This marks our first pole at Silverstone since 2011 and breaks the Mercedes nine-year pole position streak.
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We decided to start with new Softs, which was a calculated risk, but a good choice from the team. Fernando definitely made the most of the strategy.
It's not been a fantastic day for us, so we've just got to see if we can recover it tomorrow in the longer race.
Temperatures are forecasted to be even higher for the grand prix, so tyre management will be a factor, as we also saw today during sprint qualifying where there was some blistering as the teams pushed to the limit.
Max Verstappen will start the British Grand Prix from pole position after holding off Lewis Hamilton in a fast and frantic inaugural Sprint.
"Everything is open," admits Frederic Vasseur, as he says Alfa Romeo could retain its current line-up or opt for an all-new look.
With focus split between the Grand Prix and this afternoon's Sprint, a strange final practice session leaves fans with little clue of the pecking order or intended strategy.
As Christian Horner calls for noisy, high-revving engines for 2025, Toto Wolff argues that the sound of F1 has little relevance to new fans and that F1's stakeholders, partners and sponsors want an end to the internal combustion engine.
Toto Wolff has admitted that he has set next month's Belgian Grand Prix as the deadline by which time a decision will be made on the team's 2022 line-up.
Lewis Hamilton has revealed that a Friday morning session in the Mercedes simulator played a part in his 'pole' winning qualifying lap at Silverstone.
Failing to make it into Q2 for the fifth time this season, Yuki Tsunoda lays the blame at a late call to the weighbridge and traffic.
Missing out on pole by just 0.075s, Max Verstappen said he was unable to put together a perfect lap due to his car feeling "weird".