Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took pole place Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix, whereas Formula One world championship chief Max Verstappen was left fuming.
The Red Bull ace might solely end eighth quickest.
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Leclerc clocked 1:49.412 in his Ferrari in damp situations to high the timesheets 0.022 seconds forward of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, with the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton third.
Verstappen, who has a mathematical likelihood to retain his world title this weekend in Singapore, had appeared set to problem Leclerc’s time on his last flying lap earlier than being advised to desert by his Red Bull workforce.
The Dutchman, who had set the quickest first sector, then let fly an expletive-peppered tirade over workforce radio after being instructed to abort and return to the pits as a result of he was low on gasoline.
The race will begin at 14:00 (SA time).
Grid for the Singapore Grand Prix, the seventeenth spherical of the 22-race Formula One world championship, after qualifying on Saturday:
Front row
Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari)
Sergio Perez (MEX/Red Bull)
2nd row
Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)
Carlos Sainz (ESP/Ferrari)
third row
Fernando Alonso (ESP/Alpine)
Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren)
4th row
Pierre Gasly (FRA/AlphaTauri)
Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull)
fifth row
Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas)
Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/AlphaTauri)
sixth row
George Russell (GBR/Mercedes)
Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin)
seventh row
Mick Schumacher (GER/Haas)
Sebastian Vettel (GER/Aston Martin)
eighth row
Zhou Guanyu (CHN/Alfa Romeo)
Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Alfa Romeo)
ninth row
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/McLaren)
Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine)
tenth row
Alexander Albon (THA/Williams)
Nicholas Latifi (CAN/Williams)
