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‘Every lap is survival’: Max Verstappen reflects on F1 Chinese GP qualifying woe

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 March 2026

Four-time world champion eighth in qualifying
Failed to finish in the points in sprint race

Max Verstappen condemned his Red Bull’s performance as having reduced his efforts to a matter of “survival” in merely trying to complete a lap in Shanghai.

From the off the four-time champion had not been happy in the buildup to Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix, dismissing his car on Friday as undriveable and saying: “We have never had anything this bad.”

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‘Every lap is survival’: Max Verstappen reflects on F1 Chinese GP qualifying woe

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 March 2026

Four-time world champion eighth in qualifying
Failed to finish in the points in sprint race

Max Verstappen condemned his Red Bull’s performance as having reduced his efforts to a matter of “survival” in merely trying to complete a lap in Shanghai.

From the off the four-time champion had not been happy in the buildup to Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix, dismissing his car on Friday as undriveable and saying: “We have never had anything this bad.”

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‘Every lap is survival’: Max Verstappen reflects on F1 Chinese GP qualifying woe

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 March 2026

Four-time world champion eighth in qualifying
Failed to finish in the points in sprint race

Max Verstappen condemned his Red Bull’s performance as having reduced his efforts to a matter of “survival” in merely trying to complete a lap in Shanghai.

From the off the four-time champion had not been happy in the buildup to Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix, dismissing his car on Friday as undriveable and saying: “We have never had anything this bad.”