Max Verstappen after the records in the first and second sectors he had more than three tenths of advantage over Lewis Hamilton, but a blocking at the entrance to the last corner took the Dutchman off the line, who did not give up trying to close the lap anyway, finishing however wall in acceleration. A sharp lateral blow that could cost the Dutch driver replacing the gearbox, resulting in a further retreat on the starting grid which already sees the two Mercedes in first and second position with Lewis Hamilton in pole position.
Toto Wolff, Mercedes team principal, commented on a decidedly positive Saturday for Mercedes: “In terms of pure speed Max would have deserved pole position, he had almost half a second advantage. F1, however, is like that, it’s crazy, and this is further proof. The Red Bull on the single lap was very fast, they focused on that from the first free practice session. In the race we should be favorites, the high-speed corners adapt well to our car and then we can count on a front row start with both cars “. Wolff also responded to the possibility that Red Bull protests against Hamilton’s failure to penalize for hindering Mazepin in PL3 (a reprimand has arrived): “We fight on and off the track, I don’t know what chances they have, but if they want to protest they can do it”.
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