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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Giles Richards

Lewis Hamilton delights home crowd with pole position for British GP sprint race

Lewis Hamilton celebrates on his car after taking pole position for the sprint race
Lewis Hamilton soaks up the adulation of the crowd after taking pole position for the sprint race. Photograph: Darko Bandić/AP

Lewis Hamilton gave the home crowd reason to roar as he took pole position for the sprint race at the British Grand Prix for Ferrari, beating the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli into second, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in third.

The pole for the short format race to be held on Saturday morning at Silverstone must be considered somewhat against the odds, as Ferrari had been expected to be somewhat on the back foot to Mercedes, at the power dominated track.

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