Triple world champion Max Verstappen won Formula One’s first sprint of the season and then secured Red Bull’s landmark 100th pole position after dominating qualifying for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix.
Verstappen, who beat old rival Lewis Hamilton by 13 seconds in the morning sprint, was the first driver since double world champion Mika Hakkinen in 1999 to start a season with five successive poles. Verstappen’s pole time of one minute 33.660 seconds was 0.322 quicker than Perez, who came close to being knocked out in the very first phase when he hit traffic.
Alonso’s third was a strong reply to his retirement in the sprint, when stewards also handed him three penalty points for a clash with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz when they were battling for third place. Sainz brought out the red flags 6.44 seconds from the end of the second phase of qualifying when he went onto the gravel, spun and crashed at the final turn.
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