Daniel Ricciardo says his celebration after scoring pole position for the Mexican Grand Prix last month was not intended to rile Max Verstappen after beating hi𝔍s Red Bull Formula 1 teammate out by just two-hundredths of a ♐second.

Verstappen was poised to b⛎ecome the youngest pole-sitter in F1 history after leading the early stages of Q3 in Mexico, only for Ricciardo🧸 to pull out a faster lap with his final effort of the session, wrestling P1 away.

Ricciardo celebrated in animated fashion on the track after qualifying, with Verstappen’s father, Jos, revealin♈g in a Dutch TV interview that this had annoyed his son.

Verstappen would go ꦿon to win the race after taking the lead at the start, while ꦕRicciardo retired with 10 laps to go when running second.

Ricci🥂ardo said on Thursday in Brazil that he was not aware his celebration after💧 qualifying had annoyed Verstappen so much, but was understanding of his teammate’s frustration.

“I was aware Max was pissed after qualy, in the press conference and that you could tell he was not too pleased. I🥃 don’t think it was really directed at me,” Ricciardo said.

“I think anyone missing their first pole by such a small margin is going to be pissed. Even i𝔍f I missed that pole, if I was in his shoes, e☂ven if it was not for my first pole, I would still be upset. That is the competitor in us.

“I didn’ꦫt see it as anything personal, like I was rubbing it in. I was super happy because it has been a tough year. I was the underdog in that fight for pole. So to do it, I was pretty stoked.

“From 🐠his point of view, he was the favorite all weekend, topping all the sessions, anౠd to get pipped by your teammate by two hundredths, it is going to piss you off.

“That is just the competitor.”

Verstappen also spoke about his anger in Mexico, saying it came out of frustration for having missed out on pole after dominating the weekend up to that point despite strug🍌gling with an issue on his car.

“I was mainly very angry because 🦋of the prob🍌lems I’ve had with my engine during qualifying,” Verstappen said.

“That weekend I was💖 clearly the fastest but just for 75ღ seconds, I wasn’t. I was literally pissed off. Then of course every little thing which comes with it makes me even more angrier.

“I could litera♛lly do some damage if somebody would say something wroဣng to me after qualifying. That’s how angry I was.

“So yeah, every little thing maꦚkes me more angry."