Max Verstappen says 'anything is possible' from 15th on the grid for the SaudiArabianGP after being hit by a driveshaft failure in F1 qualifying Full story ⬇️
Red Bull's Max Verstappen says"anything is possible" from 15th place on the grid for Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after being hit by a driveshaft issue in qualifying.On his first run in Q2 Verstappen suddenly slowed in the second sector of Jeddah's Corniche street circuit.
The Dutchman notified his team of a possible engine issue, but after he made it back to the Red Bull garage the team confirmed he was hit by a driveshaft problem. As he hadn't set a time yet, that meant the world champion finished Q2 in 15th place. Verstappen, who won the season opening race in Bahrain earlier this month, said it was"annoying" to be encountering the issue in qualifying after enjoying a smooth weekend until that point.
"It was the first time I heard about that [issue]. Coming out of Turn 10 it happens, which is very annoying for it to happen," he told"I think we so far had a really good weekend, every session was going really well and every time we went on track the car was working really well."It's a very long season, of course, I would have hoped to start a bit further up the road, but we cannot change that now.
"Anything is possible at this track. We've seen a lot of crazy things, but also we have to stay a little bit realistic," he thought.Verstappen's mechanical failure meant his team-mate
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