Hamilton on Ferrari's surprise front-row pace at Silverstone
Lewis Hamilton said he and Ferrari did not expect to be in the fight for the front row at Silverstone after taking Sprint pole for the British Grand Prix by 0.011 seconds from Kimi Antonelli. Lewis Hamilton said: "And the cars felt really great today, thanks to everyone back at the factory. As I said just continuing to push we've got tiny little bits here every single weekend we're showing up with something, just everyone's pushed to the max and so I'm grateful to really grateful to get that pole. So you know it won't always be like this but we didn't expect coming to Silverstone that we'd be competing for the front row, we really really didn't. So this is a an amazing surprise."
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Charles Leclerc said he is struggling to get the same “ease” and feeling from Ferrari’s SF-26 as he had last year, after qualifying fourth for the British Grand Prix Sprint at Silverstone. Leclerc said: "It's been quite a bit that I realised I didn't have the ease that I had last year with last year's car. Lewis is more often at 100 per cent of the potential of the car, which I'm not. When you don't get quite the feeling, then it's difficult to extract the lap time."
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Verstappen on Red Bull still needing more lap time
Max Verstappen says his third place in Sprint Qualifying for the British Grand Prix could “easily” have been sixth or seventh, with Red Bull still needing to find lap time. Verstappen said: "I think so, yeah [I'm happy to have made the top three]. I mean, for us, the outcome of SQ3 was very close. It could easily have been P3 or whatever, P6 or P7. But we were on the good side, so we were a bit closer. I think we're still not where we want to be – cornering, maybe a tiny bit, but also deployment and stuff, so a few things to figure out to try and find more lap time."
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Hamilton on Ferrari's unexpected Silverstone front-row fight
Lewis Hamilton said Ferrari did not expect to be fighting for the front row at Silverstone, after the Briton took pole position for the Sprint in Sprint Qualifying. Hamilton said: "We didn't expect coming to Silverstone that we'd be competing for the front row, we really, really didn't, so this is an amazing surprise. I'm ecstatic. Not so easy when you've got these guys that can follow you and be close with the extra power potentially, but I'll do my best to keep them behind."
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Lewis Hamilton said Ferrari’s prediction that it would be “six tenths off” on the straights at Silverstone “scared” him, before he took a surprise pole position for the British Grand Prix sprint. Hamilton said: "Yesterday they all scared me, they were like, we're going to be six tenths off in a straight line to these guys. And in the last race we really were four tenths off in a straight line. But today all of a sudden we're kind of there. I was like, is this real, are they going to turn it up in qualifying? But we are right there competing with them."
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Antonelli on missing sprint pole at Silverstone
Championship-leading Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli said it was “a shame” to miss out on sprint pole for the British Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton beat him by 0.011 seconds in sprint qualifying at Silverstone. Antonelli said: "It was so, so close and it was a shame. SQ3 there was a little bit left on the table, but it was a decent lap and unfortunately it was super close to Lewis, but of course congrats to him."
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Verstappen on Red Bull still seeking lap time at Silverstone
Max Verstappen said Red Bull still have “a few things to figure out” to find lap time at Silverstone, as he prepares to start Saturday’s sprint race third behind Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Antonelli. Max Verstappen said: "I think we are still not where we want to be. Cornering, maybe a tiny bit but also deployment. A few things to figure out to try and find more lap time. We'll try to do that after the sprint."
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Norris on brake duct damage in Silverstone sprint qualifying
Lando Norris said his sprint qualifying at Silverstone felt “pretty shocking” after brake duct damage on his McLaren left him fighting to get out of SQ2 before a late fix helped him recover to sixth on the grid. Norris said: "It felt pretty shocking for most of the session. Lucky we managed to fix it because it felt like a completely different car. But by the time I got the feeling for the final lap, I felt like we could have pushed way more."
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🚨 Biggest gaps between teammates in SQ3 🚨
1. Lawson: 0.440s faster than Lindblad
2. Antonelli: 0.346s faster than Russell
3. Hamilton: 0.327s faster than Leclerc
4. Verstappen: 0.138s faster than Hadjar
5. Norris: 0.032s faster than Piastri
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S1 - Antonelli
S2 - Antonelli
S3 - Norris
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Lewis Hamilton is wearing a yellow helmet inspired by his early racing career at Silverstone this weekend. He wore an almost identical one when he won the GP2 Feature and Sprint races there in 2006 💛⏳🇬🇧
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Williams’ Alex Albon and Racing Bulls driver Arvid Lindblad have been summoned to the stewards at Silverstone after sprint qualifying, over alleged failures to follow the race director’s instructions. The pair are being investigated for an alleged breach of FIA International Sporting Code Article 12.2.1.i in combination with the race director’s competition notes, relating to “driving unnecessarily slowly” during qualifying. Albon’s hearing is scheduled for 17:50 local time, with Lindblad due at 18:10.
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Russell on Ferrari's surprise pace at Silverstone
George Russell said he was “very surprised” by Ferrari’s pace on Friday at the British Grand Prix, after Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in sprint qualifying. Russell said: "Very surprised, they've been on the back foot with the PU and energy management. Here, they look the best. That's been a real surprise. We've always known they've had a great chassis. Some things aren't quite making sense. If I were to predict it, I would have said Ferrari to be quick last week and us to be quick this week."
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“I love this place, I love this crowd, and I can't express to you how big a dream it is, and still to this day, when you’re building up to this race and you think about every corner and the flow you can get into at this track if you get the setup right and if you’ve got the right team behind you. “And the car’s felt great today thanks to everyone back at the factory, just continuing to push. We brought tiny little bits here. Every single weekend we’re showing up with something. Everyone’s pushing to the max. “I’m really grateful to get that pole. I was quick through all the session but still, it was only 10 milliseconds, so it was very close to these guys. The team really deserves it, so a big, big thank you to everyone here. "We're ahead of a Mercedes and the Red Bull, they have so much power these guys. They've been doing amazing all year, the boys in blue (Mercedes) this weekend, these champs. But my team won't let up, they'll keep pushing, and that's what I'm so proud of. "It won't always be like this, but we didn't expect coming to Silverstone that we'd be competing for the front row, we really, really didn't. So, this is an amazing surprise. I'm ecstatic. "I think our pace was good. We did a short sort of longish run in practice, there wasn't a lot of time. But the car felt good there, so I think we should have a good race tomorrow.”
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P1) Lewis Hamilton - 1:28.376 P2) Kimi Antonelli: +0.011 P3) Max Verstappen: +0.321 P4) Charles Leclerc: +0.327 P5) George Russell: +0.357 P6) Lando Norris: +0.364 P7) Oscar Piastri: +0.396 P8) Isack Hadjar: +0.459 P9) Liam Lawson: +0.551 P10) Arvid Lindblad: +0.991 Knocked Out (Q2) P11) Pierre Gasly P12) Gabriel Bortoleto P13) Nico Hulkenberg P14) Franco Colapinto P15) Carlos Sainz Jnr P16) Alexander Albon Knocked Out (Q1) P17) Oliver Bearman P18) Esteban Ocon P19) Sergio Perez P20) Valtteri Bottas P21) Fernando Alonso P22) Lance Stroll
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