AUSTIN, Texas — Following the F1 Sprint race Saturday at Circuit of the Americas, the loudest roars when the top three finishers were not for George Russell, the Mercedes driver who arrived in Austin with a brand new contract and finished second. Nor were they for the winner, Max Verstappen, who kept his comeback hopes alive in his chase for the Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship.
No, the loudest roars were for Carlos Sainz Jr., who secured his maiden podium for his new team at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and followed that up with a P3 in Saturday’s F1 Sprint race.
Speaking with the media, including SB Nation, following qualifying on Saturday
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