Next to him on the starting line in Sunday's race, he gets Hamilton, the reigning world champion, who was 0.258 seconds slower than Verstappen in the qualifiers.
In the next starting line-up, they have teammates, qualifier Valtteri Bottas, Finland, in Mercedes and qualifier Sergio Perez, Mexico, in Red Bull.
Hamilton has won three races this year, Verstappen two and Perez one.