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Verstappen blames engine misfire for Q1 exit
Max Verstappen's disastrous qualifying for Formula 1's Chinese Grand Prix was down to a misfire caused by an ignition coil problem. The Red Bull driver was only 19th fastest in qualifying after lapping 3.755s off Lewis Hamilton's pole position time, although he will move up two places thanks to penalties for Jolyon Palmer and Romain Grosjean. Verstappen was forced to abandon his first run in Q1 when the problem manifested itself without setting a time, and didn't have the power to set a competitive enough time to progress to Q2 when he returned to the track. "Something to do with the coil, and that limited my qualifying – there was no power," said Verstappen when asked about the...
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