That means the winner of F1 Sprint (provided he takes up his P1 grid spot on Sunday) is also the British GP pole-position holder. Two 'race' starts over the weekend but only one official pole position for the record books - and that, as ever, goes to the driver who starts from the head of the grid for Sunday's Grand Prix. Williams' George Russell starts from eighth, his best grid spot for the team. It's the championship rivals on the front row, with Lewis Hamilton back ahead of Max Verstappen, ahead of the second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.

In changes to the normal rules, all drivers ran on soft tyres (the fastest available compound of the weekend) throughout and the results, as mentioned, setting the starting order for F1 Sprint on Saturday as opposed to the Grand Prix on Sunday. That session progressed through Q1, Q2 and Q3 as normal to find the fastest driver and determine the 1-20 order. The usual three-part knockout qualifying hour still took place, but moved from its usual Saturday afternoon slot to Friday evening. So what happened to Qualifying?Ĭheck out the story of Friday night's British GP Qualifying Unlike the Grand Prix, there is no mandatory change of tyres required and, unless cars hit damage or puncture or it rains, don't expect them to leave the action on track for the pit lane between lights out and chequered flag.ĭrivers are free to run on whatever tyre compound - hard, medium or soft - that they wish. Although not technically banned, they are certainly not expected given how short an F1 Sprint event will be.

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