Ferrari, Leclerc and Sainz elated: ‘Now the title’. The standings

Ferrari dreams of the Constructors’ World Championship

Ferrari is once again dreaming of the Constructors’ World Championship, last won back in 2008. After the Maranello team’s stunning one-two in Austin, Ferrari è now 48 points behind first-place McLaren and eight points behind second-place Red Bull. Confidence è is soaring after the performance unleashed in Texas, and Leclerc sent a clear message at the end of the race: "We are very happy. It had not been an easy weekend so far, I had struggled to find the feeling, but I was confident. After the Sprint we thought the others would improve a lot today, but we were still in front and couldn’t dream of anything better".

The start è was decisive: "I did exactly what I wanted. I knew they would be very close in front. Yesterday I had been the ‘victim’ finding myself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Today, on the other hand, I took the advantage and that made the first stint easier: we had an extraordinary pace and in the second stint we managed the advantage".

"The pit stops were perfect, everything è went very well. Now our goal è the title, the road è long but è a good start to this triptych of races".

Also echoing Leclerc was teammate Carlos Sainz: "Congratulations to the whole team and Charles for a fantastic result, which puts us exactly where we wanted to be in the fight for the Constructors’ title. I knew the race would be decided at the start. I imagined that Lando and Max would challenge each other heavily in Turn 1 but unfortunately I got the worst of it at that stage. I couldn’t get to the front and even though I was very fast all weekend the track position è the key and I had to settle for second place".

Constructors’ standings:
1) McLaren 544 points
2) Red Bull 504 points
3) Ferrari 496 points
4) Mercedes 344 points
5) Aston Martin 86 points
6) Haas 38 points
7) Racing Bulls 36 points
8) Williams 17 points
9) Alpine 13  points
10) Sauber 0 points