Charles Leclerc led Carlos Sainz home as Ferrari claimed a resounding one-two triumph in Sunday’s United States Grand Prix.
Meanwhile, Lando Norris was relegated to fourth, having finished third on track ahead of title rival Max Verstappen who took the third podium spot.
McLaren’s Norris was penalised five seconds for gaining an advantage by leaving the track to pass the series leader and Red Bull’s three-time champion on lap 53 of the 56-lap contest.
Verstappen has now extended his lead over Norris to 57 points in the drivers’ championship with five races left this season.
Leclerc came home 8.562 seconds ahead of Sainz with Verstappen third, adrift by 19.412 seconds, leaving Norris fourth ahead of McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri and George Russell of Mercedes who finished sixth after starting from the pitlane.
Sergio Perez was seventh in the second Red Bull ahead of Nico Hulkenberg of Haas, Liam Lawson of RB and Franco Colapinto of Williams.
For Leclerc, it was a first victory in the United States, his third of the season and the eighth of his career while for Ferrari it was a first one-two in American since 2006.
Standings after the United States Grand Prix
Drivers
| Rank | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | 354 |
| 2 | Lando Norris | 297 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | 275 |
| 4 | Oscar Piastri | 247 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | 215 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | 177 |
| 7 | George Russell | 167 |
| 8 | Sergio Perez | 150 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | 62 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | 29 |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | 24 |
| 12 | Yuki Tsunoda | 22 |
| 13 | Alexander Albon | 12 |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | 12 |
| 15 | Kevin Magnussen | 8 |
| 16 | Pierre Gasly | 8 |
| 17 | Oliver Bearman | 7 |
| 18 | Franco Colapinto | 5 |
| 19 | Esteban Ocon | 5 |
| 20 | Liam Lawson | 2 |
| 21 | Zhou Guanyu | 0 |
| 22 | Logan Sargeant | 0 |
| 23 | Valtteri Bottas | 0 |
| Rank | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | McLaren | 544 |
| 2 | Red Bull | 504 |
| 3 | Ferrari | 496 |
| 4 | Mercedes | 344 |
| 5 | Aston Martin | 86 |
| 6 | Haas | 38 |
| 7 | RB | 36 |
| 8 | Williams | 17 |
| 9 | Alpine | 13 |
| 10 | Sauber | 0 |
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