George Russell secured pole position for the British Grand Prix, beating team mate Lewis Hamilton as Lando Norris completed an all-British top three in third.
Russell pipped his Mercedes team mate with his final lap to seal an all-Mercedes front row for the team’s home grand prix ahead of Norris’s McLaren.
Max Verstappen split the two McLaren drivers and will start fourth on the grid, with Sergio Perez starting down in 19th after spinning out in Q1.
Q1
Qualifying for the grand prix began on a track that was drying but still far too damp for slick tyres. As such, every one of the 18 drivers who headed out to begin with did so on new intermediate tyres to get an early banker lap in.
Everyone completed a timed lap on the intermediates, save for the Haas pair of Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen. Verstappen was quickest of all on the intermediates early on with a 1’37.215, but he was beaten by the two Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell who improved with their second push laps.
Charles Leclerc was the first driver to switch over to slick tyres, fitting a set of softs. That triggered a run in the pit lane with several drivers following suit, including Sergio Perez.
However, as Perez rounded Copse corner on his out lap on the slick tyres, he caught a snap of oversteer which caused him to run out onto the wet run-off, sliding into the gravel trap where he was stranded, triggering a red flag stoppage and putting him out of the session.
The session eventually resumed with a rush of cars heading out to try and get quick laps in on dry tyres before the expected rain arrived. However, only a handful of cars managed to get a lap in before the rain hit at the north of the circuit, around Woodcote and Copse. That caught out Verstappen, who slid off track at the same point as his team mate but managed to travel through the gravel and emerge back on track.
The rain disappeared just as quickly as it had arrived, meaning drivers had a final opportunity to improve before the end of the session. Several did, but when the chequered flag flew at the end of the session there were no further surprise casualties joining Perez in elimination.
Pierre Gasly, who will start last on the grid after several power unit-related penalties, was slowest in the session with Perez dropping to 19th after spinning out. Esteban Ocon was frustrated to be knocked out in 18th place, with Magnussen also failing to get through in 17th. Valtteri Bottas improved on his final effort…
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