F1 loves visiting Texas, and the 2018 edition at the Circuit of the Americas had it all: Intrigue, sleight of hand, and a showdown to remember. It was Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari who played their cards best to hold off a metronomically fast Max Verstappen and a rampant Lewis Hamilton. Intrigue Raikkonen had not made up a place on the first lap in 2017 and 2018 combined until visiting COTA, but managed to squeeze past Hamilton at turn 1 to put that right. The Finn controlled the race from the front in the opening phase, while team-mate Sebastian Vettel reprised his role as a first-lap accident magnet in making contact with Daniel Ricciardo. There has been a lot of talk about Vettel’s...
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