Max Verstappen goes past Hamilton for pole

Red Bull’s Verstappen

Max Verstappen in a Red Bull stormed to pole position for the US Grand Prix on Saturday, edging out title rival and Mercedes' world champion Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen claimed his ninth pole of the season with a time of 1min 32.910sec, two tenths faster than the British driver.

Sergio Perez, in the second Red Bull, was third fastest, just 0.15sec behind Hamilton. Valtteri Bottas, in the second Mercedes, was fourth fastest, but will drop to ninth on the gird for Sunday's race after changing his engine.

Hamilton has won five of the eight races held at the Austin track since its 2012 debut. Bottas was victorious once, in the last event held in 2019. By contrast, Verstappen has finished fourth, third and second.

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