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Newly crowned three-time world champion Max Verstappen secured his third sprint race pole of the season for Red Bull on Saturday when he outpaced Ferrari's Charles Leclerc by only 0.055 seconds in Austin.Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton confirmed Mercedes' improvement following a major car upgrade by qualifying a close third ahead of McLaren' Lando Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri, winner of the sprint race in Qatar.
ONE of the factors that stops many buyers from considering an electric vehicle (EV) is all too often the driving range available on a single charge. Many potential buyers have said that if this one feature of EV design could be improved they may very well be tempted to purchase an EV when next changing their car. Perhaps that day is much closer than any of us could have expected. Mercedes Benz set out recently to test their latest EV technology featured on the VISION EQXX EV, and boy did it deliver on range and efficiency. Travelling from Sindelfingen near Stuttgart in southern Germany, they crossed the Swiss Alps and travelled through northern Italy to Cassis in the Côte d'Azur in southern France, it effortlessly covered more than 620 miles through both everyday traffic and open roads on a single battery charge. The journey started in cold and rainy conditions in Sindelfingen with the car driving at regular road speeds, including prolonged fast lane cruising up to 87mph on the