Verstappen signs his best qualification

For his first qualifying outing of the year at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia, Max Verstappen hit hard. The Dutchman, revelation of last season, climbed to fifth position at the wheel of his STR11 powered by the turbo/hybrid V6 unit. Ferrari 2015.

The former resident of the European Championship F3 thus achieving his best result in the exercise since his arrival in the discipline in 2015. Verstappen and Sainz, seventh on the grid, thus demonstrate that the Toro Rosso will be in the running to score important points.

“If I’m honest, I’m a little surprised by the result. I thought reaching Q3 might be possible, but from there to be fifth. This is certainly a much better result than we expected, comments Jos Verstappen’s son.

I think this new qualification system is quite complicated because you only have one round to perform well, but I liked it. During the winter the team did a great job and now we have to take advantage of this moment and prepare for tomorrow's race. » Last year, the Dutchman was in a position to score points for his first Grand Prix before having to give up on a mechanical problem.

The Australian Grand Prix will begin tomorrow at 6 a.m. French time.