Max Verstappen remarkably revealed that a complaint he made to Red Bull on the opening day of the British Grand Prix was that his RB21 was "understeering to the moon".
Not for the first time this season, Red Bull made major overnight changes ahead of third practice and qualifying, which proved to work at Silverstone.
The Dutchman produced a blistering final qualifying lap to secure pole position, matching Sebastian Vettel's 44 poles for the Milton Keynes-based outfit.
Verstappen ran a very low downforce set-up which gave him staggering straight line speed, whilst he wrestled his car through the high-speed corners.
Asked to explain why Red Bull opted for a low downforce set-up, Verstappen told media including RacingNews365: "We looked a bit slow yesterday on the other wing. Plus, I was just understeering to the moon.
"So, I had to try and reduce a bit that understeer, and it seemed to work. It is light on downforce for sure.
"You can see that, I guess. But it seemed to hold on and that's why we decided to stick with it. We'll see what we get from it tomorrow in the race."
The overnight changes and Verstappen's qualifying performance handed the four-time world champion a great chance at victory; however, it could be a six-driver fight for the win.
Verstappen, both McLarens and both Ferraris demonstrated very similar long runs across the three practice sessions, whilst George Russell threw himself into contention by qualifying in a shock fourth.
"Well, I guess naturally, I have everyone behind so I have to look behind me and see what will happen," added Verstappen, when asked where he will be looking when the lights go out.
"But for sure, I can see a proper battle. Even in the long runs, there were a lot of cars that were quick. Even in qualifying, it was all quite tight.
"Like Oscar said, quite different lap time gains – some quick on the straight, some quick in the corners – and I think it's just going to depend on who can keep their tyres alive in the stint."
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