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Verstappen rues ‘terrible' final corner qualifying crash

Max Verstappen admitted it was 'terrible' to crash into the wall at the final corner in Jeddah, having been on for pole position. The Red Bull driver was on a superb lap on his final run in qualifying, having been comfortably quicker than Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas in the first two sectors. He was well on course to take pole away from the two Mercedes drivers, but with the back end of his RB16B stepping out momentarily he gave the wall a heavy tap and damaged the rear right area of the car, ending the lap and his pole chances. Red Bull now face a nervous wait to see if his gearbox remains intact for the race, but Verstappen still looked to take the positives from the session as he...
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