“Unbelievable. Such a dumb idiot”– Max Verstappen fumes as hiccup by AlphaTauri star spoils Red Bull’s qualifying prospects

Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez were hunting for Mercedes incredible timing during the Q3 of the qualifying, but fate had different plans.

Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez were optimistic about getting a result from Mexico. But their hopes were curtailed by Mercedes’ run in the qualifying on Saturday.

During the dying seconds of the qualifying on Saturday, both Perez and Verstappen were about to reach the finish line when Yuki Tsunoda from their sister team became their biggest hindrance.

The Dutch sensation was furious, though it is unknown whether the knows Tsunoda was behind it. Moreover, earlier, it seemed like Perez made a mistake, but later it appeared first Tsunoda went wide and disturbed the Mexican’s run.

“It seemed like through qualifying the balance went away a little bit, but actually the last lap I was on for a good lap,” said Verstappen to SkySports.

“I don’t know what happened in front of me but there were two guys going off and I thought there was going to be a yellow flag, so I back out and the lap of course was destroyed.”

“Even with that and not having a great balance I think we could have still gone for that pole lap.”

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Also read: Max Verstappen won’t discount main rivals despite being fastest before Mexico qualifying

Max Verstappen happy to start from P3

Despite the failure, Verstappen remains optimistic about the qualifying result. According to him, starting from P3 would be better than from P2.

“Of course third is not amazing but I think it’s still better than starting second. Qualifying didn’t go our way but we’re not using these [soft] tyres tomorrow so there’s still a lot to fight for.”

So, Sunday’s battle may turn out to be an exciting show for fans. The Dutchman currently stands 12 points ahead of Hamilton on the table and would like to have his lead in other races.

Also read: Red Bull advisor admits that Sergio Perez crashing on Friday has left the entire team very worried

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Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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