Track Torque: Easy win for Hamilton in US
The world championship is all but decided.
Lewis Hamilton was a clear winner at the US Grand Prix last Sunday and is now almost a certainty to win the world championship this weekend.
Without doubt, though, Max Verstappen was the driver of the day, climbing from 16th on the grid to almost on the podium.
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Verstappen unluckily was penalised for going off the track on the last corner of the last lap to pass Kimi Raikkonen.
He finished fourth instead of third for this small error.
Sebastian Vettel did all he could to finish second and keep his championship hopes alive a little bit longer.
Valtteri Bottas was fifth, followed by Esterban Ocon.
Sergio Perez was seventh, followed by Carlo Sainz in eighth, Felipe Massa ninth and Daniil Kvyat tenth.
The cars are getting quicker all the time as the new rules are exploited to the full, with lap records being broken at virtually every race.
The 1.6-l turbo-charged cars which with ERS are now pushing out about a 1000 horse power and really are cutting-edge technology with compression ratios approaching 30 to 1.
This compares with the highest diesel engines at about 22 to 1, such is progress at this very high level.
The Mexican Grand Prix is this weekend.
Race and qualifying will again be late in the evening at about 9pm but do check the TV times.
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