{"id":148774,"date":"2021-10-24T00:23:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T00:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=148774"},"modified":"2021-10-24T03:58:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T03:58:07","slug":"red-bull-star-claims-pole-after-fiery-us-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=148774","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull star claims pole after fiery US qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/motorsport\/f1\" title=\"Formula 1\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Formula 1<\/a> championship leader Max Verstappen claimed pole position as he looks to extend his six-point season advantage over motorsport great Lewis Hamilton at the US Grand Prix in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen and Hamilton will each start on the front row after a heated and at times chaotic qualifying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/motorsport\/hamiltonverstappens-formula-1-duel-hits-the-track-in-texas\/0af1625b-8d96-4db5-a555-b063e647d5dc\" title=\"Verstappen had called Hamilton a &quot;stupid idiot&quot; early in the practice rounds\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Verstappen had called Hamilton a &quot;stupid idiot&quot; early in the practice rounds<\/a> when the latter pushed up on the inside of the former&#x27;s car.<\/p>\n<p>But it was the Red Bull driver who did best through qualifying to seal his ninth pole of the season, and 11th of his career.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"5dff5d8b-fd82-478c-8ef3-5be58797b62e\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/5dff5d8b-fd82-478c-8ef3-5be58797b62e\" alt=\"Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing and The Netherlands  during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of USA at Circuit of The Americas.\" data-width=\"3799\" data-height=\"2533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hamilton &#8211; the seven-time world champion &#8211; sits six points behind Verstappen with six events remaining on the calendar.<\/p>\n<p>The winner at Austin has come from the front row every year since 2012, when the grand prix debuted at Circuit of the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton has won at Austin fives times.<\/p>\n<p>Aussie <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/motorsport\/daniel-ricciardo\" title=\"Daniel Ricciardo\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Ricciardo<\/a> will start on the third row, followed by his McLaren teammate Lando Norris.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen claimed pole position as he looks to extend his six-point season advantage over motorsport great Lewis Hamilton at the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=148774\" title=\"Red Bull star claims pole after fiery US qualifying\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148774"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148776,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148774\/revisions\/148776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}