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Max Verstappen strategy request approved after ‘unusual’ Baku choice
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Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies said it was Max Verstappen who pushed to start the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on hard tyres, even though Verstappen did admit that was an “unusual” move from pole position.
Max Verstappen executed hard tyre gamble and wonSix red flags later – a new F1 qualifying record – Verstappen emerged as the Azerbaijan Grand Prix polesitter.
But, Verstappen lined-up on the grid with hard tyres on his RB21.
It doesn’t come for free at the race start.
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