Lewis Hamilton would likely have beaten Max Verstappen to pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix had he not been forced to abandon his final flying lap, Toto Wolff has claimed.
The Dutchman delighted the home crowd by narrowly beating Charles Leclerc to pole on Saturday afternoon. But he might not have topped the time sheets had it not been for a bit of inadvertent help from his Red Bull team-mate.
Sergio Perez was hoping to put in a huge lap of his own, but lost control of his car on the final banked corner and span. That saw the yellow flags waved, which meant everyone else on their final flying laps had to slow down and abandon all hope of snatching pole.
