Max Verstappen fumes at ‘f******* shocking’ Red Bull after shock at hands of rookie Liam Lawson

Max Verstappen launched an expletive-filled tirade after failing to make the third stage of qualifying in Singapore.

In a staggering drop off for Red Bull at Yas Marina, neither driver made it through Q2, with their record of winning every race this season now under serious threat.

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Verstappen slumped out in Q2Credit: Getty

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Sainz was on hand to take advantage againCredit: Sky F1

Instead Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz took his second pole position in as many races, followed by George Russell and Charles Leclerc who were less than 800ths of a second behind.

Back-to-back world champion Verstappen looked set to just squeeze through into the top 10 shoot-out, passing the line in the final spot.

However, he was then pushed down to 11th by none other than Liam Lawson in a sister AlphaTauri.

Lawson only joined the grid two races ago to replace the injured Daniel Ricciardo in Zandvoort, but now has the scalp of beating the runaway title leader on pure pace.

Reacting over team radio, Verstappen said: “I don’t know if you saw that but that was f****** shocking.

“Absolutely shocking experience.”

Things will likely get worse for the Dutchman too, with a potential pair of grid penalties incoming.

A number of drivers got stuck in traffic around Singapore, but Verstappen was one of the worst offenders, with two incidents set to be investigated by the race stewards.

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