Max Verstappen lost his pole starting position at the Qatar Grand Prix after being hit with a one-place grid penalty for impeding Mercedes driver George Russell during qualifying.
Max Verstappen lost his pole starting position after being hit with a one-place grid penalty . Picture: Giuseppe CACACE / AFP.
Hours after Verstappen claimed his first pole position for five months a one-place penalty was imposed for driving unnecessarily slowly, a manouevre that pushed Russell into the gravel. “I ended up going through the gravel and all over the floor it felt like it was scraping,” said Russell. After the early laps, Verstappen led before Russell went top in 1:21.519, a time that was seven-tenths quicker than Hamilton’s best as he struggled to extract matching pace on his way to ninth.
Russell began Q3 in the same style, clocking 1:21.161, but his top spot was quickly taken by Verstappen in 1:21.085, Red Bull’s set-up changes, following the sprint, paying dividends.
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