Hopes the rain might dampen Max Verstappen’s dominance this season proved warranted as Carlos Sainz took the first pole position of his F1 career.
The bemused and amused Spaniard, at his 150th grand prix weekend, asked his team over the race radio “no way, I didn’t expect that one... how did I do P1?” as he snatched pole off Verstappen on his last flying lap of the session.
