The reigning world champion was🐟 fourth-fastest and over three-tenths off the pace in FP3 as Red Bull remained adrift of their rivals despite making improvements. 

It followed a difficult Friday in which Verstappen eওnded up eighth-fa꧒stest and conceded Red Bull’s struggles were “worse than expected”. 

Verstappen engaged in a series of animated radio exchanges with his rac🦋e engineer 🌞Gianpiero Lambiase throughout final practice on Saturday morning. 

"I'm sorry but I cannot drive with these upshif💃ts. What the **** is this?” Verstappen initially reported. 

“Understood,” Lambiase replied. “We were anticipating the comment. I will have a look to see I can give you a switch pos꧙ition.”

To which, Verstappen snap🐈ped back: “Unacceptable!”

Lambiase later asked Versta🌠ppen to “box” so Red Bull could “test something with the upshifts”. 

An unamused Verstap🔴pen responded: “I literally just came through the pits”, befo📖re Lambiase came back: “I know.” 

Asked for feedback on the upshifts after changes were made, Verstappen said: “Yeah a l𝄹ittle bit smoother, but yeah, miles off still. 

“It’s just giv💫ing me💮 wheelspin. It’s not only upshifts, also downshifts.”

The Dutchman l💛ater complained about a lack of rear grip as he sarcastically suggested his car would be better suited for a drifting competition. 

"I'm just struggling for rear grip,” he reported. “You see that las🤪t sector? I'm just drifting.

"I tಌhink if I'm going to compete in drifting if I might win the race."

Verstappen is aiming to maintain his historic winning streak this weekend after claiming a 10th🧸 successive victory last time out in Italy.