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Max Verstappen on George Russell's Austrian GP pole: 'I would have done the same'
Motorsport.comJuly 3, 2026
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Max Verstappen defended George Russell for the way in which he clinched pole position at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix - but added he shouldn’t have been allowed to complete the lap.The four-time world champion suffered a heavy crash at the penultimate corner of the Red Bull Ring in Q3 last Saturday, prompting yellow flag conditions in a messy end to qualifying.That’s because ...