CHRISTIAN HORNER has admitted that he ‘aged about 25 years’ during the climax to last night’s thrilling US Grand Prix. The Red Bull boss could only watch and hope as Max Verstappen was chased down by Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton. “Lewis had eight laps newer tyres, and the first set of hard tyres that came off were pretty much down to the canvas. “We were thinking we’re not going to have much at the end here but Max managed that tyre in the last stint. “I think to lose in the last few laps would have been really painful but Max held on, he did a great job, managed the job really smartly and had just about enough at the end there.”. Verstappen himself described the last few laps as ‘fun’ and his victory ‘incredible’.

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