Charles Leclerc lost his temper at Yuki Tsunoda after the AlphaTauri racer blocked him on a flying lap in qualifying.
Leclerc was in the middle of a flying lap when the Japanese racer got in his way. Despite the attempts to move past Tsunoda continued to dawdle and forced the Ferrari driver to abort his flying lap.
"Yuki... it's a joke. It's a f***ing joke," yelled Leclerc over team radio. "What the hell?" The Monegasque's frustration was understandable, considering he was in the bottom five at the time and in danger of a shock Q1 exit as the track dried following showers that hit the circuit before the session.
Fortunately for Leclerc, he had time to put in another flying lap and made sure he progressed to the next part of the session. Q2 was a breeze, but then there was another problem for him, as he was sent out onto the track in Q3 as the only driver on intermediate tyres.
Everyone else was on slicks, and therefore were able to put in faster lap times. And he was clearly frustrated by the decision, as he sarcastically said: "Oh great," over the radio and completed two laps before the team realised what they had done wrong and called him in for a change.
But Leclerc never got the chance to improve, as soon after George Russell span off the track and beached his Mercedes. The session was red-flagged almost immediately, and by the time it resumed the heavy rain had set in, meaning no-one was going to be able to improve their times.
That meant Kevin Magnussen, who happened to be at the top of the timesheets, would secure the first ever pole position of his entire F1 career. It was also the first time the Haas team has ever gone fastest in qualifying.
"I've never before felt like this," said the delighted but disbelieving Dane as he found out he was on pole. He punched the air and celebrated wildly with the Haas engineers in the garage, while team principal Guenther Steiner walked across the pit lane with a beaming smile to take the acclaim of the fans.
He then told Sky Sports that it was the "number one" moment of his entire career in F1. "This is a thing you if you dream about it, you are scared to dream about it," said Steiner. "It's something.. we are trying hard. The whole team is trying hard for seven years and the circumstances allowed us to pull this off."
