Christian Horner could not mask his frustration as he spoke bluntly about Sergio Perez's later qualifying shocker.
The Mexican failed to reach Q3 in his previous three qualifying attempts. So he would have been desperate for a strong starting position this weekend to get his season back on track.
But it was not to be for Perez, who will start the Austrian Grand Prix from 15th. He had the pace in his ultra-fast Red Bull, but had all three of his flying laps in Q2 deleted for track limits violations.