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The runs of Verstappen and Senna both span two seasons – the Brazilian\u2019s was across the end of 1988 and start of 1989; Verstappen\u2019s dates back to the final race of last season in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
But despite such a strong run, Verstappen said his pole was unexpected as Red Bull had been struggling to make their car behave to his liking in all three practice sessions before qualifying.<\/p>\n
Verstappen said: “I honestly went into qualifying and I was like: ‘Well, if we can get a top five, I would be happy,’ because this weekend has been really difficult.<\/p>\n
“In the last couple of years, this has definitely been one of the best (turnarounds), I would say. It’s been a while that I’ve felt like we’ve been that far off.”<\/p>\n
His struggles leading up to qualifying make it difficult to predict form in Sunday’s race, which starts at 14:00 BST. In Friday practice, Leclerc was the fastest driver in the race-simulation runs, followed by the McLarens, and Verstappen was a long way off the pace.<\/p>\n
Verstappen said: “Yesterday was terrible in long run and short run. Naturally, I think with the balance that I had in qualifying, it will be better. But I have no clue against McLaren. They looked very strong yesterday in their long run. So hopefully, yeah, we can do something similar.”<\/p>\n
Norris and Piastri both warned about the difficulty of overtaking around Imola, a fact exacerbated by the decision of governing body the FIA to shorten the zone in which drivers can use the the DRS overtaking aid by 100 metres this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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