AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — After Max Verstappen’s consecutive victories in Malaysia and Singapore, Red Bull expected more big things at the Circuit of the Americas.

Even after some quirky qualifying, Verstappen started Sunday’s Formula 1 United States Grand Prix from second and had won from there before. Teammate Isack Hadjar was third.

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