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“That’s how it goes, we’re still on the front row. At least the potential was there to be first, so that’s very good.”
In terms of lessons learned in the Sprint that could be carried forward into Sunday’s race, the 27-year-old voiced his hope that Red Bull can continue the level of performance that they experienced in the 100km dash.
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“It seemed that we were competitive, so we made some minor changes on the car which felt nice,” said Verstappen. “I hope that that will be also positive for tomorrow.”
Sergio Perez, meanwhile, also experienced bad luck in the session. The Mexican’s first lap in Q3 was deleted after exceeding track limits, meaning that it all came down to his final effort – which he was ultimately unable to complete due to those double waved yellow flags, leaving him down in P10.
“It was a shame because I think things were looking really positive for us,” Perez reflected afterwards. “We were definitely on a run and we were improving quite a bit, we were learning a lot from the tyre.
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