🗣 'I think we worked really well as a team today.' Red Bull planned for Max Verstappen to tow team-mate Sergio Perez twice in F1 qualifying at the AbuDhabiGP, but that was scuppered by his early-Q3 car trouble:
, 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 andWhen asked by Autosport if Verstappen would have given Perez a tow on both Q3 runs, the world champion confirmed that should have been the case but for the trouble aboard his RB18.
This was despite being close to the other Red Bull car making his progress through the technical final sector slightly harder, even with the reduced 'dirty air' effect on the 2022 cars. "And I could feel [the effect] – especially sector two it was working. What you gain you lose a bit in sector three, but generally I think certainly it was a positive thing."headed Verstappen at the front of the grid at the 2018 Mexican GP – provided a"nice to be back" feeling for the team after its defeats and self-inflicted difficulties in Brazil.
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