Verstappen claimed his eighth pole position in 13 races in🦋 a dramatic qualifying at the Dutch Grand Prix, while Perez could only take seventh, a huge 1.3 seconds adrift of the Dutchman. 

Asked what he made of the gap between Verstappen and Perez, Wolff described it as “odd” and “bizarre”.&꧃nbsp;

“Checꦆo is not an idiot,” Wolff continued. “We have seen it over these years, Checo is a Grand Prix winner and multiple Grand Prix winner and he was at Racing Point. So I cannot comprehend. 

“I mean, we've seen that Max has destroyed everything that he made that was with him, whether it's his ability to create a carꦫ around himself that is just very tricky to control but fast if you can and that makes those gaps, creates those gaps. 

“But 1.3 [seconds], I haven't heard any obvious explanations. But yeah, odd.”On the gap⭕ between his drivers, Wolff’s Red Bull counterpart Chris⛎tian Horner told Sky F1: “What can you say in conditions like that? It’s the same for everybody, you’ve just got to go out there and feel the grip and put a lap in. 

"For whatever reason he [Perez] hasn’t quite the confidence that certainly Max has – I don’t think anybody has had the confidence Max has – so a harder session for him, but the♏n there’s others around him who have struggled."

Mercedes endured a mixed day at Zandvoort, with George Russell claiming third, while Lewis Hamil🌼ton struggled and could only manage 13th.