Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton claimed pole place for Components 1’s British Grand Prix dash, holding off his Mercedes successor Kimi Antonelli at Silverstone.
In a single-lap shoot-out on smooth tyres, Antonelli set the provisionally quickest time, just for Hamilton to dip a mere 0.011s beneath the Italian’s effort to clinch his first dash pole since final 12 months’s Chinese language Grand prix.
Hamilton’s 1m28.376s lap was a full three tenths sooner than what Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen may muster, with the Dutchman narrowly bumping Charles Leclerc to fourth.
Within the second Mercedes, George Russell suffered a troublesome SQ3 section, dropping two tenths by Silverstone’s first sector on his approach to fifth on the grid.
As anticipated earlier than the weekend, McLaren struggled for efficiency in comparison with Mercedes and Ferrari, with a much less aerodynamically environment friendly automobile, and Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri took sixth and seventh respectively.
Isack Hadjar was ninth within the second Crimson Bull, whereas Racing Bulls continued its spectacular streak of type by making it into SQ3 with each vehicles as Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad rounded out the highest 10.
Lando Norris took sixth in qualifying for Saturday’s dash
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Hamilton led the primary barrage of laps from Antonelli in SQ2, which was run on Pirelli’s medium tyres. Final 12 months’s British GP winner Norris survived a scare when he solely simply scraped by in tenth.
There was some enchancment at Alpine after a tricky Austrian weekend, however Pierre Gasly was nonetheless knocked out in eleventh, adopted by Audi duo Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg. Franco Colapinto was 14th within the second Alpine, forward of the 2 Williams vehicles of Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon.
In SQ1, not one of the heavy hitters have been beneath important strain, though Norris’ effort solely left him tenth as Hamilton led Leclerc – foreshadowing what can be a difficult session for the world champion.
Behind the grid, Williams survived the section with each vehicles, as Sainz held off a dissatisfied Oliver Bearman by 0.010s for the sixteenth and ultimate spot. Each Haas vehicles have been eradicated with Esteban Ocon in nineteenth, adopted by each drivers from Cadillac and Aston Martin.
F1 British GP: Dash qualifying outcomes
F1 British GP: Dash qualifying outcomes
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