F1 Qualifying Results: Max Verstappen STUNS Silverstone as Lewis Hamilton fairytale denied

Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton — Photo: © IMAGO

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F1 Qualifying Results: Max Verstappen STUNS Silverstone as Lewis Hamilton fairytale denied

All the times from British Grand Prix qualifying

Sheona Mountford F1 Journalist

Motorsport journalist working in F1 since 2024.

Saturday 5 July 2025 17:30 Updated: 18:58

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F1 champion Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position at Silverstone after the Ferrari star looked impressive throughout the British Grand Prix weekend.

Seemingly behind on Friday and Saturday, Verstappen managed to put a stunning lap together for pole ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.

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Hamilton was close to clinching pole position at Silverstone, where he set the fastest time in Q2, but was unable to put a tidy lap together to secure a front row start with Ferrari.

Red Bull star Yuki Tsunoda was knocked out in Q2 and Silverstone marks the sixth consecutive weekend the Japanese driver has failed to make Q3.

Elsewhere, Franco Colapinto caused a red flag in Q1 after he suffered a huge spin and veered off the track into the barriers, spitting out gravel in his wake.

The Argentine driver managed to get his Alpine going again but eventually stopped on track at Copse corner, unable to return his car to the pits and prompted a red flag.

Both Kimi Antonelli and Ollie Bearman will serve a grid penalty for Sunday's race, with the Mercedes star facing a three-place grid drop and the Haas driver a 10-place demotion.

F1 Qualifying Results: British Grand Prix 2025

Position	Driver	Team	Time/Status
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:24.892secs
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.103
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.118
4	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.137
5	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.203
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.229
7	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.482
8	Oliver Bearman	Haas	+0.579
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+0.729
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+0.893
11	Carlos Sainz	Williams	OUT IN Q2
12	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	OUT IN Q2
13	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	OUT IN Q2
14	Alex Albon	Williams	OUT IN Q2
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas	OUT IN Q2
16	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	OUT IN Q1
17	Gabriel Bortoleto	Sauber	OUT IN Q1
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	OUT IN Q1
19	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	OUT IN Q1
20	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	OUT IN Q1

How does F1 Qualifying work?

The qualifying session is split into three finite windows, which provide a dramatic prelude to Sunday's race.

The bottom five drivers are eliminated at the end of Q1, with a further five eliminated after Q2.

Then, Q3 gives us a shootout between the remaining 10 drivers in the battle for positions at the front of the grid.

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