The Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), triple world champion and World Cup leader, will start first this Saturday at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prixthe second of Formula One World Cupwhich is held on the urban circuit of Yeda.
Verstappen, 26, signed his thirty-fourth pole position in F1 – the second of the year – by dominating this Friday’s qualifying, in which he covered – in the third and decisive round (Q3) – the 6,174 meters of the track that bathes the Red Sea in one minute, 27 seconds and 472 thousandths; 319 less than the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and with a 335 advantage over his teammate, the Mexican Sergio Perez; who will start third.
The Spanish double world champion Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) was 374 thousandths behind and will start fourth this Saturday in Saudi Arabia. EFE (I)
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