On the evening of July 2nd, Beijing time, the F1 British Grand Prix qualifying session officially ended at the Silverstone Circuit . Sainz won the final pole position and became the 104th driver in F1 history to win the pole position. Verstappen second, Leclerc third.
Zhou Guanyu advanced to Q3 again and finished ninth, setting a new record for his best qualifying record in his F1 career!
At the beginning of the third free practice session
, it was cloudy over Silverstone, and the drivers drove onto the track with dry tires. Soon Hamilton started his first flying lap, and his soft tire result ranked third.
Hamilton performed a flying lap
Verstappen came on late, and on his first soft tire flying lap, he led Leclerc by 0.48 seconds and ranked first.
A few minutes after Verstappen came on
, Verstappen later improved his lap time to 1:28.386. Hamilton then also set a new time, only 0.1 seconds behind Verstappen.
The third practice is already halfway through. Among the top ten drivers, Verstappen, Hamilton, and Leclerc take the top three. Sainz and Russell rank fourth and fifth respectively, followed by Perez, Alonso, Zhou Guanyu, Mick Schumacher, Stoll.
Halfway through the third practice
Mercedes performed strongly in the third practice. Russell then moved to third place, 0.164 seconds behind Verstappen. He had some bumps in Turn 6.
Russell moved up to third place
With 15 minutes remaining in the third practice, Verstappen broke through the 1 minute and 28 seconds mark, occupying the first position with 1:27.901, leading Leclerc by 0.487 seconds!
Verstappen once again set a new record
At the end of the three practices, Verstappen took the first place in the three practices with 1:27.901, and Perez was second 0.410 seconds behind. Leclerc was third, 0.447 seconds behind Verstappen.
The two Mercedes drivers Russell and Hamilton ranked fourth and fifth, and the drivers ranked sixth to tenth were: Sainz, Norris, Bottas, Mick Schumacher and Alonso.
Final results of the third practice
Before the start of the first qualifying session
Q1, it started to rain lightly on the track. Today’s qualifying session will be held in the rain, and all drivers are wearing semi-wet tires.
Q1 started
Leclerc ranked first with a 1:47.521, and the two Mercedes drivers ranked second and third.
Leclerc is first
The drivers are constantly refreshing their results on the track. With 10 minutes left in Q1, Leclerc, Verstappen, Perez, Hamilton and Russell ranked in the top five.
With 10 minutes left in Q1
Russell set the fastest time in the field, but was immediately overtaken by Verstappen.
Q1 With 7 minutes left, those in the elimination zone are Latifi, Magnussen, Gasly, Mick Schumacher and O'Connell.
Verstappen came to first place.
Q1 With 4 minutes left, Zhou Guanyu made 1:41.854 and reached fifth place on the field!
Those currently in the elimination zone are: Stroll, Vettel, Yuki Tsunoda, Ricardo, and Mick Schumacher.
Zhou Guanyu ranked fifth
Ricardo temporarily escaped from the elimination zone and reached 13th place, but this position is also very dangerous.
Ricardo escaped from the elimination zone
Q1 In the last round of crossing the line, Latifi narrowly escaped from the elimination zone.
Latifi out of the elimination zone
Mick Schumacher failed to refresh his results. Albon did a cooling down lap before the final flying lap, and after crossing the line, they were only ranked 16th.
Albon failed to advance.
In the end, Albon, Magnussen, Vettel, Mick Schumacher and Stroll were eliminated.
Q1 Final results
The second qualifying session
The second qualifying session started, Latifi came to the pit entrance early
Q2 started
The two Mercedes cars came out late, with 13 minutes remaining in Q2. Maintenance Area.
Mercedes came on the scene late
Q2 With 9 minutes remaining, all drivers made effective results. Verstappen was first, Perez second, Hamilton and Russell third and fourth.
are currently in the elimination zone: Latifi, Gasly, Ricardo, Norris, and O'Connell.
All riders have achieved results.
Zhou Guanyu was in good condition in the rainy conditions, and ranked third with a time of 1:42.640!
Zhou Guanyu came to third place.
Q2 With 8 minutes left, Verstappen came to the first place with 1:40.655.
Verstappen came to the first
Q2 With 5 minutes remaining, Gasly, Bottas, Yuki Tsunoda, Ricciardo and Ocon were in the elimination zone.
With 5 minutes left in Q2
Bottas reported to the team that the visibility on the track was very low, and he also ran off the track during the flying lap.
Bottas rushed off the track
In the end, Zhou Guanyu entered Q3 again, and Latifi also advanced to Q3 for the first time with a 10th place result.
The five drivers eliminated in the Q2 stage are Gasly, Bottas, Yuki Tsunoda, Ricciardo and Ocon.
Zhou Guanyu and Latifi advance to Q3
Q2 Final results
The third qualifying session
The third qualifying session is about to begin. The two Ferrari drivers and Zhou Guanyu are waiting at the exit of the pit area.
Q3 started
Verstappen spun at Turn 17, but fortunately racing was not damaged.
Verstappen skidded
Q3 In the first round of flying laps, Zhou Guanyu ranked first with a time of 1:49.454!
Zhou Guanyu was first
Leclerc then took the first place with a time of 1:44.844. Sainz came in second after crossing the line, Alonso was third and Zhou Guanyu was fourth.
Leclerc was first
Soon after, Verstappen regained the top spot with a 1:42.996, leading Leclerc by 1.848 seconds.
's current ranking is: Verstappen, Leclerc, Alonso, Perez, Hamilton, Sainz, Zhou Guanyu, Russell, Norris and Latifi.
Verstappen won the first place
Q3 With 2 minutes left, Verstappen, Hamilton and Leclerc were temporarily in the top three.
Q3 With 2 minutes remaining
Sainz, Leclerc, and Verstappen made the fastest times in the race, but Verstappen took the lead temporarily in the end.
Sainz, Leclerc, and Verstappen successively set new results
Sainz made 1:40.983 at the last moment, leading Verstappen by only 0.072 seconds.
Sainz came to the first place
Verstappen failed to surpass Sainz after crossing the line and ranked second. Sainz held the pole position!
Verstappen crossed the line
Hamilton crossed the line in fourth, but Perez then overtook him.
Perez surpassed Hamilton
In the end, Sainz won the first pole position of his career with a time of 1:40.983! Verstappen was 0.072 seconds behind in second, with Leclerc third and Perez fourth.
The drivers ranked fifth to tenth are Hamilton, Norris, Alonso, Russell, Zhou Guanyu and Latifi. Zhou Guanyu once again set a career-best qualifying result of P9.
Final qualifying results
Driver interview
Sainz: Great lap, I struggled in the water. The pole position was a little surprise. The pace of the car has been good all weekend.
