That was met with far less amusement by Verstappen, who bemoaned the timing of the message and took a swipe at the Red Bull engineer by saying: “Mate, please do not talk in the braking." Meanwhile, Verstappen's Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez equally had a decent session as he finished on the podium and put himself in a strong position to compete for race victory on Sunday, while the two McLaren's took fifth and sixth. (Image: XPB Images/PA Images)Results in the Sprint saw Sainz move second in the Driver's Championship behind teammate Leclerc, with defending champion Verstappen in fifth - five points behind Sainz but already with a significant 45-point deficit to Leclerc. In the Constructor's Championship, Red Bull moved ahead of Mercedes, who had another session to forget with both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell finishing outside the top 10, but 47 points behind Ferrari. The only non-finisher of Saturday's Sprint was Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu, who crashed out in the first lap following a collision with Alpine's Nicolas Latifi.

Source: The Star April 23, 2022 18:44 UTC