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Red Bull will not ‘hesitate' on Max gearbox change

Should there be any fear that Max Verstappen damaged his gearbox in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Red Bull will swap it out. With his title rival Lewis Hamilton on pole for the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Verstappen knew a mighty lap was needed to claim that honour for himself. Overtaking is expected to be at a premium come race day at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit and that wonder lap was very much on too, with Verstappen going purple in the first two sectors, pushing his RB16B to its very limits and those of the track too. That meant his mega lap ended with a heavy smack of the wall, breaking the rear right wishbone, but Red Bull will hope that is as severe as the...
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