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Career best qualifying a 'great achievement' - Verstappen

Max Verstappen says qualifying in fifth place for the 2016 F1 season opener in Australia, a career best, is a 'great achievement'. The Dutch driver easily made it through to the final session of the new elimination-style qualifying format and was the fourth driver to drop out in Q3. 'It was a good qualifying session, especially after FP3, where I was struggling a bit with the car,' he said. 'We managed to turn it around and to be P5 – a career best – here in Melbourne is a great achievement by the whole team. 'If I’m honest, I’m a bit surprised with the result – I thought Q3 was maybe possible, but to be here in P5 is definitely a better result than we...
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