SINGAPORE — Max Verstappen stated he took “zero” enjoyment from Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix after he discovered himself struggling to carve by way of the sector.

Verstappen’s weekend went awry in qualifying when he was pressured to abort a lap that was comfortably quick sufficient for pole place as a result of an absence of gas in his automotive for an FIA pattern after the session.

The championship chief lined up in eighth on the grid however dropped to twelfth at first when his automotive’s anti-stall system hampered his getaway.

He managed to get better to fifth place, however ran large at Flip 7 trying to cross McLaren’s Lando Norris for fourth. He broken his tyres within the course of as they locked below braking and was then pressured to pit for a brand new set, dropping him additional down the order.

Verstappen battled again to seventh, together with late-race overtakes on Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, however stated the strikes did nothing to enhance his temper when he crossed the road.

“Zero,” he stated when requested if he took any enjoyment from Sunday’s race. “This isn’t what I get pleasure from.”

Verstappen stated he made the error after bottoming out below braking as he tried to cross Norris.

“I attempted to go for a transfer on Lando however one way or the other I fully bottomed out as quickly as I hit the brakes so the entrance wheels went within the air and I should have actually locked up as a result of I had huge flatspots. So I needed to pit once more and put new tyres on.

“I received again within the factors, however it’s after all not what we needed and after yesterday [in qualifying] we can’t ask for miracles.”

Regardless of the error, Verstappen nonetheless has shot at profitable the title subsequent weekend in Japan offering he beats Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by eight factors and teammate Sergio Perez by six factors. However, once more, Verstappen took little consolation from the championship scenario.

“That’s usually not the issue, I feel we’re nonetheless 104 within the lead, however it’s only a very irritating weekend,” he stated.

“I can after all say it does not matter, we’ve 5 races left and we’ve a giant lead, however I wish to have a great weekend each single time and we had a very horrible weekend. It began, after all, yesterday with the massive f— up in qualifying.”

Verstappen revealed he was so pissed off after qualifying that he left the circuit early and skipped a part of his debrief with the crew.

“I wasn’t within the temper to speak,” he defined. “It is not about making a press release, it’s simply how I really feel. It would not have been a lot use to speak.”