{"id":287904,"date":"2023-08-26T15:35:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T15:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=287904"},"modified":"2023-08-26T15:35:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T15:35:08","slug":"verstappen-claims-dutch-grand-prix-pole-for-the-third-year-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/racing\/f1\/verstappen-claims-dutch-grand-prix-pole-for-the-third-year-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen claims Dutch Grand Prix pole for the THIRD year in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Max Verstappen claims Dutch Grand Prix pole for the THIRD year in a row as reigning world champion shows all his class in frantic qualifying<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It was a chaotic qualifying in the Netherlands, which featured two red flags<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Charles Leclerc and Logan Sargeant crashed out, as Lewis Hamilton came 13th\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Max Verstappen delivered to great expectations in front of an expectant crowd\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max Verstappen sent the home crowd into paroxysms of rapture by taking pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix \u2013 by a mile.<\/p>\n<p>After a stop-start, wet-to-dry trial, the world champion did what he does best at the very end, setting a time half-a-second quicker than second-best Lando Norris, an impressive star himself for McLaren.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>George Russell was third quickest for Mercedes and Alex Albon a notable fourth for Williams \u2013 a triumph for the team under new boss James Vowles.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen stood on his car to the acclaim of his orange-clad supporters. &#8216;A mighty lap,&#8217; intoned Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That last lap was very enjoyable,&#8217; said Verstappen, who only had one crack at pole after several interruptions.<\/p>\n<p>He now chases a record-equalling ninth successive victory in the 72-lap race.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/26\/15\/74750147-12448269-image-a-1_1693060772467.jpg\" height=\"465\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen stood on his car to the delight of a partisan home crowd after taking pole<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/26\/15\/74750149-12448269-image-a-2_1693060775179.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A sea of orange roared on their main man as he took pole position at the chequered flag<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton was eliminated in Q2 and will start 13th, a blow to his avowed ambition to finish second in the drivers&#8217; standings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He currently lies fourth, 41 points behind Sergio Perez (seventh in qualifying, a giant 1.3sec off Verstappen!) in runners-up spot. Hamilton&#8217;s progress was not helped by being impeded slightly by Yuki Tsunoda&#8217;s AlphaTauri.<\/p>\n<p>Albon&#8217;s team-mate Logan Sargeant crashed out on the entry of Turn Two, bringing out a red flag that delayed Q3 for 20 minutes. It must have been a blow to the American&#8217;s confidence in what is turning out to be an error-strewn season for him.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Sargeant was unhurt and climbed out of the cockpit of his bruised car unaided. There was a pause as the barrier was repaired.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Leclerc ran wide at Turn Nine and out of Q3.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Monegasque makes too many errors to be Ferrari&#8217;s No 1. He is quick but cannot keep it on the track regularly enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this latest instance, he carried too much speed into the corner, a right-hander he failed to make.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He walked back and found a deckchair to park himself as proceedings were red-flagged again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/26\/15\/74750371-12448269-image-a-12_1693061590374.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It was a day to forget for Williams&#8217; Logan Sargeant as he crashed into the wall during Q3<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/26\/15\/74750369-12448269-image-a-13_1693061594447.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It was a second red flag soon after the restart when Ferrari&#8217;s Charles Leclerc went off track<\/p>\n<p>The stoppage lasted six minutes, with 4min 5sec remaining on the clock \u2013 the window Verstappen had open to him to pull off his latest minor miracle.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, it was a chastening afternoon for debutant Liam Lawson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old New Zealander was drafted in by AlphaTauri after Daniel Ricciardo broke his wrist when he hit the wall during practice on Friday, but could only qualify last.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was a second slower than the rest, but given his inexperience little more could have been expected of him.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12448269\/Max-Verstappen-claims-Dutch-Grand-Prix-pole-year-row-reigning-world-champion-shows-class-frantic-qualifying.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Verstappen claims Dutch Grand Prix pole for the THIRD year in a row as reigning world champion shows all his class in frantic qualifying It was a chaotic qualifying in the Netherlands, which featured two red flags Charles Leclerc and Logan Sargeant crashed out, as Lewis Hamilton came 13th\u00a0 Max Verstappen delivered to great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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