Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari F1-75.
Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari F1-75.

As it happened - how Carlos Sainz earned pole position for F1 British Grand Prix

Carlos Sainz has secured pole position for the F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

The Ferrari driver mastered the wet and tricky conditions to claim his first pole in 150 F1 races.

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02 Jul 2022
15:47

Time for Q3 - here we go.

15:41
Latifi through to Q3!

Q2 is over - Gasly, Bottas, Tsunoda, Ricciardo and Ocon are OUT. 

15:35

The rain is getting heavier and Latifi is in 10th at the moment.

15:34

In the drop-zone: Gasly, Bottas, Tsunoda, Ricciardo and Ocon.

15:33

Sainz goes fourth in the Ferrari, 0.9s behind Verstappen.

15:32

Latifi goes ninth in the Williams! Gowon Nicky.

15:31

Norris goes second in the McLaren - impressive effort.

15:30

Verstappen goes 1.0s ahead of Perez at the top. Hamilton slots into third ahead of Russell and Alonso.

15:29

Alonso takes to the top with a 1m43.121s, 0.9s ahead of Zhou.

15:29
15:28

Everyone out on track, as expected, all 15 drivers are on the intermediates.

15:26
15:25

Q2 is now underway - the rain is steadily coming down.

15:25

Mercedes to Russell ahead of Q2: "We think it will be light rain through Q2 and Q3 at a similar intensity."

15:20

Out in Q1: Albon, Magnussen, Vettel, Schumacher and Stroll.

15:18

Chequered flag out for Q1...

Verstappen improves to a 1m39.129s, 0.7s ahead of Leclerc.

15:17

Latifi goes up to 10th but a lot of the midfield are out on good laps.

15:16

Ricciardo only manages 13th - he will be at risk.

15:16

Hamilton moves himself up to second behind Verstappen, 0.485s off.

Two minutes to go in Q1.

15:15

Albon improves to 11th, putting Gasly into the elimination zone. 

15:14

Verstappen improves to a 1m39.975s, 0.6s ahead of Leclerc at the top.

15:14

The rain has stopped so it's looking a lot better out there.

15:13

Zhou moves up to fifth in the Alfa Romeo, 1.4s down on Verstappen.

15:13

"Rain easing off, so that could be it for this session," Norris is told.

15:11

Verstappen goes 1.2s clear of Russell at the top of the timesheets. 

A very hectic session thus far.