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Verstappen takes sprint pole

Updated on: 05 May,2024 08:01 AM IST  |  Miami
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“To be honest with you, it felt pretty terrible. Maybe that last session, it was just really difficult to get the tyres to work. I didn’t improve much on the soft but I’ll take it,” said the Dutchman, who was also fastest in the earlier practice session

Verstappen takes sprint pole

Max Verstappen

World champion Max Verstappen grabbed pole position for Saturday’s sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix, but was far from happy with the performance of his tyres.
Verstappen finished 0.108 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc with his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez third. 


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“To be honest with you, it felt pretty terrible. Maybe that last session, it was just really difficult to get the tyres to work. I didn’t improve much on the soft but I’ll take it,” said the Dutchman, who was also fastest in the earlier practice session. 


“It didn’t feel enjoyable to drive—practice was really comfortable, I was quite confident we could fight for pole. But qualifying it didn’t look like that for me—I don’t know what happened to the other cars on that last lap,” he said. 

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