British Grand Prix qualifying: Lando Norris leads home challenge for podium at Silverstone
The TelegraphBy Tom Cary, Senior Sports Correspondent, at Silverstone George Russell believes he and team-mate Lewis Hamilton can challenge for the podium in Sunday’s British Grand Prix after making big improvements to their set-up overnight, allowing them to claim sixth and seventh on the grid respectively. A fascinating qualifying session on a drying Silverstone track ended with Red Bull’s runaway championship leader Max Verstappen taking his fifth pole position on the trot. Let’s see what we can do.” Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said the big unknown was how much of a pace differential cars would need in order to be able to overtake and his words were echoed by Hamilton, who has an astonishing record at Silverstone. We’ll give it everything.” British Grand Prix qualifying classification Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:26.720 Lando Norris McLaren 1:26.961 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:27.092 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:27.136 Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:27.148 George Russell Mercedes GP 1:27.155 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes GP 1:27.211 Alexander Albon Williams 1:27.530 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:27.659 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:27.689 Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team 1:28.896 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:28.935 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:28.956 Logan Sargeant Williams 1:29.031 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo Racing 1:29.798 Sergio Perez Red Bull 1:29.968 Yuki Tsunoda Scuderia AlphaTauri 1:30.025 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo Racing 1:30.123 Nyck de Vries Scuderia AlphaTauri 1:30.513 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:32.378 British Grand Prix qualifying, as it happened