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Verstappen 'positively surprised' by qualifying performance

Max Verstappen was "positively surprised" by his level of performance in Saturday's qualifying session in Baku although the Red Bull driver regretted running on his own in Q3. Verstappen clocked in fourth at the end of the afternoon's shootout, 0.574s behind poleman Valtteri Bottas. While the Dutchman was satisfied with his overall speed, racing down the main straight without the benefit of a tow cost him time. "We were positively surprised that we were so competitive in qualifying and the second row of the grid is not bad," said Verstappen. "Everything was going quite smoothly, but in Q3 we were running a different strategy as I only had one set of tyres so I was...
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