Labelling Lewis Hamilton a “stupid idiot” and flipping him the bird, Jan Lammers says Max Verstappen and his title rival definitely don’t make “it easy for each other”.

Taking to the Circuit of the Americas last Friday for FP2, the title protagonists continued to antagonise one another.

Both starting a flying lap at the same time, the duo went racing towards Turn 1 wheel-to-wheel with Verstappen making it known that he didn’t appreciate Hamilton’s antics.

Flipping him the bird, the Dutchman called the seven-time World Champion a “stupid idiot”.

He later added: “I don’t know, we are all lining up to go for our laps so I don’t really understand what happened there.