A first qualifying session of the Formula One season that, in its build-up, briefly threatened to put a 41-year-old on pole ended with Red Bull locking out the front row of the grid. And with it, the potential cracks for Max Verstappen and RB19, which had appeared in practice, were quickly forgotten.
The Dutchman lived up to his pre-season billing as favourite for a hat-trick of titles for the 21st pole position of his career on his father Jos’ 51st birthday just ahead of teammate Sergio Perez.
