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Max confirms Tsunoda and Perez cost him chance of pole

Max Verstappen said he backed out of his last qualifying run in Mexico as he thought two fellow Red Bull-owned cars going off track would spark yellow flags. The World Championship leader had been hot favourite to secure pole position for the Mexican Grand Prix, but instead will start the race only third. The first set of flying laps in Q3 put Valtteri Bottas on provisional pole ahead of Lewis Hamilton, with Verstappen and his Red Bull team-mate and local hero Sergio Perez surprisingly only P3 and P4. In trying to improve, Verstappen followed closer to Perez to gain a better slipstream, but the plan came undone when the Mexican appeared to become distracted by AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda...
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