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With that, we'll call time on our live text commentary on British GP sprint qualifying. Never fear, we are back tomorrow for the sprint race and grand prix qualifying.
The British GP sprint race starts at 12pm BST before grand prix qualifying which begins at 4pm BST. You won't want to miss it!
With the reaction to sprint qualifying to come, here's what we can offer in the meantime:
Vote in our new monthly awards, including voting for the F1 driver of the month for June - British GP sprint polesitter Hamilton is one of the nominees. Vote here.
"I can't remember the last time I started on the front row at Silverstone," Hamilton says.
It was two years ago and he went on to win the race... short memory!
George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, at the start
Photo by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Images
A three-tenth gap between Antonelli and Verstappen for second and third is quite something, but how about the gap between the two Mercedes drivers? Antonelli out-qualified Russell by almost half a second which is why there is two drivers between them. That's a lot of lap time missing for the British driver.
Russell cannot join the party as he sets a time only good enough for fifth place!
P1 Hamilton, P2 Antonelli, P3 Verstappen, P4 Leclerc, P5 Russell, P6 Norris, P7 Piastri, P8 Hadjar, P9 Lawson, P10 Lindblad.
That is one superb grid for the sprint!
Piastri is the one to flutter his eyelids first (or something like that) as he heads out, immediately followed by Norris and both Racing Bulls.
The work is over on the #1 McLaren so it appears Norris has a fully-functioning front-right corner for SQ3. Still we wait for someone to blink first.
The McLaren mechanics are hard at work on Norris' front-right brake duct to try to and fix it after the British driver lost a piece earlier in sprint qualifying. That'll be worth a tenth or two which will be make or break in this final session.
The chequered flag is out and nobody in the bottom six does enough to push Norris from the top 10. The McLaren driver can sing the Kenny Loggins' banger loud and proud.
Out in SQ2: P11 Gasly, P12 Bortoleto, P13 Hulkenberg, P14 Colapinto, P15 Sainz, P16 Albon.
The projected knockout time is a 1m29.5s - but Gasly is 11th with a 1m29.482s. I guess we'll forgive them for rounding up.
Anyway, Russell does enough to go seventh fastest, which pushes Norris into the danger zone.
We've got a split strategy in SQ2 as Lawson, Gasly, Lindblad and Colapinto opt for a one-and-done attack given they've not set lap times yet with under three minutes to go.
Not a great lap by Russell who puts in a 1m29.474s which leaves him down in eighth place. It'd be a surprise if any of the midfield runners can do enough to push the Mercedes driver out of the top 10, but he is the one at biggest risk out of the big names.
Meanwhile, there's a curious case of McLaren being the only Mercedes-powered team without the upgrades because it is out of sync with the cycle of new motors. Full story:
With a short break before SQ2, why not take a chance to play our new game Two Seats?
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Bearman missed out on progressing into SQ2 by 0.010s from Sainz. Those are the margins for success even in this early stage of the regulations and developments are rapid.
Hadjar goes quickest for Red Bull with a 1m29.470s. We are still off the outright lap times set in FP1 (granted they were on soft tyres) but that's an eye-catching lap time. Piastri puts him McLaren third.
Verstappen meanwhile is only sixth despite the on board of his lap looking solid with no major moments like he suffered in practice.
The air temperature is up to 25.5C which makes it a scorching Silverstone, and means the track temperature is also up, hitting 41.5C. Not quite Red Bull Ring-levels of heat but the tyres will be feeling it in the high-load, high-speed corners.
A largely leisurely start to the session is halted after around 90s as a chunk of cars nip out, including both Ferraris and both Mercedes. Each driver has one set of new medium tyres to set their lap times in this session.
Play here.
With that, we'll call time on our live text commentary on British GP sprint qualifying. Never fear, we are back tomorrow for the sprint race and grand prix qualifying.
The British GP sprint race starts at 12pm BST before grand prix qualifying which begins at 4pm BST. You won't want to miss it!
With the reaction to sprint qualifying to come, here's what we can offer in the meantime:
Vote in our new monthly awards, including voting for the F1 driver of the month for June - British GP sprint polesitter Hamilton is one of the nominees. Vote here.
"I can't remember the last time I started on the front row at Silverstone," Hamilton says.
It was two years ago and he went on to win the race... short memory!
George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, at the start
Photo by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Images
A three-tenth gap between Antonelli and Verstappen for second and third is quite something, but how about the gap between the two Mercedes drivers? Antonelli out-qualified Russell by almost half a second which is why there is two drivers between them. That's a lot of lap time missing for the British driver.
Russell cannot join the party as he sets a time only good enough for fifth place!
P1 Hamilton, P2 Antonelli, P3 Verstappen, P4 Leclerc, P5 Russell, P6 Norris, P7 Piastri, P8 Hadjar, P9 Lawson, P10 Lindblad.
That is one superb grid for the sprint!
Piastri is the one to flutter his eyelids first (or something like that) as he heads out, immediately followed by Norris and both Racing Bulls.
The work is over on the #1 McLaren so it appears Norris has a fully-functioning front-right corner for SQ3. Still we wait for someone to blink first.
The McLaren mechanics are hard at work on Norris' front-right brake duct to try to and fix it after the British driver lost a piece earlier in sprint qualifying. That'll be worth a tenth or two which will be make or break in this final session.
The chequered flag is out and nobody in the bottom six does enough to push Norris from the top 10. The McLaren driver can sing the Kenny Loggins' banger loud and proud.
Out in SQ2: P11 Gasly, P12 Bortoleto, P13 Hulkenberg, P14 Colapinto, P15 Sainz, P16 Albon.
The projected knockout time is a 1m29.5s - but Gasly is 11th with a 1m29.482s. I guess we'll forgive them for rounding up.
Anyway, Russell does enough to go seventh fastest, which pushes Norris into the danger zone.
We've got a split strategy in SQ2 as Lawson, Gasly, Lindblad and Colapinto opt for a one-and-done attack given they've not set lap times yet with under three minutes to go.
Not a great lap by Russell who puts in a 1m29.474s which leaves him down in eighth place. It'd be a surprise if any of the midfield runners can do enough to push the Mercedes driver out of the top 10, but he is the one at biggest risk out of the big names.
Meanwhile, there's a curious case of McLaren being the only Mercedes-powered team without the upgrades because it is out of sync with the cycle of new motors. Full story:
With a short break before SQ2, why not take a chance to play our new game Two Seats?
Simply pick two drivers from a deck to beat your opposition in a virtual season-long competition.
Play now here.
Bearman missed out on progressing into SQ2 by 0.010s from Sainz. Those are the margins for success even in this early stage of the regulations and developments are rapid.
Hadjar goes quickest for Red Bull with a 1m29.470s. We are still off the outright lap times set in FP1 (granted they were on soft tyres) but that's an eye-catching lap time. Piastri puts him McLaren third.
Verstappen meanwhile is only sixth despite the on board of his lap looking solid with no major moments like he suffered in practice.
The air temperature is up to 25.5C which makes it a scorching Silverstone, and means the track temperature is also up, hitting 41.5C. Not quite Red Bull Ring-levels of heat but the tyres will be feeling it in the high-load, high-speed corners.
A largely leisurely start to the session is halted after around 90s as a chunk of cars nip out, including both Ferraris and both Mercedes. Each driver has one set of new medium tyres to set their lap times in this session.
