Max Verstappen Finds Culprit After Baku GP Qualifying 'Falls Apart'
Verstappen said a power issue and a yellow flag cost him pace as he fell 1.5 seconds off pole and finished behind Isack Hadjar.
- On Friday, Max Verstappen qualified eighth for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, trailing pole-sitter George Russell by 1.5 seconds after catching a late yellow flag.
- Verstappen revealed his Red Bull was "down on power" throughout qualifying, with a battery failure in Q3 leaving him without sufficient charge for his final flying lap.
- Teammate Isack Hadjar qualified fourth, four spots ahead of Verstappen. Frustrated by the technical failures, Verstappen labelled his Q3 session "a disaster."
- Asked about race day prospects, Verstappen replied: "I will try. There are a few cars maybe ahead of me that I can pass, and then well see." Red Bull must diagnose the engine issues.
- Verstappen insisted this power loss is unrelated to the mysterious "car degradation" issue he first raised at the Hungarian Grand Prix in July. He noted the Red Bull has been "too fragile at times" this season.
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bd.nlHe looked set to challenge for pole, especially when Kimi Antonelli retired, but qualifying in Baku ended on a sour note for Max Verstappen, who saw his car falter in Q3 with a meager P8 as a result. "Something is seriously wrong."
Max Verstappen will start from the eighth place for Azerbaijan's GP, after a qualification that classified it as a disaster. The pilot attributed the result to a number of problems, including the lack of tip speed, a battery that did not carry for an attempt on Q3 and the yellow flags provoked [...] The post Azerbaijan GP F1, Max Verstappen: A qualification disaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen said that qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was a "disaster", since he will start the race in Baku from eighth place, British media reported.
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