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Evening Standard
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Philip Duncan

Lando Norris’ F1 title bid suffers major blow with fourth-place finish at Unites States Grand Prix

Lando Norris' championship hopes were dealt a hammer blow after he was handed a controversial five-second penalty to finish behind rival Max Verstappen following a compelling US Grand Prix.

As Charles Leclerc raced to an impressive win at Austin's Circuit of the Americas, pole man Norris was only fourth - one place behind Verstappen - to leave him 57 points adrift in the title race with only 146 points to play for across the concluding five rounds. Carlos Sainz took second to complete a Ferrari one-two.

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