Max Verstappen must be in the Qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix unexpectedly admit defeat. The three-time world champion Red Bull is from Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in the Ferrari surpassed.
Charles Leclerc, who had already secured pole position in Austin last weekend, changed the internal duel between the two Ferrari drivers in the crucial phase of qualifying at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 67 thousandths for themselves. The Monegasse will start from the front in a Formula 1 race for the fourth time this season on Sunday (at 9 p.m. Swiss time).
The three-time world champion Max Verstappen had to compete after three best training times Starting position 3 satisfy. The Dutchman lost almost a tenth of a second to Leclerc. With his 16th win of the season, Verstappen could surpass his record from last year on Sunday.
The season dominator has won four of the last five races in Mexico City. Only Lewis Hamilton was able to interrupt the series in 2019. The record world champion Mercedes is in 6th position in the starting column on Sunday, behind Daniel Ricciardo in the AlphaTauri and local hero Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull.
This created a promising starting position for the fourth-to-last race of the season Team Alfa Romeo, which put both cars in the top 10 on the grid for the second time this season. The Finn Valtteri Bottas and the Chinese Zhou Guanyu take starting positions 9 and 10 respectively. The only time the Hinwil racing team was even better was in Hungary in July, when Zhou and Bottas finished fifth and seventh in qualifying. (sda)
2023-10-26 12:42:00
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