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Verstappen: Ferrari/Hamilton too far ahead in Russia

Max Verstappen is targeting a P4/5 finish in the Russian GP and doesn't expect to be able to challenge Ferrari or Lewis Hamilton. The Red Bull driver qualified P4 ahead of Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas, but he will drop to P9 for the race after taking the upgraded Honda engine which triggered a five-place grid drop. Charles Leclerc took a dominant fourth pole in a row with Hamilton splitting the Ferraris to start on the front row alongside him, but further back Verstappen doesn't expect to make enough progress through the pack to be able to get involved in that battle. 'I think realistically P5 maybe P4,' he said when asked by Sky Sports where he thought he could finish the race. 'We qualified...
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