“It feels so good, it was so much hard work that we put into the factory,” said Russell, who was already looking forward to the race: “It’s going to be really great. Maybe I can get a win – you can try.” His Silver Arrow “feels great here,” said Russell. The team had some problems recently and was sometimes far behind the leaders. Meanwhile, Verstappen wasn’t annoyed about narrowly missing out on pole position. “That’s just how it is,” said the three-time champion. Just four days after his contract extension for two more years, Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Pérez experienced the next debacle. As was the case last time in Monaco, the Mexican was eliminated in 16th place in the first of three qualifying stages and was still in the car cursing his appearance on the pit radio. Nico Hülkenberg has to start from even further back. The only German in the field only drove his Haas racing car to 19th place. Before the ninth round of the season on Sunday (8 p.m. CEST in the F.A.Z. live ticker for Formula 1 and on Sky), Verstappen leads the overall World Cup standings with 169 points ahead of the Ferrari star Charles Leclerc (138), who recently triumphed at his home game. The Monegasque also made a mistake in qualifying and, in eleventh place, has poor prospects of the next coup. The afternoon was just as disappointing for his teammate Carlos Sainz, who only finished twelfth.
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