While lamenting a lack of pace in his Red Bull during French Grand Prix qualifying, Formula 1 World Champion and championship leader Max Verstappen will start from second on the grid and is confident he has a solid race car at his disposal. Verstappen probably lost pole today at the Austrian Grand Prix last week! Last Sunday, Carlos Sainz's Ferrari went up in smoke, meaning a new PU and bits for the Spaniard and a grid penalty that sees him starting no matter what he did in qualifying at Paul Ricard on Saturday. This gave Ferrari a real wingman during qualy today in France to provide a useful tow for Charles Leclerc to scorch to the top of the timing screens; Verstappen and Red Bull had no...
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