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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Max Verstappen grabs pole as Lando Norris crashes
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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Max Verstappen grabs pole as Lando Norris crashes

Motorsports April 20, 2025
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Disaster? What disaster? ended per week of distress for Purple Bull by snatching pole place for the Saudia Arabian Grand Prix as ’ self-confessed doubts proved correct when the championship chief crashed out.

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After the Purple Bull hierarchy held pressing conferences following a poor exhibiting final outing in Bahrain and with hypothesis in Jeddah turning in the direction of whether or not Verstappen’s future may lie away from Milton Keynes, the reigning world champion did his speaking on the observe.

The Dutchman sealed his forty second profession pole place with a scintillating time of 1m27.294s, pipping ’s by 0.010s.

will begin third after one other good outing for , with  alongside him on row two within the lead .

and share row three, the latter clearly now settling into life at together with his finest qualifying efficiency of the season.

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had stated simply making the highest 10 can be progress for him as he struggled for tempo in his Ferrari, however he in the end managed seventh, with and additionally getting forward of Norris after his crash.

Having spoken about having confidence points on the eve on qualifying, Norris had been competing on the head of the sector however was caught out across the tight Jeddah Corniche Circuit, hitting the wall at flip 5 throughout his opening Q3 run, labelling himself a “fucking fool” over workforce radio.

It means, having began sixth in Bahrain final weekend, the title hopeful is tenth on the grid on Sunday.

had regarded sturdy all through observe however narrowly missed out on the highest 10 shoot-out and is eleventh on the grid, alongside for .

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is thirteenth with and having additionally made it into Q2 earlier than being eradicated.

Gasly survived pulling out of his storage with a tyre blanket nonetheless connected to the precise entrance to get out of Q1, though his team-mate didn’t handle to flee the drop zone and can begin seventeenth, behind ’s Aston Martin.

struggled with down in 18th and final after spinning on his ultimate try because the second Haas of splits the pair.

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