168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen made his frustr🔯ations clear after battling to P6 in sprint qualifying at the F1 Qatar Grand Prix.

The Red Bull driver has already wrapped up this season’s Formula 1 drivers’ championship in spite of his below-par machinerဣy in the latter half of the campaign.

Although Red Bull have largely got on top of their problems, Verstappen was no ▨match for McLaren’s Lando Norris on Friday in Qatar.

Pole-sitter Norris, his teammate Oscar Piastri, Mercedes’ George Russell and bot♑h Ferrari drivers were quicker than Verstappen on Friday.

“No p💫ace, to be honest,” he complained afterwards.

“Too slow. I just don’t have the balance to attack the entry to mi🔯d-corner.

“The car is just a bit… off!

“So, it makes it really difficult around here. The very high speed is okay but the rest is not ok💛ay.

“This make🐻s it difficult to push. P6 is where we should be🐽… maybe P7, actually.

“It is, of course, not where you want to be.

“The sprint will be tough to fight the cars around me, 🍸with the balance that I have in my car.”

In P7 was Verstappen’s old rival Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes driver deserved to pinch an extra place on thꦦe starting grid for the sprint race in𝕴 Qatar, Verstappen admitted.

On Saturday, th🏅e sprint race precedes qualifying for🐷 the grand prix.

The sprin🤡t format makes selecting a set-up for Sunday’s grand prix even more♛ challenging.

Verstappen is already wary of the sessions after the sprint race, and what his RB20 might be incapable o😼f.

“For the other qualifying, ෴let’s see if we ca🐭n improve a bit,” he said.

“But I don’t expect it to suddenlyꦇ turn upside-down and wo⛦rk.

“It’s not been amazing…”

Although his fourth drivers’ title in a row is already in the bag,🍒 Red Bull came to Qatar with hope of overthrowing McLaren in the constructors’ standings.

That🏅 ambition took a major ♕setback on Friday in sprint qualifying.