Max Verstappen Finally Has First Pole Position Amid Tough F1 Season | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Toto Wolff said Mercedes still believes the upgrade should work, but the team expected to gain three-tenths and is now four or five tenths slower.
- On Friday, four-time world champion Max Verstappen claimed sprint pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix with a lap of 1:31.156, 0.120 seconds ahead of George Russell.
- Mercedes' championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli struggled with the team's new aerodynamic package, qualifying seventh in sprint qualifying as the car proved "very unpredictable."
- Russell will start Sunday's main race from the back of the grid after taking a new power unit, exceeding his yearly allocation following a mechanical failure in Malaysia.
- Singapore organizers declared a "heat hazard" as air quality plunged to "unhealthy" levels and extreme heat can cause drivers to shed up to 3kg during the race.
- Antonelli leads the championship by 84 points with seven rounds remaining, positioning him to clinch the title early, while Russell fights back from the grid penalty.
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Verstappen pips Russell to sprint pole at Singapore Grand Prix
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix sprint race on Friday, pipping Mercedes driver George Russell who will join him on the front row at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Verstappen, who had never previously taken pole or won a race in Singapore, set the fastest time of one minute […]
The world's tetra-champion made a better time of 1:31.156 , 120 thousandths faster than the British George Russell.
Super tour of the Dutch, which was under investigation for an overtaking on Hamilton (only 6th) under yellow flag regime: no penalty. According to Russell before Leclerc, seventh Antonelli with the updated Mercedes that does not convince: "I could not do more"
Max Verstappen continues to squeeze the single-place of Red Bull to the maximum. The Dutchman has taken the pole to the sprint of the Singapore GP with an imposing 1’31′′156. George Russell and Charles Leclerc complete the podium of Marina Bay. Andrea Kimi Antonelli will have to go up from the seventh square. Regarding the Spaniards, Fernando Alonso ... Continue reading "Max Verstappen takes the pole to the Sprint in Singapore: Alonso arrives at…
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