Lando Norris’ title bid suffers blow with fourth-place finish in US Grand Prix

Norris is now 57 points adrift in the title race.

Lando Norris suffered a championship blow in the United States (Eric Gay/AP)

Lando Norris’ championship hopes were dealt a hammer blow after he was handed a controversial five-second penalty to finish behind rival Max Verstappen following a compelling US Grand Prix.

As Charles Leclerc raced to an impressive win at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas, pole man Norris was only fourth – one place behind Verstappen – to leave him 57 points adrift in the title race with only 146 points to play for across the concluding five rounds. Carlos Sainz took second to complete a Ferrari one-two.