Max Verstappen has made a damning claim about his hopes for the 2025 drivers' world title after qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix, saying that he can now begin to forget about winning it. The Dutchman explained that performances like his during qualifying on Saturday will not be enough to catch Lando Norris, who is now 39 points ahead.Verstappen came into the Brazilian GP weekend with hopes of narrowing the gap to Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in the drivers' standings. But the driver has struggled to get to grips with his Red Bull throughout the weekend, struggling to find the right balance since the first practice session on Friday.The 4x world champion was knocked out in Q1 in qualifying on Saturday, making it the first time he did so since 2021. Now he starts the race from P16 and is not too hopeful about his prospects of achieving something miraculous.Speaking to the media about his title prospects after qualifying on Saturday, Verstappen insisted:"I can forget about that. From where we are starting it's not going to work and with these kinds of performances, I mean, forget about it." View this post on Instagram Instagram PostAs previously mentioned, Verstappen is now 39 points behind Norris in the standings thanks to the latter's sprint win earlier on Saturday. The championship leader is starting on pole again for the race on Sunday, giving him another solid opportunity to widen the gap at the top of the table.Oscar Piastri, who moved nine points behind his teammate after his crash in the Sprint, is starting the Brazilian GP from fourth after another below-par showing from the Aussie. The Mercedes duo of Kimi Antonelli (2nd) and George Russell (3rd) separated the two McLaren cars on the grid for the race.Max Verstappen reflects on what went wrong during Brazilian GP qualifyingMax Verstappen speaking to the media after qualifying for the Brazilian GP - Source: GettyMax Verstappen claimed that he had to "underdrive" his Red Bull during the Brazilian GP qualifying due to a lack of grip. The 28-year-old also explained that he was not expecting his RB21 to be as poor as it turned out to be on Saturday.Speaking to the media after qualifying, Verstappen reflected on the problems he faced with his car on Saturday."It’s not what you want to see. The whole weekend has already been quite tough but this is a bit unexpected I would say after changing quite a bit on the car," said Verstappen, via Formula1.com."It was just not responding. I had no grip out there so I had to really massively underdrive it basically. It just didn’t work," he added.After qualifying in 16th, there is a possibility that Red Bull opts to fit a new power unit in Max Verstappen's car, meaning he would start from the pit lane on Sunday. When asked about this, the driver explained that this isn't necessarily the way the Austrian team is going, but a decision will be made overnight.