Welcome to Sunday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.
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Verstappen ‘beyond frustrated’ at new era of F1 (The Telegraph)
Max Verstappen: ‘I am not even frustrated anymore. I am beyond that. I don’t know the right word in English for it. I don’t know what it is in Dutch either. I don’t know what to make of it to be honest. There are probably no words.’
2026 Japanese Grand Prix qualifying report (McLaren)
Andrea Stella: ‘We’re not blind to the areas we must improve. Reliability, particularly the recurring issues on the battery module supplied by Mercedes HPP – today’s one that forced us to fit a third energy store unit in free practice three – is something we’re working to stabilise as we assess whether the second battery can be recovered.’
Saturday (Audi)
Nico Hulkenberg: ‘On my side, Q2 wasn’t clean enough across both runs, so we missed out on Q3. The car itself felt decent and I think we’re right in the mix.’
Qualifying recap (Haas)
‘It’s a shame about qualifying, but there’s still going to be plenty of opportunities in the race, I’m optimistic. If it was 12 months ago, I’d be much less so, however there’s going to be a lot of overtaking.’
Every journalist should have left in protest at spoilt brat Verstappen (The Times)
‘When you let a powerful man behave like a spoilt child without consequence, a precedent is set, a trend is strengthened, a profession is demeaned, and a sense of entitlement is bolstered. And this isn’t good. For anyone.’
“I have been in Formula 1 long enough to know who has good intentions and who has bad intentions.”I thought much the same when he opened up the steering in turn five at Catalunya last year.bsky.app/profile/race…#F1
— Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T12:00:36.982Z
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Social media and links
Verstappen ‘beyond frustrated’ at new era of F1 (The Telegraph)
Max Verstappen: ‘I am not even frustrated anymore. I am beyond that. I don’t know the right word in English for it. I don’t know what it is in Dutch either. I don’t know what to make of it to be honest. There are probably no words.’
2026 Japanese Grand Prix qualifying report (McLaren)
Andrea Stella: ‘We’re not blind to the areas we must improve. Reliability, particularly the recurring issues on the battery module supplied by Mercedes HPP – today’s one that forced us to fit a third energy store unit in free practice three – is something we’re working to stabilise as we assess whether the second battery can be recovered.’
Saturday (Audi)
Nico Hulkenberg: ‘On my side, Q2 wasn’t clean enough across both runs, so we missed out on Q3. The car itself felt decent and I think we’re right in the mix.’
Qualifying recap (Haas)
‘It’s a shame about qualifying, but there’s still going to be plenty of opportunities in the race, I’m optimistic. If it was 12 months ago, I’d be much less so, however there’s going to be a lot of overtaking.’
Every journalist should have left in protest at spoilt brat Verstappen (The Times)
‘When you let a powerful man behave like a spoilt child without consequence, a precedent is set, a trend is strengthened, a profession is demeaned, and a sense of entitlement is bolstered. And this isn’t good. For anyone.’
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