The Red Bull driver provisionally secured his fifth F1 pole of the season by beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by 0.01s in the final stage of qualifying, but had to face the FIA stewards after an incident earlier in the session with Lando Norris.
Verstappen, who was driving slowly preparing for his first Q3 lap, almost collided with Norris who was behind him and had to go on to the grass. The stewards gave the Dutch driver a reprimand but allowed him to keep pole.
