Max Verstappen followed up his Sprint victory with pole for the Grand Prix, capping a dream day for the Dutchman. He is sharing the front row with his team mate tomorrow, while Fernando Alonso and Lando Norris are the two on the second row tasked with chasing down those Bulls. Here are all the best facts and stats from a frantic qualifying in Shanghai…
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Verstappen takes Red Bull’s 100th pole, at the same circuit where they scored their first pole.
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The Dutchman is the first driver in the 21st century to take the first five poles in a season, Mika Hakkinen the last to do so in 1999.
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Verstappen has taken pole at 21 different circuits, surpassing both Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell to move fourth in the all-time list.
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Perez grabbed second, to give Red Bull back-to-back front row lockouts, only their fifth 1-2 of the hybrid era despite coming within 0.048s of being knocked out in Q1.
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The Mexican has never previously started in the top six in Shanghai.
News Summary:
- FACTS AND STATS: Verstappen matches Hakkinen by grabbing opening poles at five weekends
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