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Max Verstappen celebrates 'incredible' record-breaking maiden pole

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Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen reacts after the qualifying session of the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit in Mogyorod near Budapest, Hungary, on August 3, 2019. - Max Verstappen celebrated his long-awaited maiden pole position with record-breaking speed when he topped the times for Red Bull in a tense and closely-fought qualifying session at the Hungarian Grand Prix. [AFP]

Max Verstappen celebrated his long-awaited maiden pole position with record-breaking speed on Saturday when he topped the times for Red Bull in a tense and closely-fought qualifying session at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

In doing so, he became the 100th different pole-sitter in Formula One, doing so at the same Hungaroring track where his father Jos had claimed his first podium for Benetton 25 years earlier in 1994.

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