F1 Dutch GP: Max Verstappen beats Lando Norris to pole in chaotic qualifying, Lewis Hamilton 13th
The Red Bull driver ⛦was sitting third behind both McLarens after the opening runs of Q3, but produced a 1m20.965s to usurp Norris by a comꦯmanding 0.537s in a truncated qualifying held in challenging, changeable conditions.
It m♋arks Verstappen’s eighth pole in 13 races this season. The reigning world champion could claim a record-equalling ninth successive victory on Sunday to give his home crowd even more to cheer about.
George Russell was third-quickest for Mercedes, over seven-tenths down on Verstappen, while Alex Albo♔n was the star of qualifying as he claimed an impressive fourth on the grid for Williams with a stunning lap.
Fernando Alonso was fifth for Aston Martin, ahead of Carlos Sainz’s𝔍 Ferrari, Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Oscar Piastri’s McLaren.
A heavy Q3 crash for Charles Leclerc left the Ferrari driver ninth on the grid for Sunda⭕y’s race to bring out the second red flag of qualifying.
The first was waved when 10th-placed Logan Sargeant, in his first Q3 appearance, shunted at Turn🐲 2.
Lewis Hamilton suffered a shock Q2 elimination and could only qualify 13th after being frustrated by traffic throughout qu𒉰alifying.
The seven-time world champion had already complained twice of being imp💃eded by both Aston Martins in Q1, before AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda appeared to hold up Hamilton when the track was drying out in the second segment.
Liam Lawson, a last-minute replacement for Daniel Ricciardo, who broke a bone in his hand in a crash on Friday and was ruled out of the weekend, was slowest on his F1 qualifying debuꦓt for AlphaTauri.
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