Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has explained how Max Verstappen managed to deliver what he has described as another "mighty" lap to land pole position for the British Grand Prix.
Following a difficult Friday of practice for the four-time F1 champion around Silverstone, not for the first time this season, Red Bull worked overnight to hand Verstappen an RB21 he could fight with in qualifying.
Although in the mix, landing pole did not appear to be on the cards, and instead the battle was seemingly between the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, and the Ferrari duo of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.
But with the final lap of the top-10 shoot-out, Verstappen again produced another sublime performance to secure the 44th pole of his F1 career.
"A wonderful lap from Max," said Horner, speaking to Sky Sports F1. "But all credit to the team as well. We worked very hard on the car.
"We bought some new bits here. We've been tuning and optimising. We gave him a good car for quali, and he delivered a mighty lap at the end there.
"You can hear him on the radio, knowing that he was up, and he nailed that pole, which is obviously a very special one."
As to the difference in the car from Friday into Saturday, Horner said: "The engineering team did a great job overnight. They worked hard on the car, added a bit of performance, and we've ballasted.
"It was tricky conditions with the gusting weather, but all credit to Milton Keynes [referencing the factory]. They're doing a wonderful job, working hard, and Max delivered, as he always does, so good performance."
As to what can be expected from the car in race pace, Horner then outlined why Verstappen conjured pole.
"Pretty reasonable," he remarked initially. "We're running pretty trimmed out on [the] wing, so you can see that we're quick down the straights. We're achieving our lap time in a different way to the others.
"Now, whether that's good or bad for tomorrow, who knows? We'll find out"
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