Red Bull boss Christian Horner admitted that he ‘aged about 25 years’ during the dramatic climax to the US Grand Prix. Max Verstappen executed Red Bull’s aggressive strategy to claim his eighth win of a campaign and potentially tee up his first title as he sits 12 points ahead of rival Lewis Hamilton. ‘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.’.

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