Lewis Hamilton needs a turnaround point in his season and he may have gotten it during qualifying for the British Grand Prix Sprint race on Friday evening.
Lewis will be on pole position for the new Sprint race feature this weekend followed by his arch rival, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. In a terrific drive to pole, Lewis extracted the most out of his car and it could suggest that Mercedes have made significant advances in the last couple of weeks.
The big moment on Friday was hearing the crowd cheer for George Russell who put in an amazing 8th place run in his Williams that sent the fans to their feet.
British Qualifying Results:
| Pos | Name | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m26.786s | 1m26.023s | 1m26.134s |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda | 1m26.751s | 1m26.315s | 1m26.209s |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1m27.487s | 1m26.764s | 1m26.328s |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1m27.121s | 1m26.919s | 1m26.828s |
| 5 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull-Honda | 1m27.051s | 1m27.073s | 1m26.844s |
| 6 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m27.44s | 1m27.22s | 1m26.897s |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m27.323s | 1m27.125s | 1m26.899s |
| 8 | George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | 1m27.671s | 1m27.08s | 1m26.971s |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1m27.337s | 1m26.848s | 1m27.007s |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1m27.493s | 1m27.103s | 1m27.179s |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 1m27.58s | 1m27.245s | |
| 12 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-Honda | 1m27.6s | 1m27.273s | |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1m27.415s | 1m27.34s | |
| 14 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1m27.595s | 1m27.617s | |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1m28.017s | 1m27.665s | |
| 16 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-Honda | 1m28.043s | ||
| 17 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1m28.062s | ||
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1m28.254s | ||
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | 1m28.738s | ||
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas-Ferrari | 1m29.051s |
