Tsunoda had "a frustrating day" in Monaco

Having failed to make the cut in Q2, Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda was left to rue his performance in the middle part of qualifying as he was unable to put a good enough lap together to show his "what we were capable of."

Reigning champion Max Verstappen appeared to be very quick in final practice, but he was unable to keep up with the pace of the Ferraris and the McLarens when it really mattered in qualifying.

In the end, he took fifth on the grid for tomorrow's Monaco race, claiming that his car was lacking performance over the kerbs and through the slow-speed corners.

His team-mate Yuki Tsunoda posted promising sector times through the weekend, but he was unable to put a strong lap together in qualifying, and finished down in P12.

Expanding on his qualifying session, Tsunoda conceded that while he felt relatively comfortable in his car, he was unable to put a "normal lap" together in the middle part of qualifying.

“It was a frustrating day today. I had the pace in FP3 and Q1 and I was running close to Max. I felt ok and the pace was there to reach Q3, I just wasn’t able to put a normal lap in during Q2 or one to show what we were capable of.

"In Monaco it is always difficult to get a clean lap and there was also a red flag thrown in. It had been a pretty clean race week until today and the car had felt good for me, so I am disappointed.

The Japanese driver continued: "I think we will see some interesting stuff tomorrow with the two-stop requirement and I don’t think it is going to be a straightforward race.

"It is hard to predict what will happen in the race but I will do my best. If I see an opportunity I will go for it, and I will try my best to score points," concluded Verstappen.