@Max33Verstappen pips @LandoNorris to #BritishGP pole. #F1

Verstappen British GP Pole – Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen pipped McLaren’s Lando Norris to clinch pole position at the British GP as Oscar Piastri completed the top three in the other MCL60 entry.

 

 

In Q3, the initial flyers saw Verstappen hold provisional pole setting a purple in all three sectors and posting a 1:27.084 benchmark and was 0.633 seconds quicker than Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was a further 0.672 adrift of the Dutchman in third.

 

But Verstappen’s pole time looked up for grabs, although Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc set a purple in sector one, he was unable to maintain enough momentum to jump the Dutchman with his effort.

 

The other SF-23 entry of Carlos Sainz also could not make the difference and wound up behind Leclerc, whilst Mercedes’ George Russell and Hamilton were also unable to improve and settled in behind the Ferrari drivers.

 

But Norris sent the British crowd into a massive applause having flown across the line with a 1:26.891, moving into provisional pole, but his chance of a pole position at home were dashed as Verstappen made a late improvement to pip the Briton.

 

Nevertheless, Norris scored a place on the front row with a much-improved McLaren MCL60, and his team-mate Piastri added extra joy to the Woking based-outfit with third place after jumping ahead of Leclerc.

 

Leclerc qualified ahead of team-mate Sainz, whilst Russell outqualified Hamilton to take sixth for Sunday’s British Grand Prix.

 

Williams Racing’s Alexander Albon clinched eighth place on the grid, in a very-improved FW45 during the team’s 799^th Grand Prix weekend.

 

Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly rounded out the top ten.

 

In the second segment, which was topped by Verstappen, Haas F1 Team’s Nico Hulkenberg missed out on a Q3 appearance by 0.114 seconds and wound up outside the top ten in 11^th place and in-front of Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll who was 12^th.

 

BWT Alpine F1 Team’s Esteban Ocon ended qualifying in 13^th and ahead of Williams Racing’s Logan Sargeant who took 14^th and Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas who placed 15^th and was unable to run during the session after coming to a halt due to a power unit issue at the end of Q1.

 

In the opening qualifying stage, which was topped by Norris, Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was the shock eliminatee in Q1 by 0.019 seconds following a flurry of improvements in lap times and starts 16^th on the grid and in-front of AlphaTauri duo Yuki Tsunoda and Nyck de Vries who were 17^th and 19^th respectively as Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu split the duo in 18^th.

 

Haas F1 Team’s Kevin Magnussen brought up the rear with the Dane bringing out the red flag with three minutes and eleven seconds remaining after coming to a halt on track due to a mechanical issue.

 

You can see the full Formula 1 Aramco British Grand Prix 2023 Qualifying Results Classification at the link: https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2023/races/1214/great-britain/qualifying.html

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2023 British GP Qualifying – The Top Three

 

 

2023 British GP Pole Position – Max Verstappen, #1, Oracle Red Bull Racing – Honda-RBPT, RB19, 1:26.720:

“It’s been quite a crazy qualifying. It’s been quite hectic and quite slippery in places, but we did our laps. In Q3 I was surprised to see those two there but great for McLaren.”

 

2^nd Place – Lando Norris, #4, McLaren Formula 1 Team-Mercedes, MCL60, +0.241:

“Pretty insane. My last lap was a good lap. I could hear Zak on the radio on the in lap, which is the best thing ever. It’s always Max. He always ruins everything for everyone.”

 

3^rd Place – Oscar Piastri, #81, McLaren Formula 1 Team-Mercedes, MCL60, +0.372:

“What a qualifying session. We were almost out in Q1 and Q2, but the car was like a rocket ship in Q3.”

 

In the earlier Free Practice 3 session, Ferrari’s Leclerc was quickest on the time-sheets ahead of Williams’ Albon who was second and Alonso completing the top three for Aston Martin as Alpine’s Gasly and Mercedes’ Hamilton rounded out the top five. You can see the full Formula 1 Aramco British Grand Prix 2023 Qualifying Results Classification at the link: https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2023/races/1214/great-britain/practice-3.html

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