Red Bull, fined $7 million on Friday for spending more than allowed last season, have won the last eight races and 15 of 19 so far. The pole was the 19th of Verstappen's career and he will be hoping to convert it into a fourth Mexican victory to take the outright record of most wins in a season from German greats Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, who both managed 13. I hope it will be quite a fun race with a lot of action." It's a very long run to turn one so we do need a good start but anyway I think we have a quick car and that's what's most important. "To be on pole here is of course amazing. "It was a close one," said Verstappen, who was 0.304 faster than Russell. George Russell joined him on the front row, qualifying 0.005 ahead of seven-times world champion Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton, with Red Bull's Mexican Sergio Perez the fourth fastest with the crowd cheering. The Dutch 25-year-old, who secured his second successive Formula One title this month with four races to spare, lapped the high-speed Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez with a fastest time of one minute 17.775 seconds.
MEXICO CITY, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Red Bull's double world champion Max Verstappen swept to pole position at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Saturday with his sights set on a record 14th victory of the season.
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