Max Verstappen takes pole for Mexican GP as Valtteri Bottas crashes
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• Leclerc second ahead of Vettel and Hamilton• Finn emerges unharmed from heavy impact at final corner
Max Verstappen took pole position for the Mexican Grand Prix with a dominant lap of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for Red Bull. His two superlative runs beat the Ferrari’s of Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel into second and third with Lewis Hamilton in fourth for Mercedes. Alexander Albon was in fifth for Red Bull but Valtteri Bottas could manage only sixth after he crashed out on his last lap.
Verstappen set the running with a 1min 14.910secs on his opening run in Q3, It was a superb lap, a tenth up on Leclerc, with Vettel in third and Hamilton in fourth, three-tenths back. The Dutchman had more to come however and flew on his final lap, improving to a time of 1.14.758. His opponents could not match it, Leclerc was two-tenths down and Hamilton four-tenths. Continue reading...
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