Red Bull had planned for Verstappen to give two tows to teammate Perez in Q3 during AbuDhabiGP qualifying.
A week on from its difficult and controversial Sao Paulo Grand Prix, where Verstappen refused a late second race team order to let Perez by, the team had arranged things so Verstappen would aid Perez in qualifying at the Yas Marina track.
After that, Verstappen went on to claim provisional pole while Perez ran third, before the former then led the latter around for the final Q3 runs and they locked out the front row with Verstappen ahead and going even quicker to seal pole. "Going into the weekend, we gave Checo the option to choose what he would like – 'do you want to go first or behind?'," Verstappen explained in the post-race press conference in Abu Dhabi."But I was planned to go ahead in the first run as well, but everything just turned off. But, luckily we got it together for the second run.
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