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Max Verstappen managed to qualify ahead of his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo for the Belgian Grand Prix, pulling out a lap that was just over half a second quicker than the Australian driver, with the Red Bull drivers looking to be the best of the rest behind the Mercedes and Ferrari drivers, who were battling it out for pole position, but Verstappen was surprised how close Red Bull were to the Ferrari’s in Qualifying.
“I was really happy with my lap in Q3, it couldn’t have been better to be honest as I feel I put everything together and got the best performance out of the car possible," he said. “I am positively surprised we are so close to Ferrari, Lewis was way ahead but in the race I think we can be closer so perhaps a good result is possible.”
Verstappen also took the time to reflect on his qualifying last year at Spa and compare it to this year: “I think the lap felt better than P5, last year I was P2 and I think it felt just as good this year, but I’m happy with the result anyway and would say it was a perfect qualifying."
Verstappen hopes for a change in weather conditions ahead of the race but is realistic that it is very likely going to be a dry race: “For now it looks like it will be a dry race so let’s hope that changes overnight and I think then we can fight properly,” said Verstappen.
With around 70,000 Dutch fans expected to attend the race tomorrow, Verstappen will not be short of support. The Red Bull driver has said the support he has received so far this weekend has been awesome.
“On my fast laps I was concentrating too much but on my in lap I could see the orange crowd and smoke from all the fans, this is amazing to see,” said Verstappen. “As I left the pit lane there was a guy on the fence in all orange waving me on, it’s awesome.”
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