British GP Qualifying: Max Verstappen beats McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to pole in thrilling Silverstone contest

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.

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.

More to follow…

British GP Qualifying Timesheet


Driver	Team	Time
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

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

Next up in the 2025 Formula 1 season is the big one, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone – live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Showcase with Sunday’s race at 3pm. Stream Sky Sports with NOW – no contract, cancel anytime.

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