F1 | Hamilton digs deep to beat Verstappen in qualifying and seal top grid slot for F1 Sprint
Lewis Hamilton put in a
sensational qualifying lap to light up Silverstone and ensure he will start the first-ever F1
Sprint from P1 ahead of title rival Max Verstappen.
This historic Friday evening qualifying session,
which sets the grid for the first-ever F1 Sprint on Saturday as opposed to
Sunday’s British Grand Prix itself, saw the drivers giving it their all for P1
on soft tyres only – as per the regulations on this experimental weekend.
Mercedes may have taken nine of the last nine pole positions available at this
track but Verstappen fired the first shot for Red Bull, topping Q1 by 0.035s
ahead of Hamilton. But Hamilton bounced back in Q2, his time there nearly a
half a second faster than Verstappen’s. That left the 90,000-strong crowd
salivating for Q3 in the evening sunshine.
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