Max Verstappen has held off a surprise challenge from McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to take pole position at the British Grand Prix.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, right, talks to McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain after the qualifying session at the British Formula One Grand Prix at the Silverstone racetrack, Silverstone, England, Saturday, July 8, 2023. The British Formula One Grand Prix will be held on Sunday. – Lando Norris nearly delighted the British Grand Prix crowd with pole position. There was just one problem: Max Verstappen.
The result may be routine in Formula One — Red Bull has taken pole in nine out of 10 races — but it followed a session of tension, another failure for Verstappen's teammate Sergio Pérez, and a moment of jeopardy for the Dutch driver himself. Pérez qualified 16th, out of the top 10 for the fifth race in a row and the sixth time this season. He was moved up one place when 15th-placed Valtteri Bottas was disqualified because his car didn't have enough fuel to provide a sample for analysis. The Alfa Romeo driver is set to start last.
Norris said he had been watching TV screens around the circuit on his slow-down lap to see if Verstappen would beat his time, and he expected he'd need the champion to make a mistake if he was to hold on to first place.
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