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Max Verstappen Delights Home Crowd With Dramatic Pole In Dutch Grand Prix | Formula 1 News

Max Verstappen claimed a pulsating late pole position for Red Bull with a dramatic final lap at his home Dutch Grand Prix on Saturday, outpacing Ferrari's Charles Leclerc by just two-hundredths of a second. To the delight of a raucous mass of home supporters in a packed crowd at the Zandvoort seaside circuit, the 24-year-old Dutchman pulled out a fastest lap of 1:10.342 to top the times and secure his second successive pole on home soil. It was a fourth pole this season and 17th of his career for Red Bull's world champion and runaway series leader.He was also quickest in qualifying in Belgium last weekend, but he was unable to take pole due to a grid penalty.Leclerc was second in 1:10.363 ahead of his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz, seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes and Ser...