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Verstappen: My final run was hurt by my little friend

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen believes that his final hot lap in Q3 was compromised by Felipe Massa and that his package in qualifying was capable of better than sixth place, from where he will start the Bahrain Grand Prix. In the media pen after qualifying Verstappen gestured to Felipe Massa and said, 'My final run was hurt by my little friend on the right with the white suit!' 'I was preparing behind Lewis for my lap and we started to go up into the last corner. Felipe squeezed in front and I had to stay in first gear to keep a gap to him. The tyres cooled down which hurt my first sector.' 'The tyres just cooled down too much because we already had quite a slow out lap so...
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