Antonelli Claims British GP Pole After Sprint Win
SILVERSTONE (England), July 5 (Bernama-dpa) -- Championship leader Kimi Antonelli followed up on his maiden sprint victory with pole position for the British Formula 1 Grand Prix on Saturday, German Press Agency (dpa) reported.
Mercedes driver Antonelli clocked 1 minute 28.111 seconds on the 5.891-kilometre Silverstone circuit for his fifth pole of the season, as he held off the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.
Leclerc trailed by .175 of a second and Hamilton by .347. George Russell, the winner last weekend in Austria, was fourth in the other Mercedes after riding out in a Q1 scare. Former world champion Max Verstappen was seventh for Red Bull.
Antonelli, 19, complained on team radio that he was out first for the deciding final flying lap.
However, much like in the sprint race earlier in the day when he passed the pole sitter Hamilton midway through the race and won, Antonelli was unstoppable and secured his fifth season pole.
Reigning world champion Lando Norris of McLaren was third in the sprint before having to settle for sixth in qualifying for the grand prix proper.
Antonelli has won five grand prix races so far this season, and leads the standings 43 points ahead of Russell and 47 ahead of seven-time world champion Hamilton.
-- BERNAMA-dpa
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