Verstappen calls Hamilton a “stupid idiot”

After a wheel-to-wheel duel over the entire start and finish straight, Red Bull driver Verstappen insulted the world champion in the Mercedes on Friday as a “stupid idiot” and gave Hamilton the middle finger.

After the clearly better times in the first training session, the Silver Arrows were no longer so superior in the second session in the afternoon and had to give up the best time to Sergio Perez in the Red Bull. However, his teammate Verstappen did not achieve the fastest lap he had hoped for and was therefore audibly annoyed. “I've had enough,” said the world championship leader after he was once again prevented from driving freely by other cars. He came into the pits and switched to long-distance test mode. Red Bull strikes back In the first training session, Verstappen was the only driver less than a second behind the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas and Hamilton. With significantly warmer asphalt temperatures of 38 degrees in the afternoon, Perez and Lando Norris in the McLaren were faster than Hamilton and Bottas.

With five wins from the eight races so far, Hamilton is the favorite on Sunday. But Verstappen has also had very good results on the circuit, which is popular with drivers, in the past. “It's a good track, a track where you can enjoy driving. You can definitely overtake here, that’s what makes it special,” he said on Thursday.

Positive for Red Bull: Like Sebastian Vettel in the Aston Martin and George Russell in the Williams, Bottas got a new engine and will therefore be punished on the starting grid on Sunday. He has to move back five places. “We are suffering a bit in terms of reliability this year, I think this is the sixth engine for Valterri,” said Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff. Vettel and Russell each get their fourth drive unit. Because they changed other parts, both had to start the race from the back of the field.

The grandstands around the 5,513 kilometer fast circuit with its spectacular sectors and observation tower in the middle were not yet full on Friday, but the increasing enthusiasm of fans in the USA was already noticeable. The organizers are expecting a total of 360 spectators from Friday to Sunday, with 000 people on the track on race day alone.

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Verstappen calls Hamilton a “stupid idiot”

Insults and a middle finger from Max Verstappen to Lewis Hamilton on training day – the World Championship competitors quickly got up to speed at the Formula 1 weekend in Texas.

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