Brentford manager Thomas Frank hailed an “incredible achievement” after Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa made it 31 Premier League goals between them in a 4-2 win over Brighton at the Gtech Stadium.

Norris’ error in Q3 left him out of a three-way fight for pole between his team-mate Oscar Piastri, Verstappen and George Russell.

Chris Richards was controversially sent off with a second yellow card in first-half stoppage time of a contest which never found a flow.