Christian Horner said seeing Daniel Ricciardo qualify within four-tenths of a second of pole position was a good result for Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, but he rued the crash by Max Verstappen that will see the Dutchman start fifteenth. Ricciardo qualified fifth but will start fourth on the grid after Lewis Hamilton takes his penalty, with his lap of 1:28.398s just 0.440 seconds off the pole time set by Sebastian Vettel. However, Verstappen crashed out during the first phase of Qualifying doing a second data-gathering run despite his first run having comfortably been quick enough to advance through, but the damage caused by hitting the outside wall at turn three ended his session there...
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