MARINA BAY, Singapore -- Max Verstappen has labelled his second-place qualifying lap at the Singapore Grand Prix as his best ever in Formula One after engine issues forced him to run at a reduced power setting.
Verstappen emerged as the only threat to Lewis Hamilton's pole position lap on Saturday evening, but fell 0.319s shy after this Renault power unit briefly cut out on the exit of Turn 17. His middle sector had been 0.110s quicker than Hamilton's, giving Verstappen a shot at pole had he had a clean final sector of the lap, but he was forced to abort his lap after the issue.