SPORTS UPDATE: NFL WEEK SEVEN REVIEW
NFL week seven review: Tom Brady & Aaron Rodgers both lose and Chiefs beat 49ers.
NFL legends Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers suffered another miserable Sunday as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Green Bay Packers lost to struggling teams with back-up quarterbacks. Brady's Bucs were embarrassed 21-3 by the Carolina Panthers, while Rodgers' Packers lost 23-21 at the Washington Commanders, making this the worst combined seven-week start by the quarterbacks. The New York Giants won another late nail-biter to go 6-1 and the Kansas City Chiefs won their Super Bowl rematch with the San Francisco 49ers. While two NFL greats start to look their age, future star Joe Burrow produced a record display in an emphatic victory over the Atlanta Falcons as the Cincinnati Bengals began to play more like the team that made last season's Super Bowl. Dak Prescott returned for the Dallas Cowboys but it was their defence that dominated the Detroit Lions, while the Baltimore Ravens edged out the Cleveland Browns and the New York Jets made it four wins in a row at the Denver Broncos.
Formula 1.
United States GP: Max Verstappen equals win record with late Lewis Hamilton overtake.
Max Verstappen fought back to pass Lewis Hamilton to win a dramatic United States Grand Prix and equal the record for victories in a season. Verstappen was controlling the race until a delay at his final pit stop handed the lead to Hamilton and also dropped the Red Bull driver behind Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. The pit problem gave Hamilton a chance to end his and Mercedes' win drought in a difficult season for the team. But the pace of the new world champion was just too much, and Verstappen caught and passed Hamilton with six laps to go, the seven-time champion defenceless against the formidable straight-line speed of the Red Bull. Verstappen’s 13th win this year equals the record for wins in a season, held by Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, and was sufficient for Red Bull to clinch the constructors' title for the first time since 2013, securing a double after Verstappen clinched the drivers' title last time out in Japan. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finished third from 12th on the grid, helped by the two safety car periods that punctuated the middle of the race, ahead of Red Bull's Sergio Perez and Mercedes' George Russell. Verstappen dedicated the win to the late Dietrich Mateschitz, the team's co-owner, who died on Saturday, and which paused the Red Bull's discussions with governing body the FIA after being found guilty of breaching F1's budget cap last year. The second safety car was caused straight after the restart from the first when Fernando Alonso's Alpine crashed into the back of Lance Stroll's Aston Martin, which had moved late in defence against the Spaniard. Somehow, despite his car rearing up into the air at 180mph, crashing down to the track, and then hitting the barrier and breaking its front wing, Alonso fought back from last place to finish seventh. It was a drive that will surely go down in the annals of great Alonso performances, regardless of the outcome of a stewards' inquiry into the incident.
