“I fuc**d it, “Max Verstappen’s furious rant after losing pole position to Charles Leclerc in Miami

“I fuc**d it, “Max Verstappen’s furious rant after losing pole position to Charles Leclerc in Miami

Max Verstappen

The first ever qualifying in the Miami Grand Prix has come to an end where Max Verstappen lost pole from Charles Leclerc by just 2-tenths of a second. Max qualified 3rd, ahead of Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. 

Verstappen was able to set the provisional pole after getting into Q3, but as soon as the Ferraris were out, both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz set blistering laps, pushing the car to the maximum, rumbling, and rushing through the first two sectors. Carlos Sainz had the fastest two sectors but Leclerc managed to cover up in the rest two, making him the fastest, and setting Carlos on P2. Max Verstappen tried to set a final flying lap, but was unable to do so due to a poor start, and by the time the time had run out, giving him the final P3 for qualifying. 

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“To be that competitive in qualifying I was actually surprised. I think we did a really good job, but we have to start making the weekends a little less difficult,” said Verstappen; since he was unable to have proper practice sessions following Red Bull’s reliability issues, he stated that he was still trying to learn the track, “trying to find the decent balance for the car,” the Dutchman quoted in the post-qualifying interview.

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Max Verstappen is looking forward to the race, stating the well handling of the car

Max Verstappen

During the post-qualifying interview, Max Verstappen stated, “the car is handling quite well, I’m looking forward to it,” when asked about the car. He stated that after his poor practice sessions, he was still trying to get used to the track, and that the racing line is a little confusing. 

The Dutchman mentioned that the track temperatures could be different tomorrow, during the race, which could make a few changes in the driving techniques. “A lot of things can happen tomorrow,” he said. 

After the qualifying, both the Ferraris qualified fastest with Charles Leclerc on pole, followed up by Carlos Sainz, forming the front of the grid. 

The grid is then followed up by both the Red Bulls; Max Verstappen on 3rd and Sergio Perez on 4th.

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