Towards the end of qualifying Lando Norris received a message from his engineer about an oncoming Verstappen. The Dutchman had not yet set a time and was not allowed to receive 'any gifts' from the McLaren driver. The Brit now explains what the message was about. In his first run in Q3 Max Verstappen managed to set a 1:18.2, a lap time that in hindsight would have been good enough for pole position. The Dutchman however went over the track limits in turn four and saw his time removed. Verstappen therefore had to give everything in his final run to get close to Mercedes. He managed to do so, but it is not enough for pole position. The lap is 'only' enough for third place on the grid and...
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