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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 After Max Verstappen’s consecutive victories in Malaysia<\/a> and Singapore<\/a>, Red Bull expected more big things at the Circuit of the Americas.<\/p>\n

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

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