Max Verstappen will start Formula 1’s first Steiermark Grand Prix from the front row after a spin in the final seconds of a wet, treacherous qualifying session at the Red Bull Ring robbed him of the chance to challenge eventual pole winner Lewis Hamilton. After comfortably making his way through the opening sessions in relatively good, albeit wet, conditions, the rain increased intensity in Q3 but despite the heavy rain the Red Bull driver spent the whole of the final session swapping P1 laps with Hamilton. In the closing stages Max put his RB16 back into provisional pole with a time of 1:20.489s but Hamilton was going quicker behind him and stole P1 with a lap of 1:19.702. Max wound up...
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