There have been many theories about how and why Red Bull's Max Verstappen ‘failed' in qualifying for the 2021 Mexican Grand Prix, but I suggest they sucker-punched Mercedes and all of us to boot! The facts are that Valtteri Bottas delivered a stonker of a lap to take pole which teammate and title contender Lewis Hamilton could not match, he was good for second, and a Mercedes front-row lock-out nevertheless was the surprise result, with the Merc camp left bewildered. The Red Bull boys were third and fourth, Verstappen starting behind Bottas from third and Sergio Perez from fourth. A second-row lockout was an apparent fail for the team who had the handier car around Autodromo Hermanos...
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