Max Verstappen described Red Bull’s pace as “beyond expectations” in the wake of his performance at Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix. Verstappen dominated the preceding Mexican round for a second successive season as Red Bull held a pace advantage over its rivals at the high-altitude Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Verstappen played down Red Bull’s chances of a repeat at Interlagos and in qualifying his best lap was almost half a second shy of Lewis Hamilton’s pole effort, as he wound up fifth. But in race trim Verstappen surged to the front, passing Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and Valtteri Bottas in quick succession before extending his Supersoft...
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