Max Verstappen holds off the Carlos Sainz Jr. comeback in F1 Australian GP qualifying

“Finally that car looks dialed in when it matters most.”

Throughout the first two qualifying sessions, and after each of their first laps in Q3, it looked as if it was going to be Ferrari’s day. Carlos Sainz Jr. posted the first lap of Q3 and it was a quick one, a lap nearly matched by teammate Charles Leclerc. That gave Ferrari an early 1-2 atop the timing sheets in Q3, and the Tifosi were dreaming of a front-row lockout.

Someone forgot to tell Max Verstappen.

Because before the Ferrari garage truly had a chance to celebrate, Verstappen came across the line with a time that put him on

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