Verstappen calls Circuit of the Americas bumps unacceptable

Max Verstappen has called the bumps at the Circuit of the Americas unacceptable and said the problem is getting out of control ahead of this weekend's United States Grand Prix.

What he saw at the Austin circuit during this year's World Endurance Championship visit left him bracing for a painful weekend, he said. Verstappen described the surface as extremely bumpy and said he did not know how his car would respond.

He rejected shifting soil beneath the circuit as an adequate explanation: if the ground was the cause, he argued, it should have been anticipated and reinforced. He said grinding down isolated sections merely covered the deeper problem.

In Verstappen's view, the only way to remove the bumps is to open the track up fully, a job he said would cost a lot of money and time. He also said he loves the circuit's layout and Austin as a venue.