Dr Helmut Marko is keeping the pressure on Max Verstappen’s shoulders, after correctly predicting the Dutchman would take pole position at his home circuit on Saturday. “I can’t remember ever experiencing such an atmosphere in Formula 1. “Hats off to the Dutch for what they have achieved here, also with the steep corner and everything else. Earlier, Marko had correctly predicted that Verstappen would also deliver with pole position, which he managed with an extremely slim margin over title rival Lewis Hamilton. “In the end it was closer than we wanted it to be, but pole position is pole position.”.

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