“I was on the edge with the track limits,” Max Verstappen reflects on the recovery during his pole lap at the Red Bull Ring

“I was on the edge with the track limits,” Max Verstappen reflects on the recovery during his pole lap at the Red Bull Ring

Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen after the recently concluded Austrian Qualifying has shared his views and indicated that he was not very pleased with the lap that secured him pole position.

The Red Bull Ring is an unforgiving circuit when it comes to tracking limits and Verstappen in pursuit of extra pace was certainly on the edge trying to use every last inch of the track.

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The final few minutes after George Russell’s crash during Q3 were full of non-stop of action as everyone was trying to improve and one guy who did improve was Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque managed a time of 1.05.013 that secured him provisional pole but through came Verstappen who lit up the timing sheets with an outstanding time of 1.04.984.

Max while dwelling on his pole securing lap admitted that he was down on his personal best during Sector 1 and 2 so he knew he had to step up his game and that he certainly did by doing a personal best final sector.

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Max Verstappen

Max was faster than Leclerc in sector 1 despite not setting his personal best but the Dutch lost major time to the Monegasque during Sector 3 where he was 0.03 seconds slower than Leclerc.

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Max Verstappen on what went through his head during his final lap of Q3

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen while talking about his Qualifying session said, “It was a bit tricky. I think the long wait [after the red flag] is never amazing.”

“Then we went out. My Turn 1 and 3 were not the best, so I knew that the rest of the lap needed to be pretty spot on here to be able to do something.”

The Austria Qualifying is done and dusted and now it is time to get into the mood for some racing action, moreover, tomorrow is a Sprint race, additional points are going to be on offer and it is going to be interesting to see who would be able to get his elbows out and make moves during the Sprint race.

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen

Would anyone be able to snatch pole position from Max Verstappen during the upcoming Sprint race?

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