F1 British Grand Prix: Max Verstappen denies McLarens to take pole at Silverstone – as it happened
That’s all from me.I’ll leave you with Giles Richards’ report from an exciting afternoon at SilverstoneRed Bull’s team principal, Christian Horner, has been speaking to Sky Sports:A wonderful lap from Max but all credit to the team as well.We have been tuning and optimising and we’ve given him a good car for qualy and he’s delivered.A mighty lap at the end.He nailed that pole, which is a very special one.
We’ve added a bit of performance to the car and balanced it.Max has delivered as he always does.That’s Verstappen’s fourth pole of the season after Japan, Saudi Arabia and Miami – winning the race only at Suzuka.He’s 61 points behind Piastri in the drivers’ standingsMax Verstappen speaks:It was tricky out there with the wind.Around here, with these cars, it’s extremely sensitive to it.
This is a proper track,In qualifying you have to go flat out … We’re going to go racing, we’re going to have fun,Oscar Piastri speaks:The last lap was a little bit messy but it’s been tight all weekend,The team’s done a great job,There’s been a few points where we’ve been scratching our heads as to why we’re not quicker.
It’s going to be a fun race.It’s very evenly matched between us, Max …Lando Norris speaks:I’m not going to be unhappy with third.Max did a good job … Little things, today, put you ahead or behind.Little margins, little mistakes, can win or lose you the game today.But still, all good fun.
Still happy with the third.I think it’s going to be a good battle between the three of us, probably more, with Lewis and Charles behind as well.Bearman (10 places) and Antonelli (three) will both have grid penalties for tomorrow’s raceFinal Q3 standings:1 Max Verstappen 2 Oscar Piastri 3 Lando Norris 4 George Russell 5 Lewis Hamilton 6 Charles Leclerc 7 Kimi Antonelli 8 Ollie Bearman 9 Fernando Alonso 10 Pierre GaslyThe Dutchman’s flying lap is a 1:24.892 – 0.103s faster than PiastriHamilton can only come in fourth.
All down to Verstappen now …Norris sets a fastest middle sector but misses out on pole by 0.015sEveryone is back out.One more hot lap eachPiastri takes “a little bit” of damage to his car, according to Zak Brown, but is heading back out for the final four minutesLeclerc can only go fifth with his first time, 0.297s off Piastri.Russell sixth, Alonso seventhHamilton goes 0.
135s behind Piastri and is provisionally on the front row of the gridNobody is hanging about.Bearman’s opening time is blown away by Piastri, Norris and Verstappen – in that orderPole position on the line.Ferrari are looking good but Verstappen, Norris and Piastri all lurkThe top five in Q2: Hamilton, Leclerc, Norris, Verstappen, Piastri“I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the running order at the end of Q3,” says the McLaren chief executive, Zak Brown, on Sky Sports.Q2 CLASSIFICATIONLewis Hamilton finishes part two of qualifying on top 💪#F1 #BritishGP pic.twitter.
com/vavfCSgEIhThe five that get off here:11 Carlos Sainz12 Yuki Tsunoda13 Isack Hadjar14 Alex Albon15 Esteban OconBearman, Antonelli and Gasly all produce the goods to make it into Q3,Hamilton and Leclerc occupy the top two spotsHamilton goes faster than anyone across the first sector and flies to the top of the board overall with a time of 1:25,084! Leclerc had also gone top for, well, a matter of secondsWork to do for Hamilton, Antonelli, Leclerc, Gasly and TsunodaEveryone heads back out for the four or so minutes that remain in Q2,Norris, Verstappen, Piastri, Russell, Alonso, Sainz, Albon, Hadjar, Bearman and Ocon make up the top 10Hamilton and Leclerc come in,They are both in the bottom five with seven minutes of Q2 remainingAlonso, Sainz and Albon enter the top five with their first laps.
A blistering middle sector sends Norris fastest on 1:25,231Verstappen clocks 1:25,316 on his first flying lap, improving his time in Q1 by half a second,Neither Hamilton nor Leclerc can live with that,Piastri can, setting exactly the same time!A bullish Verstappen heads straight outThe final Q1 standings:Q1 CLASSIFICATIONHere's how the first part of qualifying finished 👇#F1 #BritishGP pic.
twitter.com/prVgG8LjrQThe five eliminated are:16 Liam Lawson17 Gabriel Bortoleto18 Lance Stroll19 Nico Hülkenberg20 Franco ColapintoPierre Gasly pulls it out the bag to go 15th with his last flying lap.Hamilton, in 14th, will join him in Q2.A sigh of relief at FerrariFerrari take a risk by bringing Hamilton in early.He’s in 13th and not entirely safeA stunning lap lifts Bearman all the way up to third fastest, 0.
119s behind VerstappenAlbon climbs to third fastest, 0.091s off Piastri’s leading time.Verstappen then goes fastest.Meanwhile Bortoleto moves out of the bottom five.While Colapinto’s car is winched off the track, Bortoleto, Ocon, Hülkenberg and Gasly face a nervous wait in the paddock.
They occupy the elimination spots.Just under seven minutes remain of Q1, which is a couple of minutes away from a restartA red flag flies after Franco Colapinto of Alpine spins into the gravel on Club corner.The Argentinian lost the rear of his car and went off the track sideways.He’s out of qualifyingLewis Hamilton is faster than Charles Leclerc, who went fastest in third practice, so far and is sixth overall (0.294s off Piastri)Piastri sets the pace on 1:26.
002, followed by Verstappen, Alonso, Norris and RussellEveryone is out, chasing an initial benchmark of 1:26.392 set by Alex Albon of Williams.Max Verstappen takes 0.351 seconds off thatA lot of the field remain indoors as some light rain comes down in the Northamptonshire countrysideThe Q1 clock starts with Gabriel Bortoleto of Sauber first out on trackWe are 10 minutes away from the start of Q1 at Silverstone.Track conditions are 19C, cloudy with a 10% chance of rain and wind speeds of 32mph.
José is in the house,Any chance of F1 leaving Silverstone one day, Mr Chief Executive?Silverstone has the right characteristics to stay for ever in the calendar,There’s no other places where you can develop such a huge event in the UK,I don’t see any other places, to be honest,That sounds like a no, then.
With Norris and Piastri the favourites heading into Silverstone this year, it’s been quite a turnaround for McLaren after their mid-2010s spell in the doldrums.At the heart of this resurgence, one that was by no means guaranteed, has been Andrea Stella, who became racing director in 2019 and at the end of 2022 was made team principal.The Italian is a fascinating and endearingly likable character but most importantly a remarkably astute leader.Not a great start to Bearman’s first home grand prix weekend, then.A document released following the stewards’ hearing said: “Car 87 had slowed down for the red flag and as he was approaching Turn 15 accelerated significantly to race pace and entered the pit entry road at 260kph.
He lost control of the car in the pit entry road and crashed into the barriers.“Art.37.6 (a) of the Formula One Sporting Regulations and Art.2.
5.4.1(b) of Appendix H of the International Sporting Code require that when a red flag is shown ‘all cars must immediately reduce speed and proceed slowly back to the pit lane’.”The 20-year-old also picked up four penalty points, making the total on his licence now eight.Here is the incident:Ollie Bearman clatters into the barriers on the pit entry 💥Catch up with all the key action from FP3 ⤵️#F1 #BritishGPHaas’s Ollie Bearman has received a 10-place grid penalty for tomorrow’s race for a ‘red flag infringement’ after spinning out and hitting the barriers by the pit lane while a red flag was being flown after Gabriel Bortoleto had himself spun offHere’s what the lap times looked like at the end of that chaotic third practice session earlier:FP3 CLASSIFICATION: Tight at the top 🤏#F1 #BritishGP pic.
twitter.com/k7I907nEzFWelcome to live coverage of qualifying for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.Home favourite Lando Norris continues his pursuit of his McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri, at the top of the drivers’ championship – 15 points separate the two – after his win in Austria last weekend.Piastri, who was unable to stop Norris from winning his home race in Melbourne in March, will want to get some payback by winning here, I’m sure.But could British hopes come from elsewhere? George Russell, of course, a winner in Canada three weeks ago.
It seems a long time since Lewis Hamilton took an emotional victory here just last year,What are you expecting from qualifying (3pm BST start) and the race tomorrow? Get in touch by emailing in here,And here’s what happened in final practice earlier on Saturday:Charles Leclerc set the pace as final practice hinted at a tight battle for pole position,The top four cars were separated by just over a 10th of a second as Leclerc edged out McLaren’s championship leader Oscar Piastri by just 0,068 seconds.
Max Verstappen was third with Lando Norris, who trails teammate Piastri by 15 points in the standings after victory in Austria last weekend, in fourth,Ferrari underlined the pace they showed on Friday, where seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton topped the charts in FP1,Hamilton was on course to set the fastest time before a red flag curtailed his lap with only a couple of corners to complete, meaning he finished only 11th,The 40-year-old has a remarkable record at his home race, winning a record nine times at Silverstone including victory in the rain last year,He has also finished in the top three in all of his last 11 appearances here but is yet to stand on the podium in Ferrari colours.
George Russell was eighth for Mercedes.British driver Oliver Bearman had a horrible moment at the end of the session, which had been red-flagged after Gabriel Bortoleto crashed, spinning nose-first into the wall on the entry to the pit lane.PA Media
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