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Formula 1 British GP

F1 British GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP3 & Qualifying

Saturday's action from the 10th round of the 2023 Formula 1 season

Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-23

F1 enters double figures for the season with Silverstone hosting the 10th race weekend of 2023 as Red Bull looks to extend its perfect win record.

Max Verstappen has been dominant this term with a personal victory haul of seven creating an 81-point lead at the top of the drivers' standings. The Dutch driver also topped both Friday practice sessions.

Reverting back to a regular schedule following the Austrian sprint, Saturday’s schedule is for final practice at 11:30am BST followed by qualifying at 3pm BST.

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Alonso now knocks Hamilton back to P6.
Checkered flag
Verstappen goes fastest as the chequered flag falls.
Piastri goes second and Hamilton is now P8.
Stroll and Ocon are out as Hulkenberg improves, but only to P11.
Sargeant pits and saves Russell from a Q2 exit. Hulkenberg, Stroll, Ocon, Sargeant and Bottas are the drivers out.
A Verstappen P1 could have been predicted, but Piastri, Norris and Albon directly behind, certainly could not have!
Hamilton survived in P8 by a relatively comfortable three-tenths in the end.
In a change from Q2, DRS has now been enabled for Q3.
Green flag
And here we go! Q3 is go!
One Red Bull, two McLarens, one Williams, two Ferraris, one Aston Martin, one Alpine and two Mercedes. Who wins this party?
Verstappen is the only driver of the 10 circulating that is on fresh soft tyres. The rest only have one fresh set, so are saving them for later on.
Here come the times and Hamilton's 1m27.717s is better than either Albon and Russell.
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But here's Verstappen. His 1m27.084s is over six-tenths clear of Hamilton, who remains second as all the times are registered. 

Norris is slowest of the 10.
Four minutes remain and we're about to see the drivers return to the track but all on fresh tyres this time.
Escaping notice, Piastri has positioned his McLaren in third ahead of the final runs.
The two Ferrari drivers will begin their efforts first, with Leclerc leading the pack.
The timing screens are lighting up with purple all over the place!
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Leclerc goes second, one-tenth off Verstappen.
Sainz improves but is only third.
Hamilton improves and recovers back past Alonso but he is only P7!
Norris goes fastest!
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But it's short-lived, as Verstappen returns to the top with a 1m26.720s.
Verstappen will start the British Grand Prix from pole position but McLaren, take a bow! Norris P2 and Piastri P3! What an effort!
Five in a row for Verstappen, but the real celebrations are in the McLaren garage.
So, behind Verstappen, it's very much two-by-two. McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes before Albon, Alonso and Gasly complete the 10.
This will be McLaren's first front-row start at Silverstone since the 2008 race. On that occasion, it was Kovalainen in P2. 

The team went on to win that race with Hamilton. Could Norris or Piastri achieve something similar?
A celebration for Williams with Albon in P8. It's easy to forget what a good result that is given the pace shown to this point across the weekend.
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"This makes up for everything," said Norris.
To the amusement of the crowd, Norris adds that: "Max ruins everything," after narrowly missing out on pole position.
And with that, it's time to wave goodbye until the race tomorrow. McLaren fans, go to sleep and dream of a win for Norris and Piastri!
Until then, here is the full report from qualifying. As ever, thanks for joining us for that enthralling session! 

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By: Autosport Staff

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