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3rd November 2014, 14:20
Nico Rosberg might not have been able to capitalise on his qualifying advantage in Austin, but by finishing runner-up to Lewis Hamilton he did at least guarantee the Mercedes duo's fight for the 2014 drivers' championship will go down to the final round of the season.
Theirs was just one example of the numerous battles that raged throughout an engrossing 56 laps. Daniel Ricciardo starred for Red Bull as he captured the final podium spot; team mate Sebastian Vettel staged a late charge to convert a pit-lane start into seventh; and, after several fierce exchanges, Pastor Maldonado scored his first points for Lotus in ninth, just ahead of an equally determined drive by Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne. We take a team-by-team look back on the 2014 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix...
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton, P1
Nico Rosberg, P2
For the first part of the race Rosberg appeared to have things sewn up, but later he admitted that with a change in weather conditions it took him too long to find his rhythm. By the time he did Hamilton had pulled off a great passing move down the inside in to Turn 12 on the 24th lap, setting up the Briton for his tenth victory of the season and the 32nd of his career. That carried him above Nigel Mansell's record of Grand Prix wins for a British driver, and lifted him 24 points clear of his team mate. Assuming perfect reliability, Hamilton can therefore finish second to Rosberg in the remaining two races and still clinch the 2014 title by three points
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Theirs was just one example of the numerous battles that raged throughout an engrossing 56 laps. Daniel Ricciardo starred for Red Bull as he captured the final podium spot; team mate Sebastian Vettel staged a late charge to convert a pit-lane start into seventh; and, after several fierce exchanges, Pastor Maldonado scored his first points for Lotus in ninth, just ahead of an equally determined drive by Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne. We take a team-by-team look back on the 2014 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix...
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton, P1
Nico Rosberg, P2
For the first part of the race Rosberg appeared to have things sewn up, but later he admitted that with a change in weather conditions it took him too long to find his rhythm. By the time he did Hamilton had pulled off a great passing move down the inside in to Turn 12 on the 24th lap, setting up the Briton for his tenth victory of the season and the 32nd of his career. That carried him above Nigel Mansell's record of Grand Prix wins for a British driver, and lifted him 24 points clear of his team mate. Assuming perfect reliability, Hamilton can therefore finish second to Rosberg in the remaining two races and still clinch the 2014 title by three points
More... (http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2014/11/16574.html)