Max Verstappen says h💯is Red Bull Formula 1 car “came alive” in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix after some overnight tweaks, sparking hi♋s charge to pole position.

Verstappen topped all three stages of qua𝔉lifying at Interlagos to clinch the second pole of his F1 career, beating Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in the final fight for P1.

The 😼resu😼lt saw Verstappen top qualifying for the second time in three races – he was stripped of pole in Mexico for ignoring yellow flags – and continued his strong recent performances.

“I think last few races have bꦡeen already quite strong,” Verstappen said.

“I think from today we changed the car a bit compared to yesterday, and it 𒁃seemed to worꦰk really well, and especially in qualifying it really came alive.

“I had really good balance, already in Q2 it felt really good. And then in Q3, I think also the track got a bit warmer, it was a bit more tricky to ge🦩t the lap time out of it.

“The 💞last lap was 🤪pretty decent. It was alright. There’s always things you can do better, but it was good enough.

“The car already yesterday was not bad. I think today improved, so normally 🧸it should also be better in the race. We have to find out.”

While Verstappen still trailed the Ferraris through the final sector – ♈a 1.2km sprint from the final corner to Turn 1 – he was pleased with the gains Honda had made on its power unit tꦦhrough the season, adding to those made on Red Bull’s chassis.

“Well I was not the fastest 🍒in the last sector, but we were the fastest in the second sector, where the most corners are,” Verstappen said.

“I think throughout the wh🌄ole year, I think both from the chassis side and the engine side, we made good gains, and we just continue to work like th💮at and experiment for next year.

“Very happy of course with the progress ♛throu𝄹ghout the season.”

Additional reporting by Julianne Cerasoli.