Max Verstappen has revealed the 'scare' he faced ahead of grabbing pole position for F1's AbuDhabiGP when his Red Bull car completely shut down. Read more ⬇️
Max Verstappen has revealed the"scare" he faced ahead of grabbing pole position for Formula 1's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix when his Red Bull car completely shut down.The world champion was just preparing to go out for his first run in Q3 when there was some frantic action in the Red Bull garage after his car completely stopped.had to be thrown out of the window while the Dutchman reset his car's systems.
"[Then] we had a bit of a scare. The car turned off before the first run, so we had to reboot everything. Then we went out and both of the laps were good enough [for pole], so of course very pleased with that. "But I'm also very happy that both cars are on the front row because we know that, of course, we want to win the race, but we also want to finish second with Checo in the championship. So that's definitely a great start for tomorrow."Perez was delighted at getting up onto the front row, as he praised Verstappen's assistance which has boosted his chances of securing runner-up in the drivers' championships this year.
"It is a good start," said Perez."I think we didn't make that final step in Q3, especially Q3 run one wasn't that good. So we were a bit behind. "But it's good. It's good to lock out that front row for tomorrow. Max did a great job for me. We worked together as a team really strongly on that final run. So yeah, looking forward to tomorrow which is the day that really matters."
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