Red Bull's Formula One leader Max Verstappen saw off a stunning late challenge from McLaren's home hero Lando Norris to seize his fifth pole position in a row at the British Grand Prix on Saturday.
McLaren's Australian rookie Oscar Piastri was third fastest in a further boost for the former champions, coming back with a bang and an upgraded car after a tough start to the season. Charles Leclerc completed the second row for Ferrari.
It was the fifth race in a row that Perez had failed to reach the top-10 shootout, with the Mexican already a huge 81 points behind Verstappen after nine races and facing another salvage operation on Sunday. Verstappen is chasing his sixth win in a row and eighth of the season with a third title already looking an absolute formality."It's great to see both of them up here," he said of the McLaren drivers, whose team boss Zak Brown was busy high-fiving everyone in sight."I don't think we can win it on pure pace, so we will have our hands full tomorrow," added the American.
Last year's winner Carlos Sainz qualified fifth for Ferrari, with the Mercedes pair of George Russell and seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton, winner a record eight times at Silverstone, sixth and seventh respectively. "Even if our race pace is good we have to overtake a bunch of cars which is not easy to do around here."
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