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Wolff thought pole had ‘gone' until Max's crash

Toto Wolff admitted he thought pole position for Mercedes had “basically gone” until Max Verstappen crashed in Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying. Verstappen had the final chance to take P1 away from his World Championship rival Lewis Hamilton and set two purple sectors, looking all set to make it another front-row start for this season’s dominant duo. But at the final corner of the brand-new Jeddah Corniche Circuit, the Red Bull driver locked up and hit the wall on the outside, coming to a halt on the track with his hopes of snatching pole in tatters. Instead it will be a front-row lockout for Mercedes with Hamilton just ahead of Valtteri Bottas, who needed an engine change before...
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