Verstappen's Sprint was already difficult starting from P8, but the four-time world champion had a slow launch off the line and struggled for pace throughout, eventually falling to P9 and outside the points after a chaotic Safety Car restart late on.

Things were not any better for teammate Isack Hadjar, who fell to P15 from P10 after a collision with Kimi Antonelli, the latter receiving a ten-second time penalty for the incident.

Speaking to media, including GPblog, Verstappen offered his brief thoughts post-sprint, and revealed his RB22 was suffering with a lack of power.

Elsewhere, speaking to Sky Sports, Verstappen said: "Everything could go wrong, went wrong," and suggested that Red Bull had failed to prepare the car properly for the Sprint Race.

"We just need to get our stuff together," he concluded.

Things could have been even worse for Verstappen's teammate Hadjar, who was under investigation from the stewards for an alleged practice start breach during the Sprint.

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