Verstappen on pole for Saudi Arabia Grand Prix

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (left) with the pole-winner’s trophy yesteday. pic/AFP

Red Bull's Max Verstappen clinched pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, clocking a lap record time of 1 minute 27.294 seconds. He edged out McLaren's Oscar Piastri by one-hundredth of a second.

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"Simply lovely! I definitely didn't expect to be on pole here," said a beaming Verstappen. Meanwhile, Championship leader Lando Norris crashed his McLaren in Q3 to settle for a 10th place grid start.

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