After Friday practice and experiencing a ‘disconnect’ in the car balance, Max Verstappen already knew that Formula 1 qualifying at Monza would be difficult, and that proved to be the case a day later. The Red Bull driver set the sixth-fastest time on Saturday, almost three tenths behind surprise polesitter Pierre Gasly, but that does not tell the whole story.
When team principal Laurent Mekies came on the radio afterwards to apologise for the messy final run, Verstappen responded by saying that the RB22 is made out of paper.
