Lewis Hamilton, in Mercedes, secured ‘pole position’ for the first Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia, the penultimate stage of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship, a championship that ends next weekend at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina.
The Brit, second in the championship, with 8 points less than Max Verstappen, benefited from his rival’s accident in the title race, which crashed into the wall of the Jeddah circuit during the final lap of qualifying, which was ‘background’, in order to try to position himself in the first position of the starting grid for tomorrow’s race (17.30 hours).
Verstappen nevertheless managed the third best of the session with 1,27,511m. However, touching the wall may prove to be more penalizing if there are problems at Red Bull-Honda, namely in terms of transmission.
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