Max Verstappen fumes at 'f******* shocking' Red Bull after upset at hands of rookie Liam Lawson

Max Verstappen launched an expletive-filled tirade after failing to make the third stage of qualifying in Singapore.

In a staggering drop off for Red Bull at Yas Marina, neither driver made it through Q2, with their record of winning every race this season now under serious threat.

Instead Ferrari's Carlos Sainz took his second pole position in as many races, followed by George Russell and Charles Leclerc who were less than 800ths of a second behind.

Back-to-back world champion Verstappen looked set to just squeeze through into the top 10 shoot-out, passing the line in the final spot.

However, he was then pushed down to 11th by none other than Liam Lawson in a sister AlphaTauri.

Lawson only joined the grid two races ago to replace the injured Daniel Ricciardo in Zandvoort, but now has the scalp of beating the runaway title leader on pure pace.

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Reacting over team radio, Verstappen said: "I don't know if you saw that but that was f****** shocking.

"Absolutely shocking experience."

Things will likely get worse for the Dutchman too, with a potential trio of grid penalties incoming.

A number of drivers got stuck in traffic around Singapore, but Verstappen was one of the worst offenders, with two incidents set to be investigated by the race stewards, on top of a further transgression in the pitlane.

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Any penalties will be academic according to Verstappen, though, who said: "At this point it's just so messy that it doesn't matter if I'm P11, 15th or last.

"It's more important that we understand just why it's so bad, that's way more important than just trying to score a couple of points this weekend."

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