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Max Verstappen was pleased with the progress he and Red Bull managed to make after practice at the Singapore Grand Prix, having finished second to McLaren rival Lando Norris in qualifying.
Verstappen and team mate Sergio Perez bemoaned a general lack of grip following Friday’s FP1 and FP2 sessions at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, with the pair appearing to be significantly off the pace
While Perez’s struggles continued on Saturday, leading to a Q2 exit, reigning world champion Verstappen enjoyed a stronger run and managed to emerge as Norris’s nearest challenger in the grid-deciding hour.
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Speaking afterwards, Verstappen said: “I think the whole of qualifying actually went quite well, we managed to improve the car run after run. I’m happy to be on the front row if you look at where we came from yesterday.
“Q3 was tough [after Carlos Sainz’s crash], your lap gets cancelled with a double yellow, then everyone only has one run and you don’t want to overdo it so you want to stay within the limit. I’ll take second, I’m happy with that.”
Asked about the challenge of getting the tyres into the right window for that final, decisive lap, the Dutchman added: “It’s always quite difficult.
“Tyres can give you a lot of lap time or lose you a lot of lap time. I think today for us in qualifying it worked quite well, so I was happy with that.
