Verstappen, a 'weird feeling' after Friday qualifying

Special due to its race format, the British Grand Prix weekend got off to a flying start with qualifying, in Q1, Q2 and Q3 format, for the Sprint Race on Friday.

A still fresh novelty for Max Verstappen (Red Bull). " It's a very weird feeling to be honest., he recounted after the checkerboard. You take part in a qualifying session, you go hard, and in the end it doesn't give you the same feeling as when you are really fighting for pole ».    

In the lead after the only free practice session of the day, Max Verstappen (Red Bull) saw Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) dominate him during Q3 by only 75 thousandths.

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« We must focus on ourselves, he admitted. The car was nice to drive but I was suffering from a lot of understeer so I couldn't really push through the corners. I was waiting for the front grip to increase but it's strange because I don't think it's linked to a bad adjustment on the front wing. But it's like that.

I think we have a competitive car in the race. We have to resolve some issues encountered in qualifying but I'm quite confident ».

The start of the Sprint Race is scheduled for 17:30 p.m. and will be followed in live text on AUTOhebdo.