Kimi Antonelli takes pole for British F1 Grand Prix with Hamilton third on grid
Mercedes driver holds nerve with Leclerc a close second
Russell fourth, with Norris and Piastri sixth and eighth
Much as Kimi Antonelli admitted he admired the British Grand Prix, its challenge and sporting spectacle, the Italian teenager was in absolutely no mood to give a British driver so much as a sniff of a chance of enjoying a day in the sun at Silverstone as he swept to a majestic pole position for Sunday’s race.
Were will alone enough the huge crowd at the old airfield would surely have powered Lewis Hamilton into the top spot but their vocal support was simply not enough. Antonelli took his first pole here with exactly the type of precision driving and commitment required on the high-speed blast that rewards drivers who can find the very edge. He did so with an authority and almost unconscious ease that unsurprisingly left his rivals a little deflated.
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