Max Verstappen says he can’t be expected not to make a mistake as he’s not a robot, after being outqualified by his teammate for the first time in three years at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Red Bull and Mercedes looked closely matched throughout qualifying at Imola and it once again looked like Verstappen versus Lewis Hamilton for pole position. But Sergio Perez (pictured at right, above, with Verstappen) produced an excellent final lap on soft tires to take second on the grid — 0.035s off Hamilton — while Verstappen was beaten by his teammate by 0.052s after running wide at Turn 3. “It felt all right in FP3, and just in qualifying you change tires from soft to medium,...
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