Verstappen takes pole at British GP for fifth straight F1 race as Pérez struggles

Verstappen takes pole at British GP for fifth straight F1 race as Pérez struggles [ad_1]

Max Verstappen shrugged off an uncommon low-speed crash within the pits on Saturday to qualify in pole place for the British Grand Prix as his Crimson Bull teammate Sergio Pérez continued to wrestle in qualifying with sixteenth place.

Crimson Bull's Max Verstappen throughout qualifying (REUTERS)

Verstappen secured pole for the fifth straight race and for all of these Pérez has didn't qualify within the prime 10.

Verstappen made contact with the pit wall and broke his entrance wing whereas leaving his storage throughout a red-flag stoppage within the first a part of qualifying. Crimson Bull changed the wing and checked there was no different injury earlier than Verstappen continued.

“I simply understeered and it simply didn’t grip,” he informed the workforce over the radio.

McLaren was the star of qualifying with Lando Norris second and rookie Oscar Piastri third. Norris was briefly on prime of the standings within the last seconds earlier than Verstappen went even sooner to take again the highest spot by .241 seconds.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz had been fourth and fifth, respectively, forward of the 2 Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. Alexander Albon was eighth for Williams, with Fernando Alonso ninth for Aston Martin and Alpine's Pierre Gasly tenth.

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