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Verstappen feels confident: 'Everything feels right'

Verstappen feels confident: 'Everything feels right'

28-08-2021 20:24 Last update: 20:39
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After securing his sixth pole position of the season, title contender Max Verstappen looks back with satisfaction in the press conference Afterwards he looks back with satisfaction. With regards to Sunday's Grand Prix, the Dutchman also feels confident in the qualities of his Red Bull.

Asked about the confidence Verstappen had prior to the hectic qualifying session, the Dutchman answers honestly: "Difficult to tell. We didn’t really run a lot in FP3. You don’t know what the conditions are going to be because clearly you could it was raining and then it was drying. You need a little bit of luck as well to be at the right time on track."

All confidence

Looking ahead to the all-important Sunday, where Verstappen will fill the front row of the grid with George Russel, the Dutchman believes he has all the cards in hand to ensure a good result. "I'm quite confident", said Verstappen.

The driver from Limburg continued: "We had a good Friday straightaway out of the box. The car felt quite decent. There were no big dramas. There are always things to fine-tune but it felt quite good. You just need to make sure that tomorrow we have a clean first lap and then we’ll see. Again, changing conditions and a lot of things can happen."