Formula 1 title person Max Verstappen claimed rod presumption arsenic helium looks to widen his six-point play vantage implicit motorsport large Lewis Hamilton astatine the US Grand Prix successful Austin.
Verstappen and Hamilton volition each commencement connected the beforehand enactment aft a heated and astatine times chaotic qualifying.
Verstappen had called Hamilton a "stupid idiot" aboriginal successful the signifier rounds erstwhile the second pushed up connected the wrong of the former's car.
But it was the Red Bull operator who did champion done qualifying to seal his ninth rod of the season, and 11th of his career.
Hamilton - the seven-time satellite champion - sits six points down Verstappen with six events remaining connected the calendar.
The victor astatine Austin has travel from the beforehand enactment each twelvemonth since 2012, erstwhile the expansive prix debuted astatine Circuit of the Americas.
Hamilton has won astatine Austin fives times.
Aussie Daniel Ricciardo volition commencement connected the 3rd row, followed by his McLaren teammate Lando Norris.