Max Verstappen loses pole position to George Russell after penalty, reports Lewis Larkam in Qatar.
The newly-crowned four-time world champion was summoned to the Qatar stewards after he appeared to impede Russell at the triple right-hander of Turn 12-13-14 while on a slow lap before the final flying efforts of Q3.
"The driver of Car 63 claimed that he had adhered to the delta and did not expect Car 1 to be on the ra ing line. He stated that if a car was going slow in a high speed corner, it should not be on the racing line. "It was obvious the driver of Car 1 was attempting to cool his tyres. He also could see Car 63 approaching as he looked in his mirror multiple times whilst on the small straight between Turns 11 and 12.
"And then I think George got excited. He wanted to pass and get around. That's fine, I mean, everyone of course tries to get their position to have the best possible start to the lap.”
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