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Zandvoort Speed Trap: Who is the fastest of them all?

It's a rare occurrence in F1 when the slowest driver on the straight is also the fastest man to complete a lap around a track, but that was the case in qualifying at Zandvoort on Saturday. Max Verstappen's pole was just 0.038s faster than runner-up and archrival Lewis Hamilton, but the Dutchman certainly didn't owe his small edge to the straight-line speed of his RB16B. The Red Bull driver sped past Zandvoort's speed trap located at the end of the main straight at 308.7 km/h, a velocity that placed the Dutchman at the tail end of the readings, and almost 6 km/h slower than Hamilton's Mercedes which was recorded at 314.5 km/h. 2021 Dutch Grand Prix - Qualifying results However, there was...
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