Verstappen explains Pink Bull restoration that led to “flawless” F1 British GP pole

Max Verstappen says Pink Bull turning round his automobile set-up from Friday to Saturday helped him seize British Grand Prix pole after “understeering to the moon” in Method 1 observe.

Verstappen reported extreme understeer all through Friday observe, with Pink Bull transferring in direction of a decrease downforce rear wing for Saturday because it tried to dial within the RB21's steadiness.

This allowed Verstappen to be within the combine for pole, and the four-time champion shocked McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris by delivering a spotless efficiency on his last Q3 lap, grabbing his fourth pole of the 2025 season.

Verstappen defeated Piastri by 0.103 seconds, with Norris simply 0.188s in arrears in a particularly tight qualifying session. Sixth-placed Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc was solely 0.229s faraway from pole, with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton additionally within the combine.

Explaining his turnaround from Friday, Verstappen stated: “We appeared a bit gradual yesterday on the opposite wing, plus I used to be simply understeering to the moon, so I needed to try to scale back that understeer, and it appeared to work.

“It was very tough to steadiness and immediately we positively improved the understeer and that simply allowed me to push a bit extra as a result of I feel it simply caught us out yesterday, which we did not count on to occur, so then that you must work round with the instruments that you've and fortunately we went in the correct course with it.”

Crew principal Christian Horner praised Verstappen for an additional “great lap,” but additionally paid tribute to the Milton Keynes crew for its position within the turnaround in Pink Bull's fortunes.

“The engineering crew has achieved an incredible job in a single day, they've labored onerous on the automobile,” he advised Sky.

“We have added a little bit of efficiency to the automobile, and we have balanced it. It is tough situations with the gusting climate round right here, however all credit score to Milton Keynes. Max has delivered as he all the time does, so good efficiency.”

The lap initially drew comparisons to Verstappen's gorgeous Suzuka pole, however Pink Bull advisor Helmut Marko did not really feel that the Dutchman's Silverstone efficiency got here out of nowhere this time.

“No, truly we have been anticipating to be on the entrance row,” he advised ServusTV. “We noticed on Friday that, if we may eliminate the understeer, we'd be proper up there. Step-by-step, the steadiness improved.

“We made a small adjustment after the primary run in Q3, after which, in fact, got here the Max issue – an unbelievable lap, flawless as soon as once more.”