SILVERSTONE, Great Britain — Kimi Antonelli will start from pole position for the fifth time this season after going quickest during qualifying for the British Grand Prix Saturday at Silverstone Circuit.
The 19-year-old Italian kept the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton at bay.
Antonelli had claimed provisional pole ahead of teammate George Russell during the opening runs of Q3 – and while the championship leader improved to record a 1 minute and 28.111 seconds on his final lap, his competitors were not able to better their efforts enough to topple him.
“I was a bit stressed because I never really like going first for the last run,” Antonelli said. “But yeah, the last lap was very tidy, I have to be honest. It all came together. It was very tricky with the wind because it was very gusty and unpredictable. But yeah, we built our way through qualifying, and to bring home pole is very satisfying.”
Leclerc did go faster but had to settle for second, his lap 0.175 seconds adrift of Antonelli’s, while Hamilton will start from third place at his home event.
Russell fell back to fourth, and Isack Hadjar led Red Bull’s charge in fifth ahead of Lando Norris on what looked to be a tough day for McLaren.
Max Verstappen was seventh for Red Bull, the Dutchman seeming unhappy at the wheel of his RB22 in the session, while McLaren’s Oscar Piastri claimed eighth and the Racing Bulls machines of Arvid Lindblad and Liam Lawson rounded out the top 10.
