Lewis Hamilton secured pole position for the British Grand Prix sprint race, narrowly edging out Mercedes junior driver Kimi Antonelli at Silverstone. Hamilton's blistering 1m28.376s lap in SQ3 was just 0.011 seconds faster than Antonelli's provisional best. This marks Hamilton's first sprint pole since the 2023 Chinese Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen qualified third, three tenths behind Hamilton's pace, with Charles Leclerc in fourth. George Russell took fifth, losing time in the opening sector. McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri qualified sixth and seventh, respectively, a performance that suggested the team struggled relative to Mercedes and Ferrari in qualifying.
Further down the order, Red Bull's Isack Hadjar secured ninth, while Racing Bulls impressed with both Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad reaching the top 10. Alpine showed some improvement, but Pierre Gasly narrowly missed out on SQ3 in 11th. The back of the grid saw Williams secure 16th and 17th, with Oliver Bearman missing out by a mere 0.010s.
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