World champion Max Verstappen gave Red Bull cause to smile once more when he secured pole place for Sunday’s Mexico Grand Prix.
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After 24 hours of arguments and derision following the announcement of Red Bull’s penalty for breaching Formula One’s $145 million value cap final yr, it was a candy return to success together with his sixth pole this yr and the seventeenth of his profession.
The 25-year-old Dutchman clocked a greatest lap of 1:17.775 to complete 0.304 seconds forward of George Russell and his Mercedes’ team-mate, seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.
Verstappen took management on his first run in Q3 after which trimmed his time to withstand the menace from the much-improved Mercedes group. He will be looking a file 14th win in a single season on Sunday.
His Red Bull team-mate and native hero Sergio Perez was fourth forward of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and a resurgent Valtteri Bottas of Alfa Romeo.
Charles Leclerc, who crashed closely on Friday, was seventh in the second Ferrari forward of McLaren’s Lando Norris and the Alpines of two-time champion Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon.
The race is because of begin at 22:00 (SA time).
GRID FOR THE MEXICO GRAND PRIX
Front row
Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull)
George Russell (GBR/Mercedes)
2nd row
Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)
Sergio Perez (MEX/Red Bull)
third row
Carlos Sainz (ESP/Ferrari)
Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Alfa Romeo)
4th row
Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari)
Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren)
fifth row
Fernando Alonso (ESP/Alpine)
Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine)
sixth row
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/McLaren)
Zhou Guanyu (CHN/Alfa Romeo)
seventh row
Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/AlphaTauri)
Pierre Gasly (FRA/AlphaTauri)
eighth row
Mick Schumacher (GER/Haas)
Sebastian Vettel (GER/Aston Martin)
ninth row
Alexander Albon (THA/Williams)
Nicholas Latifi (CAN/Williams)
tenth row
Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas)
Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin)
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