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F1 Grand Prix qualifying results: Sainz takes British GP pole
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz took pole position for the British Grand Prix, the 10th round of the 2022 F1 World Championship, in a rain-affected qualifying at Silverstone.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Jul 3, 2022, 7:20 AM
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Sainz will start ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.
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British Grand Prix qualifying results: Sainz on pole from Verstappen
Cla Driver Time Gap km/h 1 Carlos Sainz
1'40.983 210.011 2 Max Verstappen
1'41.055 0.072 209.861 3 Charles Leclerc
1'41.298 0.315 209.358 4 Sergio Perez
1'41.616 0.633 208.703 5 Lewis Hamilton
1'41.995 1.012 207.927 6 Lando Norris
1'42.084 1.101 207.746 7 Fernando Alonso
1'42.116 1.133 207.681 8 George Russell
1'42.161 1.178 207.589 9 Zhou Guanyu
1'42.719 1.736 206.462 10 Nicholas Latifi
2'03.095 22.112 172.286 11 Pierre Gasly
1'43.702 2.719 204.505 12 Valtteri Bottas
1'44.232 3.249 203.465 13 Yuki Tsunoda
1'44.311 3.328 203.311 14 Daniel Ricciardo
1'44.355 3.372 203.225 15 Esteban Ocon
1'45.190 4.207 201.612 16 Alex Albon
1'42.078 1.095 207.758 17 Kevin Magnussen
1'42.159 1.176 207.594 18 Sebastian Vettel
1'42.666 1.683 206.568 19 Mick Schumacher
1'42.708 1.725 206.484 20 Lance Stroll
1'43.430 2.447 205.043 View full results
What happened in British Grand Prix Q1?
A wet track prompted the majority of the field to hit the track early in case it rained more heavily. Leclerc set the early pace on intermediate tyres at 1m43.028s, swapping the top spot with Verstappen as the track began to dry.
George Russell (Mercedes) briefly went P1 on 1m41.743s, before Verstappen produced 1m40.452s, then 1m39.975s and finally a 1m39.129s to top the session by 0.717s over Leclerc.
Falling at the first hurdle were Alex Albon (in the upgraded Williams), Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), Mick Schumacher (Haas) and Lance Stroll (Aston).
British Grand Prix Q1 results: Verstappen fastest from Leclerc
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 10 1'39.129 213.939 2 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 11 1'39.846 0.717 0.717 212.403 3 George Russell
Mercedes 11 1'40.028 0.899 0.182 212.016 4 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 11 1'40.190 1.061 0.162 211.673 5 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 11 1'40.428 1.299 0.238 211.172 6 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 10 1'40.521 1.392 0.093 210.976 7 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 11 1'40.791 1.662 0.270 210.411 8 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 11 1'41.396 2.267 0.605 209.156 9 Lando Norris
McLaren 10 1'41.515 2.386 0.119 208.910 10 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 8 1'41.598 2.469 0.083 208.740 11 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 11 1'41.680 2.551 0.082 208.571 12 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 8 1'41.730 2.601 0.050 208.469 13 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 10 1'41.893 2.764 0.163 208.135 14 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 10 1'41.933 2.804 0.040 208.054 15 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 11 1'41.998 2.869 0.065 207.921 16 Alex Albon
Williams 11 1'42.078 2.949 0.080 207.758 17 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 11 1'42.159 3.030 0.081 207.594 18 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 9 1'42.666 3.537 0.507 206.568 19 Mick Schumacher
Haas 11 1'42.708 3.579 0.042 206.484 20 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 10 1'43.430 4.301 0.722 205.043 View full results
What happened in British Grand Prix Q2?
With more rain falling as the session began, Verstappen set the bar at 1m41.486s and then lowered the P1 time to 1m40.655s, four tenths ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes.
Conditions then got much worse, even catching out Verstappen who suffered a grassy off, which meant an end to any more improvements.
Knocked out at this point were Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) and Esteban Ocon (Alpine).
British Grand Prix Q2 results: Verstappen fastest from Hamilton
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 5 1'40.655 210.695 2 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 4 1'41.062 0.407 0.407 209.847 3 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 6 1'41.247 0.592 0.185 209.463 4 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 6 1'41.602 0.947 0.355 208.732 5 George Russell
Mercedes 4 1'41.725 1.070 0.123 208.479 6 Lando Norris
McLaren 8 1'41.821 1.166 0.096 208.283 7 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 8 1'42.209 1.554 0.388 207.492 8 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 8 1'42.513 1.858 0.304 206.877 9 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 9 1'42.640 1.985 0.127 206.621 10 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 8 1'43.273 2.618 0.633 205.354 11 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 8 1'43.702 3.047 0.429 204.505 12 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 9 1'44.232 3.577 0.530 203.465 13 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 9 1'44.311 3.656 0.079 203.311 14 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 8 1'44.355 3.700 0.044 203.225 15 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 9 1'45.190 4.535 0.835 201.612 View full results
What happened in British Grand Prix Q3?
The track remained wet as Leclerc set the bar at 1m50.297s, and Verstappen spun on his first flying lap. Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo) briefly grabbed P1 with 1m49.454s before Fernando Alonso (Alpine) took it on 1m46.227s.
Sainz set 1m46.098s before Leclerc beat him to P1 on 1m44.844s. Verstappen took P2 despite a trip over the kerbs at Club before getting it all together and taking provisional pole with 1m42.996s. Leclerc went P2, a quarter of a second down, and just 0.004s ahead of Hamilton.
As track conditions improved, Sainz and Leclerc took turns at the top, before Verstappen reset the bar at 1m41.055s.
As the chequered flag flew, Sainz grabbed his first ever F1 career pole with 1m40.983s, as Verstappen couldn’t improve on his final lap due to yellow flags after Leclerc spun.
Sergio Perez went fourth for Red Bull with his last lap effort, ahead of Hamilton, Lando Norris (McLaren), Alonso, Russell, Zhou and Nicholas Latifi (Williams).
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British Grand Prix Q3 results: Sainz takes pole
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 9 1'40.983 210.011 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 9 1'41.055 0.072 0.072 209.861 3 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 9 1'41.298 0.315 0.243 209.358 4 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 8 1'41.616 0.633 0.318 208.703 5 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 8 1'41.995 1.012 0.379 207.927 6 Lando Norris
McLaren 8 1'42.084 1.101 0.089 207.746 7 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 7 1'42.116 1.133 0.032 207.681 8 George Russell
Mercedes 8 1'42.161 1.178 0.045 207.589 9 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 8 1'42.719 1.736 0.558 206.462 10 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 5 2'03.095 22.112 20.376 172.286 View full results
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