Red Bull's Max Verstappen was left confused by qualifying after progressively getting slower throughout the session on his way to third on the grid for the Portuguese Grand Prix. Verstappen set his fastest lap time in Q1, the session where drivers usually feel their way into the afternoon before ramping up the speed across Q2 and Q3. Article continues under video Whilst Mercedes opted to switch to medium tyres for its final run, Red Bull stayed on softs. Verstappen revealed the idea of swapping compounds was never in the pipeline. "We just committed to the softs for the whole of qualifying, but already the whole weekend has been really tricky to get the tyres to work," said...
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