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Max Verstappen beat McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to pole position for the British Grand Prix as the Red Bull driver triumphed in a thrilling qualifying contest at Silverstone.
The top three, along with both Ferraris, appeared to be in a five-way battle for pole going into the final runs of the session, but Verstappen was able to hold it together while his rivals made errors to set a leading time of 1:24.892s.
World championship leader Piastri, who had held provisional pole after the first runs in Q3, was just over a tenth back in second, while his nearest title challenger and team-mate Norris was just a further 0.015s behind in third.
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George Russell had appeared completely out of contention for the leading positions with Mercedes struggling for the entire session, but made a remarkable improvement on his final run to finish fourth, just 0.137s behind Verstappen.
That meant Ferrari, who had been hugely impressive throughout practice, had to settle for the third row of the grid with Lewis Hamilton beating Charles Leclerc to fifth.
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British GP Qualifying Timesheet
| 1) Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:24.892 |
| 2) Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +0.103 |
| 3) Lando Norris | McLaren | +0.118 |
| 4) George Russell | Mercedes | +0.137 |
| 5) Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | +0.203 |
| 6) Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.229 |
| 7) Kimi Antonelli* | Mercedes | +0.482 |
| 8) Oliver Bearman** | Haas | +0.579 |
| 9) Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | +0.729 |
| 10) Pierre Gasly | Alpine | +0.893 |
| Knocked out in Q2 | ||
| 11) Carlos Sainz | Williams | 1:25.746 |
| 12) Yuki Tsunoda | Red Bull | 1:25.826 |
| 13) Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls | 1:25.864 |
| 14) Alex Albon | Williams | 1:25.889 |
| 15) Esteban Ocon | Haas | 1:25.950 |
| Knocked out in Q1 | ||
| 16) Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls | 1:26.440 |
| 17) Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber | 1:26.446 |
| 18) Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:26.504 |
| 19) Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | 1:26.574 |
| 20) Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 1:27.060 |
| *three-place grid penalty to be applied | ||
| **10-place grid penalty to be applied |
Sky Sports F1's British GP schedule
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Sunday July 6
8.15am: F4 Race 2
9.25am: F3 Feature Race
11am: F2 Feature Race
1.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: British GP build-up*
3pm: THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX*
5pm: Chequered Flag: British GP reaction*
6pm: Ted's Notebook*
*also on Sky Sports Main Event
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