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After a frantic qualifying session for the British Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton described the pace of the McLarens as a “wake-up call” for Mercedes, who struggled on Saturday at Silverstone. McLaren introduced an upgrade on Lando Norris’s car at last week’s Austrian GP that sparked a huge upturn in performance, and it carried over to qualifying for the team’s home race. Ad Norris looked quick throughout and took provisional pole late in Q3, only to be denied by the final effort of Max Verstappen, who will line up first for the fifth race in a row.

SILVERSTONE, UK: Max Verstappen showed his relief at surviving tricky and changeable conditions on Saturday when he outpaced friend and rival Lando Norris to take pole position for the British Grand Prix.The defending double world champion and runaway series leader outpaced McLaren’s Norris with a late final lap to secure pole in one minute and 26.720, beating Norris by two-tenths.“It’s been a crazy qualifying,” said the 25-year-old Dutchman, who is seeking his first British Grand Prix win at the eighth attempt.“Really quite hectic and also quite slippery in some places, but we did our laps and in Q3 I was surprised to see those two (McLaren) there.“I mean, it’s great for McLaren to be here and from our side I am very happy to be on pole.”McLaren claimed their first front row start at their home British Grand Prix since 2008 through Norris with his team-mate Australian rookie Oscar Piastri taking third behind him ahead of both Ferraris.Verstappen added that the changing conditions had been a challenge “especially in Q1 and Q2 and there were a few little damp spots so we had to be a bit careful in Q3.“Of course, you push close to the limit, but obviously we have a quick car so we didn’t need to go to 100 percent.”“It wasn’t a very big gap today, but for us it has been a great day and I am looking forward to the race already.”Verstappen’s pole was his fifth in succession, his seventh of the season and the 27th of his career as he leads Red Bull’s bid for a record-equalling 11th consecutive race victory, drawing level with McLaren’s 1988 achievement.Piastri was third fastest ahead of the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz and the Mercedes of George Russell and seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.As Verstappen

Max Verstappen took pole position for the fifth time of the season, with Lando Norris alongside him on the grid in P2 for Sunday’s British Grand Prix. There was an element of added glamour at Silverstone with Brad Pitt’s film — rumoured to be called Apex — in attendance with their altered F2 car, which will be present at other races for some of the season. Ad Drama kicked in from the off in occasionally rainy conditions as there were a couple of red flags early on, one caused by Kevin Magnussen’s Haas.

Brad Pitt cheered fans as he left the paddock at Silverstone on Friday, ahead of the 2023 British Grand Prix.