Max Verstappen claimed his fifth straight pole in qualifying on Saturday for the British Grand Prix.
The Red Bull double world champion and runaway championship chief is joined on the entrance row for Sunday’s race by Lando Norris for McLaren.
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Formula One rookie Oscar Piastri within the different McLaren begins on the second row alongside Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari.
British driver Norris generated an enormous roar from his dwelling crowd when he topped the occasions with seconds to go just for Verstappen to nudge him out together with his ultimate flying lap.
“It’s always Max. He always ruins everything for everyone,” the McLaren man joked afterwards, drawing laughter from the pole-sitter.
“Very lovely that” stated Verstappen over the staff radio together with his Red Bull staff in search of an eleventh consecutive victory to equal the feat of McLaren in 1988.
Verstappen, who leads the drivers standings by 81 factors, is looking his sixth straight win however his first ever British Grand Prix victory at the eighth try.
Carlos Sainz, final yr’s winner, posted the fifth quickest time to begin on the third row with George Russell for Mercedes.
His team-mate Lewis Hamilton, Alex Albon (Williams), Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly (Alpine) crammed out the highest 10.
