Red Bull car “undriveable” in “shocking” Singapore F1 qualifying

Pink Bull has been on the again foot all weekend on the Marina Bay circuit, with each Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez failing to progress to Q3 in qualifying on Saturday.

Verstappen may do not more than eleventh in his automotive, with team-mate Perez thirteenth, and the Dutchman stated modifications made to the automotive after a “not too unhealthy” FP3 finally derailed his problem.

Requested by Sky F1 if qualifying was worse than he anticipated, Verstappen stated: “Yeah, for certain. I knew that it was already going to be powerful to place it on pole, however this I did not anticipate.

“Additionally, I believe all through the weekend we’ve got been struggling.

“I believe FP3 was not too unhealthy, however then we tried a couple of extra issues on the automotive for qualifying the place it tipped it over to the automotive being undriveable once more, the place automotive was massively bottoming out within the braking zones and each time I needed to brake deep and onerous, my entrance wheels have been getting unloaded.

“So, like I stated on the radio, it was only a surprising expertise as a result of additionally simply attempting to lean on the automotive in low pace, simply continually no pace, no traction. Simply actually troublesome to drive.”

Verstappen has recovered from low grid slots earlier than to complete on the rostrum this season, like in Saudi Arabia the place he got here from fifteenth to complete second.

However the Dutchman concedes he does not have a automotive adequate to battle for the rostrum on Sunday.

Max Verstappen, Pink Bull Racing RB19

Picture by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Photos

“No, for certain not,” he replied when requested if he had any hopes of a rostrum within the grand prix.

“I believe anyway right here is far much less about really having race automotive. It’s kind of like Monaco.

“You place all of it on qualifying and even with deg it is fairly troublesome for anybody to essentially move you, as a result of the tyre put on will not be that prime.

“So, will probably be a protracted, powerful afternoon. So, hopefully not too many security vehicles and the race might be fairly brief.”

Verstappen faces a number of investigations for potential impeding infractions within the first two segments of qualifying, although admits his night was “so messy” that any grid drop “does not matter”.

“We’ll converse to the stewards,” he stated. “Actually, at this level, it was simply so messy that it does not matter if we begin from P11, P15 or final.

“At this level, it is simply extra necessary we perceive why it was so unhealthy. That might be far more necessary than attempting to attain a few factors this weekend.”