US GP ticket sales ‘took off’ after Max Verstappen stopped winning in F1

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Ticket sales for this month's US Formula One Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, took off" after Max Verstappen stopped winning, according to the race promoter, Bobby Epstein. Verstappen started the season in dominant fashion, winning four of the first five races and seemingly destined to wrap up his fourth drivers' title well before the end of the campaign.

The Dutchman, who won 19 of 22 races last year, has failed to win any of the last eight, however, with McLaren's Lando Norris his closest challenger and now 52 points behind with six rounds remaining.