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Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen shrugs off an upcoming front-row battle with Lewis Hamilton after finishing in pole position ahead of the US Grand Prix.
Verstappen's qualifying feat in Texas marks his first pole position in the US Grand Prix; the Dutchman finished two-tenths of a second ahead of Hamilton. As the pair have crashed multiple times before, fans are anticipating another upcoming front-row clash.
Via Formula1.com
Article Continues Below“I’m not worried about what happens behind me, I just have to focus on myself.”
Meanwhile, Red Bull's Sergio Perez qualifies for P3, and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc sitting at P4—making up the second row of Austin's race.
Both the media and fans surely can't avoid bringing up the intense rivalry between the two. However, Verstappen stresses that he is only focused on having a great race.
“I don’t see why we always have to keep bringing this up,” he added in the post-qualifying press conference. “It’s not like we’re [Verstappen and Hamilton are] the only ones who have touched in this sport and these things happen, unfortunately, but I think we are on the front row again and everyone is expecting a great race and that is what we also expect as drivers, and we really want to have a great race.”
Verstappen and Hamilton have had intense clashes on the track; the fight for driver's championship of Formula 1 intensifies as Red Bull's star holds a slim six-point lead with just six races to go.
