Verstappen was attempting to make up a 0.350s deficit to Valtteri Bottas during hiওs final run of Q3 when he was forced to back out of his lap through the e💫ssess due to F1 teammate Perez and AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda both running off-track ahead of him. 

The moment cost both Verstappen and Perez, who cou𝕴ld not improve and were left a disappointing third and fourth on the grid having at one staged looked like firm favourites for pole position. 

“I think 𒐪we got Tsunoda’d,” Horner told Sky when asked how it went wrong for Red B♑ull. 

“Both drivꩲers were up on their last lap; Max was up two and a half tenths, I think Checo was just under two-tenths up and I don’t understand why he was just cruising around at that p🅰art of the circuit. 

“It’s disappointing because it affected both the drivers and they are both pretty annoyed. Butও𝓡 we’re still second row of the grid and can have a great race from there.” 

Immediately after th♍e incident, Verstappen was heard saying over team radio: "Unbelievable, what a dumb idiot.”

Speaking after the s🎃ession, the championship leader said the trouble ahead of him ultimately “destroyed” his chances o🌼f improving his position. 

”It seems like through qualifying, the balance went away a little bit," Verstappen🤡 explained after qualifying. 

"But then actually in the las🐎t lap, I was on for a good lap, but then I don't know what happened in front of me༒.

"There were two guys going off so I 🧔thought there was going to be a yellow flag, so I back out and then the lap is of course destroyed.

"Even with that, and not having a great balance, I think we could have 𝓀gone for the pole lap. Of course third is not amazing, but I think it's still better than starting second."