Max Verstappen defies Lewis Hamilton to edge United States Grand Prix victory

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won the United States Grand Prix. Pic: Darron Cummings/AP

Max Verstappen defied Lewis Hamilton to win a cat-and-mouse United States Grand Prix at a sizzling Circuit of the Americas in Austin.

Verstappen has been on easy street this season, but the triple world champion was made to fight for the 50th win of his career – becoming only the fifth driver to reach a half-century.