but it was Russell who took pole position after setting an identical lap time to Max Verstappen in Q3 – but held onto pole after setting a 1:12.
a large number of spectactors managed to make it on to the circuit before all cars had returned to parc ferme.
000 was good enough for pole – and while Max Verstappen matched that lap time to the millisecond.
who trails his team-mate Yuki Tsunoda in the 2024 stats including 5-19 in the Drivers’ Championship.
”Perez sits P5 in the Drivers’ Championship and 87 points behind team-mate Verstappen at the top of the standings.
so we thought we’d take a look at a hypothetical world where things may look a little closer.
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