F1 British GP: Ricciardo "a little pissed off" to be beaten by Verstappen

Daniel Ricciardo: Yes, absolutely [I'm upset to be beaten by Verstappen], I wanted a perfect season with qualifying, so I am a little bit pissed off with that. But it happens. I will just stab someone tomorrow! No, seriously, I will!
Ricciardo

Daniel Ricciardo says he is "a little bit pissed off" to have been beaten by Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen in qualifying for 𓄧the British Grand Prix, joking that he will now just "st💮ab someone tomorrow..."

Ricciardo will start fourth at Silverstone on Sunday, his best lap in Q3 a 1 ▨minute 30.168 seconds, 0.305s off Verstappen in the sister car. It is the first time the Dutchman has had the upper-hand in qualifying since he was promoted from Toro Rosso ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix back in May.

"Yes, absolutely, I wanted a perfect season with qualifying, so I am a little bit pissed off with tha𒁏t. But it happens. I will just stab someone tomorrow! No, seriously, I will!" Ricciardo joked, when asked if he 𓆉was upset by the result.

Quizzed on where hꦇe lost out, Ricciardo said the ꦕmain area was at the end of the lap.

"Most of it was in the last chicane," he confirmed. "I would say generally he was a little bit quicker there. The first run in Q3 I lost out a bit there, so I lost more than I should have through there, but it was mainly the low speed, and the last chicane was the biggest💯 one.

"High speed we were looking p💫retty good. The high speed corners are fun here. The low speed ones are a bit o🍨f a pain in the arse."

As for the race, Ricciardo is hopeful he can get ahead.

"From the start Max was obviously quick♑. In general he has good speed. The last couple of races he has had a bit better race pace through various stints, so ไits roles reversed now. He is quicker today, so hopefully I am quicker tomorrow. I think I can be.

"I think the long runs yesterday looked pre🎉tty good. I was pretty happy with what we were doing there, and we are making progress with that.

"So tomorrow expect a fight."

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