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“Annoyed” Verstappen banks on strategy after error-strewn Q3
Red Bull's Max Verstappen is banking on his supersoft-shod starting strategy in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after a poor Q3 left him “annoyed with myself” in sixth position on the starting grid. Errors on both of his flying laps in the top-10 shootout cost him what he believes would have been third on the grid, behind title-contending Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Verstappen even pointed to his final Q2 run on ultrasoft tyres – which he deliberately aborted to ensure he starts on the more durable supersoft. “That [Q2] lap time, if I finished it, was enough for P3 in Q3,” he rued. “I was annoyed with myself I couldn’t match my previous runs in Q3. “Q1 and Q2 was...
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