Verstappen was attempting to make up a 0.350s deficit to Valtteri Bottas during his final run of Q3 when he was forced to back out of his lap through the esse🐬ss due to F1 teammate Perez and AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda both running off-track ahead of him. 

The moment cost both Verstappen and Perez, who could not improve and were left 𓆉a disappointing third and fourth on the grid 🃏having at one staged looked like firm favourites for pole position. 

“I think we got Tsuno🐷da’d,” Horner told Sky when asked how it went wrong for Red Bull. 

“Both 🅷drivers were up on their last lap; Max was up two and a half tenths, I think Checo was just under two-tenths up and I don’t unde😼rstand why he was just cruising around at that part of the circuit. 

“It’s🍌 disappointinﷺg because it affected both the drivers and they are both pretty annoyed. But we’re still second row of the grid and can have a great race from there.” 

Immediately after the i𒊎ncident, Verstappen was heard saying over team radio: "Un𓆏believable, what a dumb idiot.”

Speaking after the session, the championship leader said the trouble ahead of him ultimately “destroyed” his c𝄹hances of improving his position. 

”It seems l🍰ike through qualifying, the balance went away a little bit," V𒊎erstappen explained after qualifying. 

"But then actually in the last lap, I was on for a good lap, but then I don't know what ha♍ppened in front of me.

"There were two guys going off so I thoughtౠ there was going to be a yellow flag, so I b🅘ack out and then the lap is of course destroyed.

"Even with that, and not having a great balance, I think we could have gone for the pole lap. Of course third is not amazing, but I think it's still better than starting secon💛d."