Verstappen grumpy: "It's this shit every time".

"It was just a stupid qualifying," Verstappen said in an initial reaction to his spot on the second row of the grid. "It is what it is, it is P3 after all. We have a good car. Everything worked, but it's this shit every time. It doesn't bother me. It's in Q3 again, but it's a street circuit and so these can happen."

Clearly, the 23-year-old Limburger had hoped for more. "As I said, our car is strong. Hopefully we can keep the tyres good in the race. I would have liked to have started a bit further up front, but as you see in qualifying a lot of things happen. Maybe it will happen again in the race. Let's hope for a good, trouble-free start."

Charles Leclerc set the fastest time on Saturday afternoon, with Lewis Hamilton in P2, meaning it will be quite a battle with different teams in the race."It's always good to see several racing teams up front," Verstappen concluded.