Mercedes on pole by OVER 8 tenths. And thatโs without even mentioning Kimi going out in Q1.
6 Mercedes powered cars in the top 10.
But apparently, Red Bull has the best engine.
๐ฃ๏ธ Max Verstappen on his qualifying: "The whole qualifying the engine didn't work. We made an adjustment to the car which also wasn't completely positive. Compared to my teammate, I was already half a second short on the straights. And then in Q3 you want to push in the middle lap, suddenly the battery wasn't full, doesn't charge, doesn't work, and then they tell me: you have to push with half a battery, I say yeah, fuck off. I was really completely done with it. You prepare so well for the whole weekend, the car is going well, and then everything falls apart in qualifying, there is nothing you can do about that anymore."
"After that lap that I had to abort because the battery was only half full, the tyres cooled down too much, you can't push because it doesn't work, so you can't get enough temperature into those tyres. So also in that final lap just not the right grip, and the same problem with the engine, the engine braking which is very strange; it's as if you sometimes pull the handbrake in certain corners. So yeah, something is seriously wrong, yeah."
Coincidentally, the last time before today that Max Verstappen topped FP3 was the same weekend Taylor Swift released The Life of a Showgirl.
Today she released the Encore version of that same album & Max topped FP3 again.
Big Swiftie confirmed?
crofty saying โis this the second year in a row a championship leader comes to baku and a brush with the wall causes a major problemโ i am not amused bro
Man I love how Max has Toto in his right pocket, Zak in his left pocket, a $100 million a year contract with Red Bull in his back pocket, the freedom to jump into endurance races with his GT3 team in the other back pocket, and โUnleash the Fvcking Lionโ written on his yacht
fp3 recap because once again wtf was this ๐
-almost 10 minutes in and only the alpines are out
-bottas has SUCH a cute helmet (its rhino themed)
-vsc is out FOR A TEST
-lando on an outlap and mclaren already asking him to box because "something is wrong" ๐๐ apparently his "sidepod" has a problem #hopesanddreams
-ferraris are looking proper good
-almost halfway through and no incident ๐ฑ
-the wind is crazy esp in turn 16
yellow flag ๐ cadillac being recovered?
-charles is FLYING nobody jinx
-everyone dying to get a tow in sector 3
-yellow flag lance stroll has stopped and out of the car (puncture?)
-MAX DOES A SPIN JUST LIKE YESTERDAY yellow flag again
-lewis and kimi go off and do a spin too yellow flag
-lewis is off the track again
-omg omg one million yellow flags back to back i could not keep up
-CHARLES LECLERC IS OFF THE TRACK yellow flag
-ALEX ALBON IS OFF THE TRACK yellow flag
-vsc is out because THERE'S A BRANCH ON TRACK??
-i shouldn't have spoken too soon about no incidents i guess
-george russell is moving different omg
-george almost hit the barrier ๐ still p1
-some trash went into george's car๐ญ๐ญ
-yellow flag out for charles or george or isack or gabi or nico nobody knows because all went off at once
-mclarens are NOT getting any proper laps
-GEORGE ALMOST WENT INTO THE BARRIER OH MY GOD SO CLOSE
-yellow flag again ๐ nobody knows for who everyone is tired
-max kisses the barrier and GOES P1
-CHARLES WENT OFF
-ALEX ALBON PURPLE SECTOR THREE LETS GO GOAT
-time up but yellow flag anyway because max went off track HE DOES THE SPIN
-CHARLES GOES OFF
-arvid cuts the track to pass checo and checo wants the stewards involved
-the checkered flag has been waved a while ago but the drama continues
-gasly went purple p3
-arvid is BEING NOTED for leaving the track and gaining advantage ๐ญ๐ญ
-mclarens look FUCKED
-max p1
-george max charles might be in for a pole battle
-i'm scared for quali