Lewis Hamilton’s hopes of a record eighth Formula One championship took a hit at the U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday and the Mercedes driver was braced for more tough days ahead. An eighth triumph of the season for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen sent the Dutch driver 12 points clear of his British rival with five races left and the momentum shifting towards him. Hamilton had won five of the previous eight at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas and Sunday’s win was Verstappen’s first in North America. The next two rounds, at altitude in Mexico City and the Brazilian Grand Prix […]