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Verstappen taking painkillers due to COTA bumps
Max Verstappen has said he is on painkillers and has to lift himself out of the seat at certain points just to complete laps at the United States Grand Prix, although feelings on the bumpiness at the Circuit of the Americas was mixed after qualifying.

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