Max Verstappen claims Red Bull is losing 0.5s a lap to Mercedes and Ferrari in Brazil.
Despite Lewis Hamilton spinning out of qualifying in Q1, qualifying remained a tight shootout between the world champion's teammate, Valtteri Bottas, and the Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen. Red Bull's recent form, which has included two wins in four races for Verstappen, meant there was a lot of attention on its performance this weekend, but the 20-year-old was 0.6s behind in fourth.
Verstappen had no doubts where the bulk of the lost time was coming from.
"I've looked at the GPS data and we definitely missed like half a second on the straights," he said.