Verstappen names his most satisfying pole of the season

Amid his record breaking year at the wheel of the Red Bull RB19,Max Verstappen managed to claim 12 pole positions in Formula 12023. Remarkably, Verstappen's run of poles only started at the2019 Hungarian Grand Prix, with him only achieving two that seasonand one in 2020 at Abu Dhabi. This year was the most he's had inany season, with the RB19 undoubtably claiming its stake as one ofthe fastest cars ever seen in F1. Verstappen: The car felt like itwas on rails Monaco was a special last dash effort to conjure apole, with the Dutchman admitting that he rode the walls in thefinal sector to gain time and go 0.065s faster than FernandoAlonso. But it was another circuit that Verstappen felt was hismost satisfying, and where he claimed his second pole of hiscareer. "Probably Suzuka. Yeah, I've had a few," he told media,including RacingNews365 . Maybe it didn't count but the one in Spaprobably that I enjoyed – those kinds of conditions where youreally have to pull it out of the bag. "But yeah, in Suzuka the carwas on rails. It was unbelievable to drive. And, you know, whiledriving, I was smiling and that's quite rare in a qualifying lap."