The pole was another achievement for Verstappen, winner in Jeddah in 2022, who had never before started from first position on the Corniche circuit.
Red Bull’s three-time world champion Max Verstappen continued his perfect start to the Formula 1 season with pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
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The three-time world champion Red Bull, Max Verstappen, continued his perfect start to the season Formula 1 with the pole position of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Friday, while Charles Leclerc, of Ferrari, qualified again with him on the front row.
Sergio Perezfrom Red Bull and winner last year in Jeddah in one of the three races in which Verstappen did not win, qualified third for Saturday’s race, which has been brought forward a day to adapt to Ramadan.
The pole was another achievement for Verstappen, winner in Jeddah in 2022, who had never before started from first position on the Corniche circuit.
“It was a very good qualifying. The car was on rails,” said the 26-year-old Dutchman over the team radio, who won from pole in Bahrain with the fastest lap and leading the race from start to finish.
“Today I felt very comfortable in the car. Throughout qualifying, it’s been crazy how fast it goes here,” he said later.
Saturday will be the fourth consecutive race in which Verstappen and Leclerc line up together on the front row.
The Aston Martin Fernando Alonso entered fourth, with Oscar Piastri fifth for McLaren and his teammate Lando Norris sixth.
George Russell and Lewis Hamilton They will start seventh and eighth for Mercedes, Yuki Tsunoda ninth for RB and Lance Stroll completed the “top 10” for Aston Martin.
The British Oliver Bearman, 18 years old, will debut in the race in eleventh position with Ferrari after being signed as a last-minute substitute for Carlos Sainz, who suffered appendicitis and underwent surgery on Friday.
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