Following the first sprint race of the season, Verstappen did the double on Saturday with sprint race victory and grand prix pole position – marking Red Bull’s 100th pole in F1.
Sergio Perez made it an all-Red Bull front row ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso who bounced back from retiring from the Chinese GP sprint race after picking up a puncture in a clash with Carlos Sainz.
Lando Norris led the McLaren charge in fourth in qualifying, unable to repeat his sprint race pole from Friday, with team-mate Oscar Piastri set to line up in fifth.
Then come both Ferraris, with Charles Leclerc sixth and Sainz seventh, but Aston Martin has protested the qualifying results amid Sainz’s red flag crash in Q2.
It was a nightmare qualifying for Lewis Hamilton, having finished second in the sprint race, as the Mercedes driver was knocked out in Q1 and will start in 18th.
Source: Autosport