The reigning world champion was fourth-fastest and over three-tenths off the pace in FP3 as Red Bull remained ✱adrift of their rivals despite making improvements.ꦕ 

It followed a difficult Friday in which Verstappen ended up eighth-fastest and conceded Red Bull’s👍 struggles were “worse than expected”. 

V൩erstappen engaged in a series of animated radio exchanges with his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase throughout final practice on Saturday morning. 

"I'm sorry but I cannot drive with these upshifts. What the **** is this?” Versta✨ppen initially reported. 

“Understood,” Lambiase replied. “We were anticipating the comment. I w🍬ill have a look to see I can give you a ಞswitch position.”

To which, Verstappen snapped back: “Unacceptable🌠!”

Lambiase later asked Verstappen to “box” so Red Bull could𓃲 “test something with the upshifts”. 

An unamused Verstappen responded: “I literally just came through the pits”, before Lambiase came b🐟ack: “꧒I know.” 

Asked for feedback on the upshifts after changes were made, Verstappen said: “Yeah a lit🦋tle bit smoother, but 🐼yeah, miles off still. 

“It’s just giving me wheelspin. It’s not on🐲ly👍 upshifts, also downshifts.”

The Duꦐtchman later complained about a lack of rear grip as he sarcastically suggested his car would be better suited for a drifting competition. 

"I'm just struggling for rear grip,” he reported. “You see that last secto𝓰r? I'm 🎃just drifting.

"I think if I'm🌌 going to compete in drifting if I♊ might win the race."

Verstappen is aiming to maintain his historic winning streak this weekend afte𓂃r claiming a 10th suc🐷cessive victory last time out in Italy.