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Daniel Moxon

Carlos Sainz takes maiden F1 pole at British GP beating Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton

Max Verstappen was dominant throughout a rain-soaked qualifying session at Silverstone, but it was Carlos Sainz who sneaked in at the last moment to snatch pole for the British Grand Prix.

Sunday's race will be the Spaniard's 150th in Formula 1, and he will be starting it from the very front after a superb final lap pipped Verstappen, who could not improve in the final moments. Lewis Hamilton looked in close contention for pole for a while, but in the end had to settle for fifth behind Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez.

Lando Norris will start his home race from sixth, while the fourth row will be made up of veteran Fernando Alonso and George Russell. Zhou Guanyu will start ninth, while it was a remarkable session for Williams driver Nicholas Latifi, who made it to Q3 and starts Sunday's race from 10th.

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