Max Verstappen has told his doubters to ‘suck on an egg’ after the Dutchman bounced back to take pole position in style at the Japanese Grand Prix. Question marks have surrounded Verstappen’s pace following his shock fifth-place finish at Singapore last time out, with speculation rife among the paddock that a new technical directive relating to Red Bull’s flexi-wing has stunted the all-conquering RB19. Of course, then people start talking about ‘it’s all because of the technical directives.’ ‘From my side, I was just very fired up to have a good weekend here and make sure we were strong.’. ‘You get used to winning and it is a good reminder of how much it hurts to lose and if it doesn’t hurt to lose, you’re in the wrong business.

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