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Verstappen plays down Belgium F1 pole chances despite strong Friday
Max Verstappen says he doesn’t expect to be able to challenge for pole position at Spa-Francorchamps despite showing impressive pace in Friday practice. Check out the Crash F1 YouTube channel - CLICK HERE
Verstappen topped the time-sheets in second practice ahead of Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo with the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas only managing third and sixth fastest. Mercedes has taken pole at every race this season and Verstappen expects this trend to continue into Saturday’s qualifying. “I personally think they [Mercedes] are still struggling a bit with the balance so I expect them to be stronger tomorrow,” Verstappen said. “You can see already in the...
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