Formula One F1 - Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary - July 31, 2021 Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton bumps fists with Red Bull's Max Verstappen after qualifying in pole position and third place respectively Pool via REUTERS/David W Cerny
(Reuters) -Formula One's title rivalry flared up on Friday with championship leader Max Verstappen calling Lewis Hamilton a "stupid idiot" as they went wheel-to-wheel in second U.S. Grand Prix practice.
The 24-year-old Red Bull racer also gave the seven-times world champion, the most successful driver of all time, a single digit salute as the Mercedes accelerated away on a hot and humid Texas afternoon at Austin's Circuit of the Americas.
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