Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen celebrates winning the United States Formula One Sprint at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on October 19, 2024.
He now trails Verstappen by 54 points with six grand prix and two sprint races left in the season.
Verstappen has won the U.S. Grand Prix the last three years but has not started the race from pole position since 2021.
The sprint victory should renew Red Bull's confidence it has improved a car that Verstappen has alternately called "undrivable" and "a monster" at time this season.
The once-dominant Verstappen had not scored a victory of any kind since the Austrian Grand Prix sprint race back in June, and his last victory in a grand prix came a week earlier in Spain.
Persons:
Bull, Max Verstappen, ANGELA WEISS, McLaren's Lando Norris, Norris, Ferrari's Carlos Sainz, Verstappen, Red, Ferraris
Organizations:
United States Formula, Circuit, Getty, United States, Sunday's, U.S, Formula, McLaren, Red Bull
Locations:
Americas, Austin , Texas, Austrian, Spain