Max Verstappen teased he will make it three-wide “for the pictures” on the opening lap of the F1 Spanish Grand Prix.

Verstappen will start Sunday’s race from third on the grid, behind McLaren duo 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris.

The Dutchman set an identical lap to Mercedes’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, but as he set his lap time first, he wi⛎ll s🔯tart ahead on the grid for the race.

While McLaren have a clear performance advantage, Verstappen is 🥃still in title contention.

Verstappen has won two of the open𝄹ing eight🍃 races - the same as Norris.

He’s just 2༒5 points behind Piastri with a large portion o🍌f the season to go.

With a long run down to Turn 1 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catal𒉰unya, there could be fireworks on the first lap.

When asked how he would approach the first corne👍r, Verstapp🐈en joked that it would be his “time to shine.”

Speaking in the FIA press conference, Verstappen said:🐷 “I think it’s time to shine in Turn 1, yeah. Make it three-wide for the pictures. Why not? I don’t knowꦿ. Honestly, I think looking at pace it will be tough.

“As Oscar said, it’s not all about the start, Turn 1. You need to be good on tyres. It’s a long race - a lot can happen. I will just try to maximise what I g♐ot.”

Red Bull “lacking a bit too much”

Ultimately, the gap between Piastri an✃d Verstappen was just over🍒 three-tenths.

The four-time world champion conceded he didn’t have the𝐆 pace in the RB21.

“It was fine. 𓆏I think it was consistently the same delta behind,” he expl🌳ained.

“So Q1, Q2 and Q3. Just my first run in Q3 was a bit more difficult as we had a different outlap approach and it didn’t work. Clearly, lacking a bit too much. Sector one was quite tough. Turn 1 was never really good, even though I tr👍ied different approaches, and couldn’t find the grip there. It was fine. The car was in a decent window. Unfortunately, not fast enough. I had fun out there. Out here, qualifying flat-out, fast corners. It’s really enjoyable.”

When asked whether he could compete with the McLarens, he replied: “It’s going to be tough. My long run wasn’t bad. I think if we look at the difference today it will be to🐠ugh ♛to put up a really, really good fight. That doesn’t mean we’re not going to try. We will see tomorrow.”