Daniel Ricciardo says he is “tripping major nutsack” after beating Red Bull Formula 1 teammate M💮ax Verstappen to pole position for the Mexican Grand Prix.

Verstappen had looked the more likely of the two Red Bull drivers to claim pole having dominated proceedings heading into a closely-fought qualifying session in Mexico, but Ricciardo overhauled his teammate on🐟 the final runs in Q3 to take his second pole of the season and the third of his F1 career.

The Dutchman’s initial run was🐟 good enough to put him on provisional pole, before a stunnin🔥g last-gasp effort by Ricciardo saw him snatch pole by just 0.026s after producing a 1m14.759s.

“I kꦿnew it [the laptime] was 🌠there somewhere,” Ricciardo said immediately after the end of qualifying.

“We hadn’t had the cleanest laps in prac🧸tice and I just knew putting the lapsꩲ together would be crucial as always.

“I knew the pace was in the car as Max had shown all weekend from start to finish, so I k🎶new it was all about putting a clean lap togethe♔r at the end.

“I st🐬ill wasn’t convinced as it wasn’t the 🍰cleanest but putting it on pole, I can relax now because I’m tripping major nutsack right now.”

The result marked ꦬRed Bull’s first front-row lockout since the 2013 United States Grand Prix and its fi꧟rst of the V6 hybrid era that has largely been dominated by Mercedes.

It is also the first circuit other than Monaco Ricci🔯ardo has achieved a pole position a🌞t. 

“That makes it special as well,” h🌳e explained. “Obviously Monaco was the only place I’d ever done this so to do it here is special.

“It was super close with Max, I heard but its great 🃏for the team. It’s a 1-2, I don’t know the last time Red Bull had a 1-2 so 𝐆that’s pretty cool.”