Have Ferrari joined the championship fight? Max + Lando’s title-defining battle? - US GP Review ft Fred Vasseur

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🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In the thick of Ferrari's celebrations after a 1-2 at the United States Grand Prix, Tom Clarkson, F1TV commentator Alex Jacques and F1 stat expert Sean 'Virtual Statman' Kelly ask whether Ferrari can target the Formula 1 Constructors' Championship. Team Principal Fred Vasseur shares his thoughts on a huge result for the Italian team and what this means for the rest of their season.

Was the Texas tussle between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris a championship-defining moment? Tom, Alex and Sean debate their wheel-to-wheel battle and the penalty Lando received.

Plus, the team review a hugely difficult weekend for Lewis Hamilton, and impressive performances from Williams' Franco Colapinto and returning RB driver Liam Lawson.

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0:00.0	2 title rivals, wheel to wheel.
0:09.2	Maxa Stapping on the defensive, Lando Norris on the attack, they both go off the road.
0:14.8	Two Ferraris at the front.
0:17.2	Cheryl Leclare wins the US Grand Prix.
0:20.8	It will be a Ferrari one too. Thanks to Carnos signs.
0:25.0	Welcome to Texas for F1 Nations review of the United States Grand Prix.
0:30.0	I'm Tom Clarkson and joining me here in the Austin Paddock is F1 TV commentator
0:35.2	Alex Jakes and F1 statsman Sean Kelly also known as Virtual Statman.
0:41.2	We are at the Ferrari hospitality after what has been a
0:45.8	sensational weekend for Formula One but also for Ferrari. Update this, update that, they brought none, they finished one to, superb performance from the entire team,
0:58.0	and that is a proper win to savour for them, and they are in the hospitality the the champagne is flowing the
1:04.5	champagne is flowing and sure I feel like this is different to Melbourne of course
1:10.0	it was a one two back then but this feels different. Well we've had such a strange
1:14.1	season we thought it was reverting to type early on at another season of Red Bull
1:19.4	Vastap and dominance and suddenly from Miami the script was flipped on us and we've had a completely different season where I've never known a season where it's been so unpredictable that we have four teams from week to week that can be competitive and win Grand Prix.
1:35.0	I mean we've had three teams this season, all of whom have won at least three Grand Prix.
1:38.6	We haven't had that since 1977.
1:41.0	So in living memory we haven't had a season like this and going from week to week where like I mean who had Ferrari at the start of the day
1:48.2	We were all thinking Norris v. V. V. Stap and the big face off of the front and before we knew it By the time we reached turn two it was a completely
1:55.1	different race. Well I don't want to sound a smart alit but I was actually quite
2:00.6	confident for Ferrari I thought their pace in the sprint was ominous.
2:05.0	But anyway, before we get into the nuts and bolts of this,
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