In the current situation, the Dutchman could only resort to the undercard, which he did. After stopping Hamilton, Verstappen took the lead by 6 seconds, albeit with old tires.

By the second wave of pit stops, the advantage was reduced to 3 seconds. Again, Max went to change tires early. As a result, the victory of «Red Bull» brought tires.

2021 US Grand Prix results:
1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) - 56 laps
2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) +1,333
3. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) +42,223
4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +52.246
5. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) +1.16.854
6. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) +1.20.128
7. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) +1.23.545
8. Lando Norris (McLaren) +1.24.395
9. Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri) +1 lap
10. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) +1 lap
11. Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) +1 lap
12. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) +1 lap
13. Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) +1 lap
14. George Russell (Williams) +1 lap
15. Nicholas Latifi (Williams) +1 lap
16. Mick Schumacher (Haas) +2 laps
17. Nikita Mazepin (Haas) +2 laps

Get out of the way:
18. Fernando Alonso (Alpin)
19. Esteban Ocon (Alpin)
20. Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri)

The only Russian racer Nikita Mazepin, the pilot of the Haas team, did not have time to compete for the victory at all. On the first lap of his car came out of the grooves loose head restraint. As a result, Mazepin had to stop at the very beginning of the race and then continue to move all alone.