Max Verstappen has qualified on pole for the 2021 British Grand Prix by winning Formula 1’s first-ever sprint race at Silverstone. The Dutchman started from P2 and overtook his World Championship rival off the start line. He will start from pole for the fourth consecutive race.
Scuderia Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz decided to start the 17-lap sprint race on medium tyres, like most of the drivers, except for Valtteri Bottas, Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon and Kimi Raikkonen, who opted for the softs.
Charles had a good start and was able to keep fourth place behind the trio of Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, building a solid advantage in front of the McLaren of Lando Norris. Unfortunately for Carlos, he was hit by George Russell soon after the start and was sent to the back of the grid. The Spanish driver tried to his to recover as much as possible and after a series of nice overtakes he finished the Sprint Race in eleventh place, where he will start the 2021 British Grand Prix on Sunday.
In the final stages of the Sprint Race, Charles tried to take advantage of the fact that Valtteri Bottas’ soft tyres were almost done but the Mercedes driver was able to manage the three-second gap to Charles, who finished fourth, just missing out on the final point for P3 (The winner of the sprint race received three championship points, second place scored two points and third place picked up one point)
British Grand Prix – Here are the complete results from today’s inaugural Sprint Qualifying ahead of the 2021 F1 World Championship race from Silverstone.
Results (Classification):
Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing – 17 laps
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +1.430
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +7.502
Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +11.278
Lando Norris McLaren +24.111
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren +30.959
Fernando Alonso Alpine +43.527
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin +44.439
George Russell Williams Racing +46.652
Esteban Ocon Alpine +47.395
Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +47.798
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +48.763
Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo +50.677
Lance Stroll Aston Martin +52.179
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo +53.225
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +53.567
Nicholas Latifi Williams Racing +55.162
Mick Schumacher Haas +68.213
Nikita Mazepin Haas +77.648
Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing NC
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