship fight between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen has been a theme of F1’s 2021 season, but so have rows over track limits.
F1 USA 2021 articles archive
Pit stop problems costing Ferrari “quite a lot of points” – Sainz
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onFerrari need to improve their pit stops says Carlos Sainz Jnr after another slow tyre change potentially cost him a better finish in the United States Grand Prix.
While the pressure’s off I can “push myself” more – Russell
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onGeorge Russell says Williams’ championship position allows him to experiment with his approach and take more risks in the final races of 2021.
Mercedes’ novel suspension will offer greater gains at some tracks – Horner
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onRed Bull team principal Christian Horner says Mercedes’ novel suspension system may offer a significant performance gain at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
F1 “on the limit for reliability” with COTA’s bumps – Ocon
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onEsteban Ocon says more work is needed at the Circuit of the Americas to ease its bumps before next year’s United States Grand Prix.
2021 United States Grand Prix Star Performers
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel were RaceFans’ Star Performers of the United States Grand Prix. Here’s why.
“Dirty” contact with Sainz wasn’t deliberate, says Ricciardo
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onDaniel Ricciardo said he didn’t intentionally collide with Carlos Sainz Jnr when the pair fought for position during the United States Grand Prix.
Verstappen gives Honda its first F1 win in America for 30 years
2021 United States Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onWhile Honda took their first win in America since 1991, Red Bull achieved their 200th podium finish, all of which they’ve scored in the last 15 years.
Stroll was ‘innocent victim of a clumsy lunge by Latifi’ at first corner
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onAston Martin laid the blame for Lance Stroll’s first corner tangle entirely at the feet of rival Nicholas Latifi.
Sainz admits he let Ricciardo pass him by mistake on lap one
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onCarlos Sainz Jnr says he let Daniel Ricciardo pass him by mistake on the first lap of the United States Grand Prix.
Red Bull’s United States GP win ‘a big one at a Hamilton stronghold’
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onRed Bull took a “big” win at a “stronghold” track for rivals Mercedes in Austin, says team principal Christian Horner.
Red Bull were “quicker on all tyres” in Austin heat, says Hamilton
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onRed Bull were “just too quick” to beat at the Circuit of the Americas, Lewis Hamilton believes.
How Sainz obeyed order to let Norris past, then re-passed him, in “clever” unseen move
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onCarlos Sainz Jnr obeyed race control’s instruction for him to let Lando Norris past in an unseen move, then immediately re-passed the McLaren driver.
I hope I never feel this bad again says Perez after illness and dehydration in race
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onSergio Perez said he has never felt as bad after a race as he did following yesterday’s United States Grand Prix, where he suffered with illness and dehydration.
Raikkonen call was ‘marginal’ FIA admits as Alonso highlights ‘inconsistency’
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onThe stewards’ decision not to penalise Kimi Raikkonen for passing Fernando Alonso off the track at turn one was “marginal”, FIA Formula 1 race director Michael Masi has admitted.
Mercedes believe win was possible if they pitted Hamilton earlier
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onMercedes would have had a better chance of winning the United States Grand Prix if they’d brought Lewis Hamilton in for his first pit stop much earlier, according to its trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin.
Verstappen resists Hamilton’s charge to win with “courageous” strategy
2021 United States Grand Prix review
Posted onAfter losing the lead to his championship rival at the start, Max Verstappen pulled off a bold strategy to win the United States Grand Prix.
Horner feared lapped Schumacher would cost Verstappen win on final lap
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onRed Bull team principal Christian Horner feared Max Verstappen was going to lose the lead of the United States Grand Prix on the final lap.
Vote for your 2021 United States Grand Prix Driver of the Weekend
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onWho was the best driver during the 2021 United States Grand Prix weekend? Compare how they did and vote for the best.
2021 United States Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres
2021 United States Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen ran the same strategy in different ways as they fought for supremacy, setting up a thrilling conclusion to the United States GP.