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Max Verstappen silenced the home fans at the British Grand Prix by seeing off McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to put his Red Bull on pole position at Silverstone.

Verstappen did not look to be in the hunt for first place, but he pulled a brilliant lap out of the bag to beat Piastri by 0.103 seconds with Norris third, 0.118 seconds adrift.

George Russell took fourth for Mercedes, one place ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who had dared to dream of a first pole position for Ferrari, but ended up two tenths off the pace. Charles Leclerc qualified sixth in the other Ferrari.

Verstappen was only fourth after the opening runs in Q3 at a gusty and overcast Silverstone, and complained his Red Bull was difficult to drive. However, when it mattered most the four-time world champion came from nowhere to take top spot - his first pole since Miami at the beginning of May.

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British Grand Prix Start Time: 3 p.m. BST

The British Grand Prix will start on Sunday, 6 July at 3 p.m. BST.

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Olivia Hicks5 July 2025 16:44

Horner pushes back against Red Bull poor performance claims

In response to Max Verstappen’s mega pole position lap, commentators suggested that the performance gave Red Bull the push it needed.

But Christian Horner, Red Bull’s team principal, pushed back against that on Saturday: “It’s not like we’ve come from no where.”

“The car is a little bit of a diva,” Horner said. However, he pointed to Verstappen finishing in second in Canada and rejected the idea that Red Bull’s pace should come as a surprise.

Charles Leclerc loses cool in foul-mouthed radio rant at British Grand Prix

Charles Leclerc swore repeatedly in a fiery outburst over team radio as his frustration boiled over after qualifying at the British Grand Prix.

The Ferrari driver had earlier in the day been the quickest on track in the final practice session and was a contender for pole position at Silverstone

But the Monegasque could only record the sixth-quickest time in Q3, triggering a foul-mouthed rant over radio.

“F*** that,” he said. “I am so f****** s***. So f****** s*** I am. I am so f****** s***. That’s all I am.”

Olivia Hicks5 July 2025 19:12

Hamilton says he's "gelling a lot better" with race engineer, but doesn't know what to expect on Sunday

After qualifying fifth on Saturday ahead of the weekend’s feature race, nine-time British Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton said he was “pleased with the progress and with the direction.”

Hamilton starts fifth in Sunday’s British Grand Prix (Getty Images)

"My engineer and I have been really gelling a lot better in terms of how we set the car up, and I'm much happier in the car. The lap was really nice right up until the last corner, I had a little bit of understeer. I don't know if it was the kerb, but I just lost it. It cost me just over a tenth so that would definitely have put me on the front row.”

Ferrari was expected to be the one to beat this weekend. Instead, both red cars had a disappointing Q3 performance.

"I don't know [what to expect in the race]. I've got four really fast cars ahead,” the British driver said in anticipation of tomorrow’s race.

Max Verstappen beats Britons to the punch with shock pole at Silverstone

The special one was in town. Strolling with his usual swagger across the pit-lane, Jose Mourinho was on ceremonial duties on Saturday in handing over the Pirelli pole position award at a murky Silverstone circuit. Yet rather appropriately, Mourinho gifted the prize to F1’s very own special one, who gave a firm reminder as to what all the current fuss is about.

Max Verstappen, in typical 2025 fashion, expertly sprung from nowhere at the end of qualifying to take top spot in front of an, ultimately, disappointed British crowd. Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton had appeared genuine favourites beforehand, given their fine form in practice, but they will line up third and fifth. Oscar Piastri, the championship leader, starts in P2.

An image of Verstappen’s print media session on Thursday has been doing the rounds online in recent days, with throngs of journalists crowding around the Dutchman, sitting nonchalantly at a table in Red Bull’s ‘Energy Station’ motorhome. Not an uncommon occurrence, but more notable than ever this week given the speculation surrounding his future at Red Bull. Rumours he shut down a day later, insisting he has no intention of joining Mercedes in 2026.

Read more of Kieran Jackson’s post-quali report here:

Max Verstappen beats Britons to the punch with shock pole at Silverstone

The reigning F1 world champion beat the McLarens and Lewis Hamilton to top spot in qualifying

Olivia Hicks5 July 2025 18:24

"Quali used to be one of my strengths," Leclerc says post-quali

“I haven’t been good enough,” Charles Leclerc said post-qualifying on Saturday. “I ended up P6 instead of front row, I can only blame myself. Quali used to be one of my strengths, I’m performing well in races but in qualifying I’m missing something. We have some issues with the car but it’s not an excuse.

“I wanted to work on the quali pace to make it better than sixth. I’ll try my best.”

Charles Leclerc was fastest ahead of qualifying (Bradley Collyer/PA) (PA Wire)

Leclerc finished sixth on what looked to be a strong weekend for the Ferraris until McLaren and Red Bull stole the show.

Bearman on 10-place grid penalty: “It horrible, I can only blame myself"

Haas’ Ollie Bearman was hit with a 10-place grid penalty on Saturday after ignoring red flag procedures.

“It sucks, quite honestly. It’s horrible, I can only blame myself, silly error, my fault,” he said. “I’m really happy we had a good qualifying to validate the team’s hard work with the upgrade. Now to be in Q3 with a lot of high speed is a great feeling.”

On the red flag incident he said: “We were doing a very slow lap under the red flag, going into pit entry with very cold tyres and I didn’t account for that – a silly dumb error. I lost it. Silly and really kicking myself, let’s learn from it.”