Max Verstappen will start the Australian Grand Prix in fifth and it's claimed the Red Bull driver has made a demand of the team's social media department.

The Kiwi driver only set the 16th and 17th fastest times in FP1 and FP2 before being kept off the track for most of FP3 with a power unit issue, and was driving scruffily with his twitchy Red Bull, which he could only put 18th on the grid.

Christian Horner will be scratching his head in confusion after Red Bull were outperformed by their sister team on Friday at the F1 Australian Grand Prix, it was claimed. Racing Bulls duo Yuki Tsunoda and rookie Isack Hadjar were fourth and sixth on the practice timesheet respectively.