In the end it was entirely fitting that Max Verstappen won the United States Grand Prix and sealed the 2022 constructors’ championship for Red Bull. On a weekend where it was announced that the company’s founder and owner, Dietrich Mateschitz had passed away, clinching the World title for the first time in eight years was the perfect tribute. But Max had to fight for it.
His 13th win of the year came at the expense of Lewis Hamilton, as he hunted down and passed his old