When Kevin Magnussen took pole in Brazil on Friday, it took every F1 fan - and the man himself - completely by surprise. 📝 LukeSmithF1 revels in the underdog story that F1 2022 has been missing so far:
’s redemptive podium in 2019. All three were proper feel-good results - and now we have another to add to the collection.
going off when he did and the red flag coming out - but what followed was a little over 10 minutes of F1 theatre that will live long in the memory.Photo by: Mark Sutton /“You’re kidding…” came Magnussen’s reply when he was told that he was P1 while circulating back to the pits under the red flag, the realisation of what might be about to happen kicking in. “I’ve never, ever felt like this in my life guys.
And so came the wait. The session went back to green with eight minutes left on the clock, the sky darkening and the tension building in the Haas garage. Barring something unfathomable, pole would surely belong to Magnussen. But the team members could only look nervously at the screens, while Magnussen remained sat in the cockpit in case he had to go out again.
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