Liam Lawson was unimpressed at being pulled up for a track limits infringement early in his first grand prix for a year. However his team declared themselves extremely pleased with his performance as he rose from the back of the grid to finish ninth.
He got a lot further than Lewis Hamilton, who spent more time in his car on Sunday discussing his front wing settings for the race than he did driving.
At the front of the field, Charles Leclerc cruised to what looked like one of his more straightforward wins. However his team urged him to take it easy with his car, and was keen not to disclose why.
But the biggest drama of the race unquestionably involved Max Verstappen and Lando Norris in the scrap over third place. Here’s how those stories and more played out on the drivers’ radios.
2024 United States Grand Prix team radio highlights
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Verstappen vs Norris: “We’ve done what we needed to do”
Leclerc: “Difficult to drive with these lift-and-coasts”
Lawson: “I guess they prefer us to crash”
Alonso: “When we arrive, he’s got the DRS”
Gasly: “We should have not covered Magnussen”
Hamilton: “Just remember not crossing the track”
Verstappen vs Norris: “We’ve done what we needed to do”
Norris was given his customarily cheeky run-down of his rivals’ tyre choices before the race began. After Verstappen passed him at the start, Norris ran long to have a chance to attack his rival at the end of the race.
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| Formation lap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Engineer | Okay Lando, tyre info. We’ve got a few ‘hard ons’ today. Stroll, Colapinto, Hamilton, Lawson and Russell in the pit lane start with a hard on. Everybody else is on a medium. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 2/56 VER: 1’39.991, NOR: 1’40.864 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lambiase | So gap behind 0.6. has DRS. Sainz attacks Verstappen on outside of turn 12. |
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| Lap: 3/56 VER: 2’02.849, NOR: 2’04.410 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Verstappen | Verstappen defends from Sainz at the inside of turn one Tell me gaps, mate. |
Joseph | Hamilton is stuck in the gravel exit of turn 19. And Safety Car deployed, Safety Car deployed. Staying out. ACS button press please. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lambiase | Yeah, will do, Max. | Joseph | Double yellow flags turn 19. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lambiase | Exit of turn 11 And that’s 0.6. |
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| Lap: 4/56 VER: 2’31.496, NOR: 2’30.670 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph | And Lando we’ve reported the incident in turn one. Any thoughts from your side? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norris | Yeah I mean, he’s clearly pushed… | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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