Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton dominantly won the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on Sunday, but Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel clawed his way back up to second in the finishing order to keep Hamilton from clinching the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship. Hamilton, while the dominant force of the day, wasn’t the wildest story to come out of the race. (Hamilton dominating is pretty normal.) Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen qualified sixth and started 17th due to a grid penalty, but clawed his way up to a podium finish with a last-lap pass over Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. The podium was then taken away from Verstappen, as race stewards gave him a 5-second penalty for “leaving the track and gaining an advantage.” Raikkonen got moved back up to third. Verstappen, who just signed on to stay with Red Bull through 2020, was up to sixth just 10 laps into the race with a pass over Force India driver Esteban Ocon. By lap 56, he’d run up on Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas for fourth, and took the spot after the two drivers fought for it through several turns. That’s when he opened himself up for a podium, and got it—kind of—with…