Max Verstappen admits that fifth in the 2019 Canadian Grand Prix was where Red Bull Racing expected to finish after their struggles in qualifying. Verstappen was caught out by a crash by Kevin Magnussen at the end of Q2 and failed to make it through to the top ten shoot out. He would start from ninth courtesy of Magnussen's pit-lane start and a grid drop for Carlos Sainz Jr. Verstappen would jump his team-mate Pierre Gasly through pit-stop strategy and overtake both Nico Hülkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo after getting the better of Lando Norris to finish fifth, almost fifty-eight seconds off the lead. “It was a controlled drive today,' said Verstappen. 'We stayed out of trouble at the...
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