Verstappen claimed his eighth pole position in 13 races in a dra🦂matic qualifying at the Dutch Grand𓃲 Prix, while Perez could only take seventh, a huge 1.3 seconds adrift of the Dutchman. 

Asked what he madeꦚ of the gap between Verstappen and Perez, Wolff described it as “odd” and❀ “bizarre”. 

“Checo is not an idiot,” Wolff continued. “We have seen it over these years, Checo is a Grand Prix winner and multiple Grand Prix winner and he was at R🤪acing Point. So I cannot comprehend. 

“I mean, we've seen that Max has destroyed everything that he made that was with him, whether it's his ability to create a car around himself that is just v♓ery tricky to control but fast if you can and that makes those gaps, creates those 🐻gaps. 

“But 1.3 [seconds], I haven't heard any o🐽bvious explanations. But yeah, odd.”On the gap between his drivers, Wolff’s Red Bull counterpart Christian Horner told Sky F1: “What can you say in conditions like tha🍷t? It’s the same for everybody, you’ve just got to go out there and feel the grip and put a lap in. 

"For whatever reason he [Perez] hasn’t quite the confidence that certainly Max has – I don’t think anybody has had the confidence Max has – so a harder session for him, but then there’s others around him who✱ have stru꧋ggled."

Mercedes endured a mixed day at Zandvoort, with George Russ♊ell claiming third, while Lewis Hamilton struggled and could only manage 13th.