Sainz, 27, signed the first ‘pole’ of his F1 career by dominating the rainy qualifying this Saturday, in which, on his best lap, he covered, with the intermediate tire, the 5,891 meters of the legendary English track in one minute, 40 seconds and 983 thousandths, 72 less than the Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), leader of the World Championship, who will start at his side on the front row in a race in which their teammates, the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and ‘Checo’ Pérez, fourth in the main time, will from the second.
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Alonso will start seventh, from the fourth row, next to the English George Russell (Mercedes) -eighth this Saturday- and behind two of his compatriots, his partner the seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton -fifth- and Lando Norris (McLaren) , who will face the test from the third row.
From fifth will be Chinese Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) and Canadian Nicholas Latifi (Williams), who for the first time in his career in F1 reached the third round (Q3) of qualifying.
The tenth race of the World Championship is scheduled for 52 laps, to complete a route of 306.2 kilometers.
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British GP qualifying results
1. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 1’40″983
2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1’41″055
3. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1’41″298
4. Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) 1’41 “616
5. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1’41″995
6. Lando Norris (McLaren) 1’42″084
7. Fernando Alonso (Alpine) 1’42″116
8. George Russell (Mercedes) 1’42″161
9. Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) 1’42″719
10. Nicholas Latifi (Williams) 2’03″095
11. Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) 1’43 “702 (* Q2)
12. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) 1’44″232
13. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) 1’44 “311
14. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) 1’44″355
15. Esteban Ocon (Alpine) 1’45″190 (*Q1)
16. Alexander Albon (Williams) 1’42″078
17. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1’42 “159
18. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) 1’42″666
19. Mick Schumacher (Haas) 1’42″708