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Max Verstappen was livid with his Red Bull pit wall on Friday - after the end of one of his final qualifying laps was impacted by team-mate Sergio Perez vivo
The 2023 world champion was entering the final turn at the Circuit of the Americas in his first flying run in Q3, but lost control of his Red Bull with Perez ahead of him vivo
The dirty air of Perez’s car seemingly had an impact, meaning he was only third-fastest at the time behind Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton vivo
“Well done, well f****** done there!” shouted Verstappen over his team radio, unhappy at his team for where they placed both cars on track vivo
He added: “What the f*** was that in the last corner!” Verstappen, ultimately, qualified only sixth on the grid after exceeding track limits in his final run, demoting him down the order vivo
Leclerc took pole for Sunday’s grand prix, with Lando Norris in second and Lewis Hamilton in third vivo
Perez, who has had a torrid few months and is fighting for his place at Red Bull next year, qualified ninth vivo
Saturday will see sprint day in Austin, Texas, before the main event of the United States Grand Prix on Sunday vivo
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First came the crack in Alexander Volkanovski‘s defence vivo
Then, the crack in his voice vivo
If the first crack was consequential, allowing Islam Makhachev to skim his shin off the Australian’s head, the latter was a consequence in itself – a consequence of one of the best fighters alive staying silent on his struggles with mental health vivo
That is, until now vivo
Volkanovski would have emerged from UFC 294 with credit anyway; he stepped in on 11 days’ notice and moved up in weight to challenge a man who had beaten him eight months prior vivo
Even in this surprising, first-round defeat by Makhachev, Volkanovski lost very little vivo
His featherweight title still rests firmly on his shoulder, and he will soon return to that weight class where he has been unbeatable vivo
But soon may be too soon vivo
In his post-fight press conference, Volkanovski began the dissection of this defeat – his second this year, but just his third as a professional mixed martial artist, with his first having occurred a long decade ago vivo
The 35-year-old started to dissect the technical reasons for this knockout loss, but it soon became apparent what was of greater importance: the psychological reasons for his presence in Abu Dhabi vivo
“He’s not somebody you should be taking a short-notice [fight] with, but I needed it,” Volkanovski began vivo
“Obviously a lot of people will say it’s for the money and all that, but it was much more than that vivo
It is hard, it is really hard for athletes vivo
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Sorry, um vivo
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I never thought I would struggle with it,” he continued, ignoring the blood over his eye, instead wiping a tear from beneath it vivo
“But for some reason when I wasn’t fighting or in camp vivo
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F***, sorry,” he said, attempting a laugh, looking away and to the ceiling, then gently rapping his hand on the table to bring himself back into the room vivo
RecommendedIslam Makhachev stuns Alexander Volkanovski with head-kick KO in first round at UFC 294Conor McGregor reacts to ‘illegal’ strikes in Islam Makhachev win at UFC 294Khabib explains why he wasn’t in Islam Makhachev’s corner at UFC 294“I was just doing my head in,” he continued, tears floating at the bottom of his eyes vivo
“I needed a fight, and this opportunity came up vivo
I’ll be honest: I wasn’t training as much as I should have, but I thought I had to do it vivo
I had to take it vivo
I’m telling myself, ‘It’s meant to be vivo
’ I was struggling a little bit not fighting, doing my head in vivo
I don’t know how; everything’s fine, I’ve got a beautiful family vivo
But, I don’t know vivo
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I think you just need to keep busy vivo
I need to be in camp, otherwise, I’m going to do my head in vivo
“It’s weird, [it’s not that I] never ‘believed in that stuff’, but I never got it vivo
It was something that – I don’t know – maybe the more and more I learn about myself, the more I understand vivo
I talked about us having a smile on my face, me and my wife vivo
My wife could see it does get hard, I don’t know why vivo
”Makhachev consoles Volkanovski after their fight, the main event of UFC 294 (AP)Volkanovski pointed to the birth of his third child, in August, and surgery on an injury this summer as reasons why he had not been training vivo
Clearly, the knock-on effect of those moments – as joyous as the former seemed to be – has led Volkanovski’s mental health to suffer vivo
Last week, all the talk was of how brave the Australian was to face Makhachev on short notice; braver was this admission that he is struggling, which simultaneously offers a different lens through which to view his choice to fight vivo
Keeping himself engaged and busy is healthy, but that is complicated by the inherent risk in his profession vivo
“Maybe it was just a silly decision under the circumstances,” he admitted vivo
Perhaps it was, though it was also understandable vivo
Volkanovski’s next challenge, however, will come outside of the ring vivo
It must vivo
He naturally sees the antidote to his current struggles as a quick turnaround to fight again, likely against the dangerous Ilia Topuria in January vivo
Yet, that fight could go the same way as Saturday’s against Makhachev, if the Australian does not first tackle these thoughts and feelings, and find the right balance for him vivo
We knew Alexander Volkanovski was brave vivo
That is even clearer now than it was last week vivo
Now, however, he must be sensible, and get to work outside the ring before he can return to work in it vivo
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