US GP News

The Dutchman was furious as he lost his third place in Austin after FIA steward Garry Connelly handed him a five-second penalty for passing Kimi Raikkonen with all four wheels off the track during the last lap.

The 20-year-old, who has signed a new contract to stay with Red Bull until 2020, was demoted from a podium finish in US Grand Prix for driving off the track to pass Kimi Raikkonen.

Hamilton`s Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas qualified third despite struggling with his braking. Frenchman Esteban Ocon qualified seventh for Force India ahead of an impressive Carlos Sainz, the Spaniard making his debut with Renault after moving from Toro Rosso.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen, the race winner in Malaysia and second in Japan, will pick up a 15 place drop after elements of his car's power unit were changed, a penalty that will also make life easier for Vettel.

His storming time of one minute 34.668 seconds was the fastest ever at the Texas track and the Briton, winner of four out of five races to date there, was the only driver on the timesheets below the 1:35 mark.

It is the 58th pole position of Hamilton's career, but his first at the Circuit of the Americas.

Hamilton said that Rosberg complains about a lot of things, pointing that it could be because of their different backgrounds, the Mirror reported.

Nico Rosberg will start the United States Grand Prix from pole with Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton alongside him following a curtailed rain-lashed qualifying session at the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday morning.

The United States Grand Prix second practice session was cancelled due to heavy downpour.