Max Verstappen has averted a grid penalty following a nightmare qualifying session which noticed him eliminated in Q2.
The 25-year-old was known as to the stewards after he was concerned in three separate incidents.
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Verstappen stopped on the pit-lane exit in Q1 and blocked George Russell and Lewis Hamilton earlier than impeding Logan Sargeant later in the session, Somehow the Red Bull driver escaped with no penalty which many felt was uncommon.
Asked how a lot of a battle qualifying had been, championship chief Verstappen stated he misplaced grip.
Verstappen avoids grid penalty
“I mean, FP3 was already a little bit better and I think we were heading in the right direction actually, but we changed a few more things, thinking we could do it in the set-up… but it ended up being too aggressive where I was just sliding around a lot in every corner. I lost a lot of front grip as well every time in the big braking zones,” he stated.
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“I was bottoming out a lot, and that was unloading the front tyres so I couldn’t really hit the brakes like I wanted to – I basically had to do like a really gentle approach, otherwise the car would go down too much, and that doesn’t work on a street circuit, so it was really, really difficult,” Verstappen added.
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The Dutchman will begin P11 on Sunday’s most important race in Singapore.
“I don’t think we’ll be able to do much,” he replied. “Around here, it will most likely be a one-stop [race] if nothing crazy happens. Passing, you need to be a lot faster and I don’t think we are. So, a very shocking experience.”
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