Verstappen led Austin poll, but Antonelli won the race

A RacingNews365 poll before the United States Grand Prix gave Max Verstappen the edge: 51.91% of 1,019 respondents picked him to win, compared with 33.95% for Kimi Antonelli.

Verstappen started second, behind pole-sitter Antonelli, who held a 102-point lead over Mercedes team-mate George Russell. A Verstappen victory would have kept his slim title hopes alive and given Russell and Lewis Hamilton a reprieve. Antonelli could clinch in Austin if he won, Russell finished ninth or worse, and Hamilton fifth or worse.

Antonelli instead won ahead of Charles Leclerc. Verstappen finished third, 17.485 seconds behind.