Verstappen Pips Piastri To Silverstone Pole

British Grand Prix

Venue: Silverstone Date: 6 July Race start: 15:00 BST connected Sunday

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen pipped McLaren's Oscar Piastri to rod position astatine nan British Grand Prix pinch nan very past thigh of qualifying.

Verstappen hit Piastri by 0.103 seconds, pinch McLaren's Lando Norris conscionable 0.015secs down successful 3rd and Mercedes George Russell a further 0.019secs adrift successful fourth.

Lewis Hamilton, 2nd quickest down Piastri aft nan first runs successful last qualifying, slipped backmost to 5th astatine nan end, conscionable up of his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc.

Briton Oliver Bearman was an fantabulous eighth for Haas, but will beryllium demoted to 18th connected nan grid because of a 10-place punishment for going excessively accelerated nether red-flag conditions successful practice, erstwhile he collapsed successful nan pit lane.

That promotes Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin from ninth. Alpine's Pierre Gasly completed nan apical 10.

Verstappen had had a low-key lead up to qualifying but ended up fastest, connected a way that connected insubstantial should suit nan Red Bull, which is astatine its strongest successful comparison to nan remainder of nan section successful nan benignant of high-speed corners that abound astatine Silverstone.

Verstappen said: "It was tricky pinch nan upwind passim each qualifying. It was shifting astir a bit. And astir present pinch these cars it is highly delicate to it.

"The last thigh was bully enough. This is simply a due track, you person to beryllium really committed successful nan high-speed corners."

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