Another British driver, Lando Norris, took third in his McLaren with Max Verstappen taking fourth.
GEORGE RUSSELL beat Lewis Hamilton to secure pole as their Mercedes team reeled off a front-row lockout in Saturday’s tense qualifying session for Sunday’s British Grand Prix.
Russell grabbed pole in one minute and 25.819 seconds to beat seven-time champion Hamilton by 0.171 seconds in the final minute as the track improved, the trio leaving series leader and three-time champion Max Verstappen to qualify fourth in his slightly damaged Red Bull. Russell said that it was down to the Silverstone fans who had braved miserable weather to see a British triumph.Later the winner in Austria last time out added: “What a feeling, at the start of this year I don’t think we could of even dreamt of being on pole here, one-two for me and Lewis, and Lando it’s just mega.After a morning of blustery winds and heavy intermittent rain, not to mention a lively rumour mill, the session began in watery sunshine.
Perez had contributed only 15 points for Red Bull from the last five races — they totalled 116 thanks to Verstappen — and this prompted McLaren boss Zak Brown to suggest his fallibility was enabling McLaren to bid for the teams’ title. The Williams cars led the way into Q2, Logan Sargeant under pressure to keep his seat, with all on slicks. On his first run, Verstappen, carrying damage, was only seventh as Norris and then Alonso set the pace ahead of Sainz and Hamilton.
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