- Championship rivals will start on first row of the grid
- Sergio Pérez denied maiden pole position at end of session
A tense scrap from the start is in store on Sunday in Texas after Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton qualified first and second for the US Grand Prix.
Verstappen, who is six points ahead of the seven-time world champion with six races remaining, was 0.2sec faster. Sergio Perez, Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate, was third.