'That on-board radio was not meant for anyone'

Max Verstappen had to settle for third place in qualifying on Saturday afternoon. After the race, Red Bull Racing advisor Helmut Marko suggested that Lando Norris held up the Dutchman on purpose, but McLaren themselves deny this.

The Red Bull driver was troubled by traffic during Q3 and Norris was told on the radio to 'not give away any advantages'. This surprised Marko, who in turn thought this was suspicious. McLaren team boss Andreas Seidl sees it differently. "It's normal that we don't want to give someone a tow on the straight," he says in conversation with ServusTV.

Indeed, it would put McLaren at a disadvantage, he says. "So that on-board radio was not meant against anybody. So accusations about that are nonsense," said Seidl, who is mainly focused on his own team. "We are driving here for ourselves, so we are doing absolutely no one any favours. We just want to finish as high as possible and not help anyone."

Norris drove another excellent lap during qualifying, starting in seventh position. His teammate Daniel Ricciardo, who has struggled with his new car all season, finished P16.