​Max Verstappen is yet to win a race in Singapore [Getty Images]Red Bull’s Max Verstappen beat Mercedes driver George Russell to sprint pole at the Singapore Grand Prix.Verstappen, fresh from his and Red Bull’s first victory of the season in Malaysia last weekend, was 0.12 seconds quicker than the Briton, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc third.McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris were fourth and fifth ahead of Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton, who went early in final qualifying and fell down the order from initially being second behind Leclerc.Championship leader Kimi Antonelli, using the Mercedes upgrade that underperformed in Malaysia while Russell is on the previous specification, could manage only seventh.And there were further glitches with the engine settings provided by governing body the FIA five days after the formation laps in the wet in Malaysia saw cars reduced to crawling speed as a result of a software bug.The settings issue, which was combined with a glitch in the F1 timing system that delayed the start of second qualifying, did not affect the order.However, it did involve the settings being different before and after a red flag caused by a crash for Sergio Perez’s Cadillac and left drivers complaining of reduced power.It involved overtake mode – which allows an extra 0.5MJ of energy to be harvested – being switched on and off again in the space of 28 seconds.The FIA said in a statement: “During the first period of sprint qualifying there was a human error in race control unrelated to the timing issue also encountered in SQ1.”This issue in question meant overtake mode was not available after the red flag period during SQ1.”When it became apparent that overtake mode was not active after the restart, it was then activated for a period of 27 seconds before being deactivated again.”The FIA acknowledges that this unfortunate human error had an impact on the performance of certain cars based on the timing of their run and their position around the lap.”The second and third periods of sprint qualifying were not affected.”The FIA system automatically disables overtake mode when there is a red flag. A pop-up then appears on the screen asking whether officials want to re-enable it.This was ignored, then overtake mode was reactivated before being disabled again, on the basis that it was fairer to do so than leave it enabled.Mercedes critics think I’m Satan – WolffVerstappen’s pole lap appeared to be further confirmation of Red Bull’s resurgence after his dominant win in Malaysia but he faces an investigation for overtaking under yellow flags shown before the first session was stopped for the Perez incident.The four-time champion said he had not believed pole was possible before qualifying.”We have some difficulties with the car in ride, as we know,” he said, “but at least when we went to the soft tyres (in the final session) it made the car a bit more stable in places where before you were a bit unsure.”I did not expect this but you take it, I’m hap