Formula One | Verstappen claims pole position
The Hindu
He pips Hamilton to the top of the grid.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed the season-opening pole for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday ahead of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes. Verstappen took his fourth career pole ahead of Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas in the second Mercedes. It was the first time in the sport's V6 turbo hybrid era that began in 2013 that Mercedes, winner of the drivers’ and constructors’ championships for the past seven years, had not taken pole for the first race.
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