Verstappen complained that the delay had allowed different drivers to demote him out of the highest 10.
“I discover it unbelievable,” Verstappen stated. “The automotive goes into the wall, damaged. It is clearly destroyed, however they wait 30-40 seconds and the others can full their lap occasions and naturally those behind can’t.
“The automotive hits the wall, it must be a straight pink, I do not perceive why it must take 30, 40 seconds for the pink flag to return out. It is so silly to speak about. It is ridiculous.”
In actual fact, a overview of the session suggests it didn’t make a distinction to Verstappen.
He was mendacity tenth when Stroll crashed, after a poor single lap following a restart after the red-flag interval for Sainz’s accident earlier within the session.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc crossed the road to bump Verstappen all the way down to eleventh simply two seconds later – properly inside the regular margin for a yellow flag to grow to be a pink after a heavy crash.
Leclerc ended up qualifying sixth, with Albon – who had been second earlier than his crash – dropping all the way down to seventh, forward of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, Alonso and Stroll.
Williams ran out of time to restore Albon’s automotive and withdrew him from the grand prix however Colapinto will make the race, whereas Sainz will begin from the pit lane after Ferrari modified his engine and gearbox.
Verstappen begins the race 44 factors forward of Norris within the championship with 4 races to go.
The race will begin as scheduled at 15:30 UK time (12:30 native), regardless of the delays to qualifying, following an settlement between the groups and the FIA on Saturday night time to make sure it may be run earlier than anticipated worse climate arrives later within the afternoon.
