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Repeat of Monza Q3 havoc unlikely to be seen again this season, says Verstappen

Repeat of Monza Q3 havoc "unlikely" to be seen again this season, says Verstappen

16-09-2019 08:48 Last update: 09:54
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Bobby Vincent

Max Verstappen believes that a repeat of the chaos we witnessed in the final qualifying session at the Italian Grand Prix last weekend is unlikely to be repeated this season.

Verstappen was not involved in the drama of Q3 due to a technical issue with his car. Every single one of the cars was reluctant to go first out of the pit-lane as they would then miss the benefit of getting the tow from the car in front.

Everyone missed the opportunity to go for their final qualifying lap, except Carlos Sainz, but he couldn't make any progress anyway. Verstappen believes we're unlikely to see a repeat of this anytime soon.

"I knew it was going to happen," Verstappen said to RaceFans. “You could see the clock ticking down, you go like ‘OK, everybody will go out with two minutes to go’ and then people end up not having a lap time.

“I didn’t expect that many people to not have a lap time. It’s a bit silly of course but everybody knows that. But of course, you always try to put yourself in the right position so probably I would have been in that mix as well. You don’t want to be the first one, at least.”