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00:01Perez is in trouble here as Esteban Ocon next across the line goes sixth fastest.
00:07Nicolas Latifi goes fifth fastest.
00:09Now Lando Norris needs to get out of that bottom five and he does,
00:12but only just for Lando Norris and Sergio Perez is out of qualifying.
00:18Sebastian Vettel was trying to weave his way through
00:21and that is two Haases that have got in his way.
00:25That was close, that was terrible.
00:27That's a penalty coming Mazepin's way of no consolation to Sebastian Vettel
00:31who's down there in the bottom five out of qualifying on a fast lap
00:35whilst others were trying to build a gap.
00:42They were so slow with these guys on the pit lane.
00:44A disappointing start to the weekend for him after a pretty tough weekend in Spa.
00:50Nikita Mazepin is out of qualifying, that incident involving him
00:54and Sebastian Vettel is going to be investigated after the session.
00:57Schumacher's out as well.
00:59Head down.
01:01Oh!
01:02I was going to say he's very aggressive on the way in and he was.
01:06Too aggressive on the way in and all the anticipation that was building in that Williams garage.
01:12George Russell is out of qualifying.
01:15If you're not pushing, you're not trying.
01:17And he was definitely trying and he was definitely pushing.
01:20He's on the limit.
01:21It's going to happen at some point.
01:22Do you know what I mean?
01:23You can't have a perfect qualifying session every race.
01:28Oh!
01:29Oh!
01:30That's another Williams!
01:31And that is a bigger impact.
01:33And that's Niklas Satifri very much out of qualifying
01:36and that is another red flag.
01:38Are you okay?
01:39Are you okay?
01:40Are you okay?
01:41Yeah, I'm fine.
01:43He's out of qualifying as is Yuki Tsunoda, Lando Norris, Lance Stroll and George Russell
01:50because the session will not be resumed.
01:55We've seen with Max when the car's a little bit twitchy.
01:57He is super fast and I think we're going to see that right now.
02:00No Dutch driver has ever started higher than 14th for a Dutch Grand Prix.
02:04Max Verstappen in the one minute, eight seconds.
02:08And that has delighted the Dutch crowd here.
02:11He was a couple of tenths up on both Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton
02:15through the first sector.
02:17He was two tenths up on Valtteri Bottas through the middle sector.
02:20He was a tenth up on this man Lewis Hamilton through the middle sector,
02:24pushing Max Verstappen and maybe pushing Mercedes
02:27to places they just can't go here
02:29because Valtteri Bottas finishes three tenths behind Verstappen
02:32as we watch Hamilton coming off the banking at the final corner.
02:35Is he the man that can deny Verstappen pole? Not on this evidence.
02:38He's three and a bit tenths off Verstappen
02:40and he's behind his teammate Valtteri Bottas.
02:44Verstappen starts his final flying lap.
02:46Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo
02:49are the three that haven't started their flying lap as yet.
02:52Hamilton might get caught by Leclerc going through the final corner
02:56as Verstappen continues on his way and takes that high line around the banking at Turn 3.
03:01A slingshot on the exit and out towards Turn 4 in the nice fast flowing S's section
03:07as we can watch Lewis Hamilton going around the banking.
03:09Leclerc finishes his lap, goes fourth fastest.
03:12Hamilton gets to the line with about eight seconds to spare.
03:15So it's going to be right down to the last gasps for Verstappen to see if he's got pole here.
03:21And he's going to have to be waiting a long time for the Mercedes to cross the line.
03:25Check the flag is out as Pierre Gasly goes fourth fastest, retakes that position on the second row.
03:30That is a super performance from him.
03:32Ferrari fifth and sixth, Esteban Ocon goes seventh fastest.
03:35Verstappen's going quicker through that middle sector.
03:38Roar of approval from the fans as they see that one.
03:40And they rise to acclaim Max Verstappen here as Giovinazzi goes seventh fastest.
03:45And that's a super qualified performance from him.
03:47Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton seem to be the only two that can deny
03:51Max Verstappen, who might yet go quicker than his provisional pole time.
03:55Guess what he does? Verstappen's on pole here in Zandvoort.
03:59There's the Mercedes of Bottas and Hamilton, who can try and deny him his first pole position in his home Grand Prix.
04:06Now on the banking we go with Valtteri Bottas, who knows what it's like in the junior formula to have success here.
04:12But at the moment Bottas can only make second place on the grid.
04:17Can Hamilton deny Max Verstappen? The two championship protagonists battling it and qualifying.
04:22Hamilton is alongside Max Verstappen on the front row for what will be the sixth time in 2021.
04:30But the celebrations here in Zandvoort for the home favourite, Max Verstappen.
04:35No one could deny him pole. And by three one hundredths of a second, he takes it over Hamilton.
04:40That is pole position, mate. Pole position, home Grand Prix. Really proud of you, nice job.
04:52Yes, guys, unbelievable. What a great car today. It was unbelievable. We're just flying. Thank you so much.
05:01The sixth pole in the last seven races for Max Verstappen sharing the front row with Hamilton for the sixth time in 2021.
05:13Wow. We've seen them battling in lap one. We've seen them coming together in lap one.
05:19We don't know how this race is going to pan out. The teams don't know because we haven't been to Zandvoort for 36 years.
05:25What we do know is the two fastest drivers on the grid and the two best drivers on the grid are going to be starting alongside each other.
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