AUSTIN, Texas — When Formula 1 arrived in Austin for the United States Grand Prix, one overwhelming question cast a shadow over the entire paddock: Could Max Verstappen truly pull off one of the sport’s greatest comebacks?
By the time the grid reached the second turn of Saturday’s F1 Sprint race, that possibility seemed nearly inevitable.
Verstappen qualified first for the F1 Sprint race just ahead of the two drivers he is currently chasing for the Drivers’ Championship: Second-place Lando Norris, who qualified second, and championship leader Oscar Piastri, who qualified third. But which driver would get the braking point right into the tricky first turn at the Circuit of the
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