Lando Norris has highlighted balance and setup problems on his McLaren MCL38 F1 car during the United States Grand Prix sprint race qualifying at the Circuit of

McLaren team boss Zak Brown slammed Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko’s comments on Lando Norris’s mental strength as “tasteless”.

Red Bull’s Verstappen, who last year won both the 100km sprint and Sunday grand prix at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas, lapped with a fastest time of one minute 32.833 seconds – 0.012 quicker than Russell.