Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is stripped of pole position for impeding Mercedes driver George Russell in qualifying at the Qatar Grand Prix.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has been stripped of pole position for impeding Mercedes driver George Russell in qualifying at the Qatar Grand Prix.
They sided with Russell's argument that Verstappen should not have been on the racing line if he was going slowly. In this case, Verstappen's move to second puts him on the dirtier side of the grid, where there is less grip, and from where many cars made slower starts in the sprint race on Saturday. The Mercedes driver said: "I expected to improve on the second lap and had a scrappy out lap, nearly had the collision with Max and went into the gravel two corners before I started it.
The world champion had complained of no grip or balance in the sprint but the team found a better set-up for the main qualifying session.
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