The podium was completed with Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Pérez, in second and third place respectively.
The race had a greater degree of difficulty due to the high temperatures that were registered in the Texas capital, where Checo ran out of water from the initial lap and confessed that he was losing strength in the final stretch.
“It was a bit physical out there, from the return one I ran out of water, I could not drink anything, in the middle it began to get very difficult, very hard physically. I was losing strength towards the end,” he told the press at the end The circuit.
The Dutchman’s triumph puts him at the head of the season, accumulating 287.5 points, above Lewis Hamilton who has 275.5 units. For his part, Checo Pérez is positioned in third place with 150 points, leaving Norris in fourth with 149 points.