The newly-crowned three-time world champion caught Perez at the final corner at the Circuit of the Americas during his first run of Q3, and was left only third-fastest a💖fter ge💛tting stuck in his teammate’s dirty air. 

Ver🀅stappen could not hide his fury as he vented over team radio. 

“Well don🔜e, well f****** done there!” Verstappen angrily shout🦋ed. 

“What the f*** was that in the last corn༒er? ♉F****** b*******.” 

Things would get even worse f♊or Verst🔜appen on a scrappy final lap littered by uncharacteristic errors. 

Despite running too wide through the first corner, Verstappen appeared to snatch pole position away from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by 0.005s,🐬 only to fall fo🍨ul of track limits at Turn 19. 

The Dutchman’s✃ lap was deleted, gifting pole for Su♑nday's grand prix to Leclerc. 

"I knew in Turn 19 that it was going to be aꦯ close call," Verstappen explained. 

"I had a little mistake in Turn 1, so had to really push f🐠or it in the rest of the lap.

"I didn't even understeer, I🧔 just tried to maximise th൩e corner and I misjudged it by a little bit. 

“It's very fine margins when you are push⛄ing to the limit. It's unfortunate but it makes Sunday more fun."