Verstappen does not want a Brazil recovery drive every year

Ahead of Saturday's qualifying, Max Verstappen said the session mattered little to him: Red Bull's engine change meant he would start at the back of Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix grid.

He told Viaplay that Red Bull decided on Friday, after a session, to replace the engine once the team saw it needed replacing. Verstappen also linked the change to the engine-braking and clutch difficulties he had reported on Friday.

Verstappen knows what it is like to make a recovery drive in Brazil. He said the experience had been fun, but he did not want to repeat it every year: “I don’t really want to do it here every year.”