F1 2023 British GP LIVE: Race time and schedule as Lando Norris starts alongside Max Verstappen at Silverstone

3) Aston Martin – 172 points

10) AlphaTauri – 2 points

By Kieran Jackson at Silverstone

On a Silverstone weekend where the presence of Brad Pitt and the Apple Studios crew is the talk of the town, the executive producer of the as-yet untitled Formula 1 film – the sport’s own A-lister – struggled in his spiritual life on Friday. At home.

Lewis Hamilton remains without a win in 19 months since Saudi Arabia entered the penultimate round of the 2021 season. Last year, at a thrilling British Grand Prix won by Carlos Sainz, the eight-time winner came close, but the 38-year-old remains at an unprecedented winless streak.

This weekend, despite Mercedes bringing an upgraded front wing, the practice pace was simply not there for Hamilton or his teammate George Russell. Both drivers finished outside the top 10 in both sessions.

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“Oh my god, me!” shouted ITV’s chief Formula 1 commentator James Allen, words that struggled to capture the sheer madness of what was being witnessed. “We’ve got a madman on the track!”

When a group of Just Stop Oil protesters invaded the circuit during the opening round of the British Grand Prix last year, it was not Silverstone’s first confrontation with track invaders. Twenty years ago, however, the 2003 British Grand Prix lasted 10 laps before mad Irish priest Neil Horan sprinted up the blazingly fast Hangar Straight.

Many drivers had to swerve to avoid him when Horan, dressed in a brown kilt, frantically ran into the racing line of F1 cars traveling at 200 mph while waving banners reading “Read the Bible” and “The Bible has always directly.”

1) Max Verstappen – 229 points

2) Sergio Perez – 148 points

3) Fernando Alonso – 129 points

4) Lewis Hamilton – 108 points

5) Carlos Sainz – 86 points

6) Charles Leclerc – 72 points

7) George Russell – 70 points

8) Lance Walk – 43 points

9) Esteban Ocon – 31 points

10) Lando Norris – 22 points

11) Pierre Gasly – 17 points

12) Nico Hulkenberg – 9 points

13) Alex Albon – 7 points

14) Oscar Piastri – 5 points

15) Valtteri Bottas – 5 points

16) Zhou Guanyu – 4 points

17) Yuki Tsunoda – 2 points

18) Kevin Magnussen – 2 points

19) Nyck de Vries – 0 points

20) Logan Sargeant – 0 points

Max Verstappen dented Lando Norris’s dream of a surprise pole position at the British Grand Prix by taking first place in the closing seconds of a dramatic qualifying session.

Norris moved to the top of the race to the delight of the Silverstone crowd, only to see Verstappen take pole by 0.241 seconds as the last driver to cross the line.

Norris will start alongside Verstappen, who took his fifth consecutive pole, with Oscar Piastri third in an excellent day for McLaren at the British team’s home race.

Lewis Hamilton could only finish seventh, one place behind George Russell in the other Mercedes.

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Max Verstappen will start on pole position after world championship leader Lando Norris lifted to sensational pole on Saturday in a memorable day for McLaren,

Norris’ teammate Oscar Piastri starts in P3, with Lewis Hamilton in seventh.

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