sport news Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez lock out the front row of the Abu Dhabi Grand ... trends now

sport news Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez lock out the front row of the Abu Dhabi Grand ... trends now
sport news Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez lock out the front row of the Abu Dhabi Grand ... trends now

sport news Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez lock out the front row of the Abu Dhabi Grand ... trends now

Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez lock out the front row of the grid for Red Bull ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix... as Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton has to settle for fifth in car he does not 'ever plan to drive' again Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez locked out the front row of the Abu Dhabi grid The pair are racing to try and finish 1-2 for Red Bull in the Drivers' Championship Lewis Hamilton had to settle for fifth as he tries to win his first race of the year Hamilton has struggled with his car and does not 'ever plan to drive' it again

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Two raging Red Bulls in the shape of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez put their animosity aside to lock out the front row for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

The upshot is that Lewis Hamilton has serious work verging on mission impossible ahead of him to maintain his unique record of registering a win in each of his 16 seasons in Formula One.

He starts fifth with the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz also ahead of him on the Yas Marina track that offers the overtaking opportunities of a one-way street.

Max Verstappen (left) and Sergio Perez (right) locked out the front row of the grid for Red Bull

Max Verstappen (left) and Sergio Perez (right) locked out the front row of the grid for Red Bull

For Hamilton, nearly seven-tenths off Verstappen's crushing pace, has only to contend with his sub-par Mercedes twice more, in Sunday's last of 22 rounds and then in a testing session on Tuesday that is as

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