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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Connor McDonagh

02 Jul 2022

12:44

Leclerc goes second, 0.002s off Verstappen.

The Dutchman is on a better lap now though...

12:41

Russell improves to third, 0.164s down on Verstappen's top time.

12:37

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12:35

Ocon improves to eighth, 1.1s down on Verstappen.

12:33

Perez improves but stays sixth overall, 0.5s down on Verstappen's top time.

12:31

Hamilton gets within a tenth of Verstappen at the top.

12:30

Verstappen finds another tenth to go 0.3s clear.

12:29

Current order: Verstappen, Hamilton, Leclerc, Sainz, Russell, Perez, Alonso, Zhou, Schumacher and Stroll.

12:27

Hamilton goes second in the Mercedes, a tenth shy of Verstappen.

Very encouraging.

12:24

Sainz moves up to third, 0.3s off Verstappen's impressive 1m28.541s.

12:24

Russell improves to third, 0.3s down on Verstappen.

Hamilton is fifth, 0.6s off.

12:22

George Russell reports: "No bouncing"

12:20

Verstappen goes 0.4s clear of the rest to go P1 - impressive.

12:17

Order after 15 minutes: Leclerc, Perez, Russell, Hamilton, Sainz, Zhou, Schumacher, Bottas, Ricciardo and Norris.

12:15

Russell goes third, just ahead of Hamilton in fourth. 0.3s off overall.

12:12

Perez slots into second, just 0.177s off the pace set by Leclerc.

12:08

Leclerc destroys the current benchmark with a 1m29.452s, 0.4s ahead of Sainz.

12:08

Ricciardo takes to the top with a 1m33.058s, 0.010s ahead of Ocon.

12:05

It's an Alpine 1-2 at the moment with Ocon ahead of Alonso.

12:00

Final practice for the British GP is now underway.

11:56

We're all set at Silverstone for FP3

10 minutes until the Saturday action begins!
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