The reigning world champion was fourth-fastest and over t🌄hree-tenths off the pace in FP3 as Red Bull remained adrift of their rivals despite mak🍌ing improvements. 

It fol🤡lowed a difficult Friday in which Verstappen ended up eighth-fastest and conceded Red Bull’s ꦡstruggles were “worse than expected”. 

Verstappen engaged in a series of animated radio 𒐪exchanges with his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase throughout final practice on Saturday morning. 

"I'm 🗹sorry but I c⛎annot drive with these upshifts. What the **** is this?” Verstappen initially reported. 

💞“Understood,” Lambiase replied. “We were anticipating the comment. I will have a look to see I can give you a switch position.”

To which, ♐Verstappen snapped back: “Unacceptable!”

Lambiase later asked Verstappen to “box” so Red Bull could “test something with the upshifts”.🔜 

An unamused Veജrstappen responded: “I literally just came through the pits”, before Lam♌biase came back: “I know.” 

Asked for feedback on the upshifts after changes were made, Verstappen said: “Yeah a lit🍌tle bit smoother, but yeah, miles off still.&nb💞sp;

“It’s just giving me wheelspin. It’s not only ups♌hifts, also downshifts.”

The Dutchman later complained about a lack of rear grip as he sarcastically suggested his car would be better su🍸ited for a drifting competition. 

"I'm just struggling for rear grip,” he reported. “You see that lℱast sector? I'm just♑ drifting.

"I think if I'm going to compete in drifting🦂 if I might win the race."

Verstappen is aiming to maintain his historic winning streak this weekend after claiming a 10th successive victory l🍸ast time out in Italy.