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Formula One 2026: Max Verstappen takes pole for Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia – as it happened
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PUBLISHEDOct 3, 2026, 9:48 AM
What the source reports
Max Verstappen finished on pole for the first time this season as Kimi Antonelli survived a scare to reach the second row in Sepang Q1: Verstappen lays down an early marker by going half a second faster than Antonelli on 1:36.
477. Hadjar goes faster than the two Mercedes too. Q1: Mercedes and Red Bull send their drivers out before a long, old queue resembling a McDonald’s drive-thru forms in the pit lane. Continue…
Main source: The Guardian Sport
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