Ferrari lost more ground to Mercedes and Red Bull in the Formula 1 constructors’ championship at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton finished sixth and 10th on the road, Hamilton having had to fight his way through from last on the grid after being slowest in qualifying .

Though the blow might seem to have been softened slightly by both drivers gaining places through McLaren ’s double disqualification , actually Mercedes benefitted more in terms of points because its drivers were both ahead of Leclerc.

Following Ferrari’s double DNF in Brazil, chairman John Elkann publicly criticising both drivers, Hamilton’s qualifying howler, and Leclerc pointing out a longstanding weakness in his cars’ wet-weather performance , this has led to a sense of an or

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