Verstappen pips Piastri to Silverstone pole

British Grand Prix

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

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen pipped McLaren's Oscar Piastri to pole position at the British Grand Prix with the very last lap of qualifying.

Verstappen beat Piastri by 0.103 seconds, with McLaren's Lando Norris just 0.015secs behind in third and Mercedes George Russell a further 0.019secs adrift in fourth.

Lewis Hamilton, second quickest behind Piastri after the first runs in final qualifying, slipped back to fifth at the end, just ahead of his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc.

Briton Oliver Bearman was an excellent eighth for Haas, but will be demoted to 18th on the grid because of a 10-place penalty for going too fast under red-flag conditions in practice, when he crashed in the pit lane.

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

Verstappen had had a low-key lead up to qualifying but ended up fastest, on a track that on paper should suit the Red Bull, which is at its strongest in comparison to the rest of the field in the sort of high-speed corners that abound at Silverstone.

Verstappen said: "It was tricky with the wind throughout all qualifying. It was shifting around a bit. And around here with these cars it is extremely sensitive to it.

"The final lap was good enough. This is a proper track, you have to be really committed in the high-speed corners."

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