Max Verstappen's crash at the final corner of qualifying handed Mercedes a front-row lockout for the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Dutchman was on course to snatch pole position from his World Championship rival Lewis Hamilton, but locked up and hit the wall. It meant Hamilton will have a big advantage with his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas alongside him in Jeddah, with a glorious opportunity to potentially turn his eight-point deficit into an advantage heading to the big finale of this thrilling season in Abu Dhabi next week. Hamilton went into qualifying with an impeding charge hanging over him following an incident with Nikita Mazepin in FP3, having been cleared of a...
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