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Grand Prix qualifying results: Hamilton takes first-ever F1 sprint pole
Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the first-ever Formula 1 sprint event at Silverstone on Friday, ahead of Sunday’s British Grand Prix – the tenth round of the 2021 F1 World Championship season.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Jul 17, 2021, 10:04 AM
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Mercedes driver Hamilton will start the sprint qualifying race ahead of Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.
The result of the sprint race, which takes place on Saturday, sets the grid for Sunday’s main event. The winner of the sprint will be awarded with the grand prix's pole position accolade.
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British Grand Prix qualifying results: Hamilton on sprint pole from Verstappen
Cla Driver Time Gap km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
1'26.134 246.216 2 Max Verstappen
1'26.209 0.075 246.002 3 Valtteri Bottas
1'26.328 0.194 245.663 4 Charles Leclerc
1'26.828 0.694 244.248 5 Sergio Perez
1'26.844 0.710 244.203 6 Lando Norris
1'26.897 0.763 244.054 7 Daniel Ricciardo
1'26.899 0.765 244.048 8 George Russell
1'26.971 0.837 243.846 9 Carlos Sainz Jr.
1'27.007 0.873 243.745 10 Sebastian Vettel
1'27.179 1.045 243.265 11 Fernando Alonso
1'27.245 1.111 243.080 12 Pierre Gasly
1'27.273 1.139 243.002 13 Esteban Ocon
1'27.340 1.206 242.816 14 Antonio Giovinazzi
1'27.617 1.483 242.048 15 Lance Stroll
1'27.665 1.531 241.916 16 Yuki Tsunoda
1'28.043 1.909 240.877 17 Kimi Raikkonen
1'28.062 1.928 240.825 18 Nicholas Latifi
1'28.254 2.120 240.301 19 Mick Schumacher
1'28.738 2.604 238.991 20 Nikita Mazepin
1'29.051 2.917 238.151 View full results
What happened in Q1?
McLaren’s Lando Norris set the initial benchmark at 1m28.277s, easily eclipsed by Bottas on 1m27.487 and then Hamilton on 1m27.160s. Verstappen then showed everyone the way with 1m26.751s despite a huge slide at Club, which was 0.409s faster than Hamilton.
Hamilton improved to second place with a lap of 1m26.786s, within 0.035s of P1, thanks to a second run in the closing seconds, putting him ahead of Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), Sergio Perez (Red Bull), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari). Norris and Bottas dropped to eighth and ninth respectively.
Falling at the first hurdle were AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda, Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen, Williams’ Nicholas Latifi, and the Haas duo of Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin.
British Grand Prix Q1 results: Verstappen fastest from Hamilton
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 3 1'26.751 244.465 2
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 8 1'26.786 0.035 0.035 244.366 3
Charles Leclerc Ferrari 8 1'27.051 0.300 0.265 243.622 4
Sergio Perez Red Bull 8 1'27.121 0.370 0.070 243.426 5
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 10 1'27.323 0.572 0.202 242.863 6
Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 9 1'27.337 0.586 0.014 242.824 7
Esteban Ocon Alpine 6 1'27.415 0.664 0.078 242.608 8
Lando Norris McLaren 8 1'27.444 0.693 0.029 242.527 9
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 8 1'27.487 0.736 0.043 242.408 10
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 6 1'27.493 0.742 0.006 242.391 11
Fernando Alonso Alpine 6 1'27.580 0.829 0.087 242.151 12
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 9 1'27.595 0.844 0.015 242.109 13
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 8 1'27.600 0.849 0.005 242.095 14
George Russell Williams 8 1'27.671 0.920 0.071 241.899 15
Lance Stroll Aston Martin 6 1'28.017 1.266 0.346 240.948 16
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 10 1'28.043 1.292 0.026 240.877 17
Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 9 1'28.062 1.311 0.019 240.825 18
Nicholas Latifi Williams 8 1'28.254 1.503 0.192 240.301 19
Mick Schumacher Haas 10 1'28.738 1.987 0.484 238.991 20
Nikita Mazepin Haas 9 1'29.051 2.300 0.313 238.151 View full results
What happened in Q2?
In Q2 there was no tyre decision to make in terms of running the mediums for a race strategy advantage, as choice for the sprint race is free. Hamilton set the bar at 1m26.602s, 0.164s quicker than Bottas. Verstappen took away P1 with 1m26.504s, only 0.098s faster than Hamilton at that point.
On the final runs, Hamilton took P1 with 1m26.023s and while Verstappen improved his time to 1m26.315s, that was 0.292s off Hamilton’s pace. Bottas was third, ahead of Sainz, Leclerc, Perez and George Russell (Williams).
Knocked out at this point were Fernando Alonso (Alpine – by just 0.025s), Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) and Lance Stroll (Aston Martin).
British Grand Prix Q2 results: Hamilton fastest from Verstappen
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 8 1'26.023 246.534 2
Max Verstappen Red Bull 6 1'26.315 0.292 0.292 245.700 3
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 7 1'26.764 0.741 0.449 244.428 4
Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 6 1'26.848 0.825 0.084 244.192 5
Charles Leclerc Ferrari 6 1'26.919 0.896 0.071 243.992 6
Sergio Perez Red Bull 3 1'27.073 1.050 0.154 243.561 7
George Russell Williams 6 1'27.080 1.057 0.007 243.541 8
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 3 1'27.103 1.080 0.023 243.477 9
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 6 1'27.125 1.102 0.022 243.415 10
Lando Norris McLaren 6 1'27.220 1.197 0.095 243.150 11
Fernando Alonso Alpine 6 1'27.245 1.222 0.025 243.080 12
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 6 1'27.273 1.250 0.028 243.002 13
Esteban Ocon Alpine 6 1'27.340 1.317 0.067 242.816 14
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 6 1'27.617 1.594 0.277 242.048 15
Lance Stroll Aston Martin 6 1'27.665 1.642 0.048 241.916 View full results
What happened in Q3?
In the top-10 shootout, Bottas set the benchmark at 1m26.548s, which was immediately beaten by Hamilton on 1m26.134s and Verstappen on 1m26.306s – with Lewis faster than his title rival, who was complaining of understeer, by 0.172s.
On the final runs, Hamilton was up on his fastest time until Vale, when he suffered a huge slide and blew his final chance. Verstappen did improve to 1m26.209s but that wasn’t enough to wrest away the fastest time by 0.075s.
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Bottas improved with a lap of 1m26.328s, and stayed third, while Perez set the fourth fastest time but it was deleted for exceeding track limits. That dropped him back to fifth, behind Leclerc. Norris will start the sprint from sixth, ahead of Ricciardo, Russell, Sainz and Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin).
British Grand Prix Q3 results: Hamilton takes sprint pole
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 7 1'26.134 246.216 2
Max Verstappen Red Bull 7 1'26.209 0.075 0.075 246.002 3
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 7 1'26.328 0.194 0.119 245.663 4
Charles Leclerc Ferrari 6 1'26.828 0.694 0.500 244.248 5
Sergio Perez Red Bull 6 1'26.844 0.710 0.016 244.203 6
Lando Norris McLaren 6 1'26.897 0.763 0.053 244.054 7
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 6 1'26.899 0.765 0.002 244.048 8
George Russell Williams 3 1'26.971 0.837 0.072 243.846 9
Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 6 1'27.007 0.873 0.036 243.745 10
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 6 1'27.179 1.045 0.172 243.265 View full results
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