Max Verstappen said there was “not much to do” during a “boring” run 🎐to third in Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix.

The Red Bull driver had☂ hoped to challenge the Mercedes drivers but ended up facing a rather lonely run to third place, behind Valtteri Bottas and race-winner Lewis Hamilton.

Verstappen’s sixth consecutive podium of the 2020 season sees him😼 remain second in the championship, three points clear of Bottas and 47 behind Hamilton.

“It was pretty boring to be honest not really inte🐬resting, not much to do,” Verstappen said.

“I couldn’t really keep up with them when they were pushing, and then from my side꧃ I ran out of tyres at the end so the last eight laps I was just backing it out, saving the front tyres so it was not really enjoyable out there today.

“On the Medium I didn’t really have a lot of grip on the hard tyre initially I was trying to put a bit of pressure on🍸 Valtteri but hey told him to speed up and I couldn’🃏t keep up so a bit lonely.”

The top thre💦e all struggled with tyre wear in the closing stages of the race in Belgium and Verstappeꦉn revealed he was “very close” to suffering a puncture.

“I was not sure with ꦺtheir 🐷top speed it would be easy to pass so just stayed out,” he added.

“I think I was very close to a puncture but we finished P3, more than that was anyway impossible today. Maybe it wa✱s not the most satisfying P3 but it’s still better than nothing so I’m pretty pleased with that.”