What a race! Kimi Raikkonen ends a lengthy, lengthy wait, while Sebastian Vettel just about recovers to take the World Championship battle into another race weekend. Here is how race day unfolded in Austin, Texas… After meeting one the ‘Verstoppers' in qualifying on Saturday, there was a double blow for Max Verstappen as his P13 on the grid became P18 with news of a gearbox penalty. The Mercedes mechanics were also kept busy in the build-up to lights out. Mercedes changing the water pumps on both cars. Bottas had a leak in qualifying and Hamilton's car data suggested his also had a problem. Units were fresh here, so Mercedes fitting 'old, proven pumps of the same spec'...
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