168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen has leapt to the defence of Red Bull teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda follo🅘wing his qualifying shocker at the F1 Sp🎀anish Grand Prix.

While Verstappen qualified third behind the McLaren pair, teammate Tsunoda was eliminated in the first part of qualifying with the slowest time, l🐭eaving him 20th and last on the grid for Sunday’s grand prix.

Four-time world champion Verstappen backed his latest Red🍎 Bull teammate, telling Dutch media he “isn’t a pancake”.

‘Pannenkoek’ (pancake) is a Dutch insult used to describe someone who is incompetent o♍🍬r useless.

Tsunoda is Verstappen’s second teammate this season, having been promoted from Red Bull’s sister team Racing Bulls to replace168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Liam Lawson, who la♔sted just two r🌳aces alongside the Dutchman.

Ve🍃rstappen says Tsunoda’s ongoing str🌞uggles highlights just how difficult Red Bull’s RB21 is to drive.

“When he was in those Racing Bulls, he always looked good compared to Hadjar. But yeah, 🍨it is what it is,” Verstappen said.

“Of course it’s been going on for a💃 long time. Maybe that's a sign. Of wh🌌at? That you can decide yourself.”

Yuki Tsunoda has ‘no idea’ why he was so slow

Tsunoda conceded he had “no idea why I’m slow”, explaining ๊that “something strange was happening” rela🐻ting to the grip levels he felt.

"Suddenly compared to any other Grand Prix I lost pe🐼rformance quite significantly,” he said.

"Since FP1, the amount of grip I had was ve𝄹ry low. Something strange was happening.

"We tried our best to cure the issue but, to be honest, whatever we did, we made a better balance but it was not, overall, a✃ step forward.

"The lap I had in Q1 I was 🍌pretty happy with it, the confidence was there but the grip itself is not following at all. It's a pretty tough situation.”

Red Bull team pri🍸ncipal Christian Horner said: "Yuki has struggled all ꦕweekend.

"We went up a♛ little on the downforce to try and help him but it's difficult to understand, we will need to have a look at it."