The leading Formula One World Championship leader, Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), remains tenacious on his way to a third consecutive title and will start first this Sunday for the British Grand Prix, the championship’s tenth. silverstone; It’s the track where the McLarens shine and Spaniard Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) will start fifth and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) ninth.

Verstappen, 25, has signed the twenty-seventh ‘pole’ in F1 – seventh of the season and fifth in a row – dominating intense qualifying rounds where the surprising McLaren was closest to him. English Lando Norris rookie Oscar Piastri from Australia, who will start from the front row with him, finished third and had the best Saturday in the first year; another black day for Red Bull, Mexico’s Sergio PerezEliminated again in the first round and will start on the fifteenth.

The main time session under changing conditions was really exciting if you exclude the world’s new great sports idol. Holland. No one disputes his authority. And he finished the qualifying lap in the third and decisive lap (Q3), beating the 5,891-metre British track that hosted the first race in F1 history – in 1950 – in one minute, 26 seconds and 720 thousandths, 241 less than Norris and 372 more than Piastri. Undoubtedly the happiest at the end of the day.

British GP schedule

Sunday, July 9

  • Race: 16:00