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13:05 BST
Weather forecast
How might circumstances turn out?
It will probably be a dry race, in short, but there may be a few showers. That’s not to say it will be enough to affect the race.
13:05 BST
Times after qualifying
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Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:26.720
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Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1:26.961
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Oscar Piastri (Aus) McLaren 1:27.092
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Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1:27.136
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Carlos Sainz Jr. (Spa) Ferrari 1:27.148
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George Russell (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:27.155
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Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:27.211
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Alexander Albon (Tha) Williams 1:27.530
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Fernando Alonso (Spa) Aston Martin 1:27.659
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Pierre Gasly (fra) Alpine 1:27.689
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Nico Hulkenberg (Germany) Haas F1 Team 1:28.896
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Lance Stroll (Can) Aston Martin 1:28.935
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Esteban Ocon (Fra) Alpine 1:28.956
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Logan Sargeant (USA) Williams 1:29.031
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Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:29.798
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Sergio Perez (Mex) Red Bull 1:29.968
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Yuki Tsunoda (Jpn) Scuderia AlphaTauri 1:30.025
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Guanyu Zhou (Chn) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:30.123
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Nyck de Vries (Ned) Scuderia AlphaTauri 1:30.513
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Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 Team 1:32.378
12:58 BST
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12pm BST
Good afternoon F1 fans
Welcome to our coverage of the 2023 British Grand Prix, from Silverstone. It’s a track and a race that normally provides entertainment in one form or another and that was certainly the case in qualifying yesterday.
With sporadic but intermittent heavy rain leading up to yesterday’s qualifying session, the track was not at its best when qualifying started. It was mostly dry, although the Ferraris started on the intermediate tyres, but there was some danger for the 20 cars out there.
The first shock was Sergio Perez dropping out in Q1. A red flag caused by the failure of Kevin Magnussen’s Haas, leaving just over three minutes on the clock for the remaining 19 drivers to run around. It soon became clear that Perez’s lap might not have been good enough, as he was even chasing Logan Sargeant’s Williams. Perez failed to make it to Q3 for the fifth consecutive time in one of the most dominant cars in F1 history. Whatever the circumstances, that’s shocking.
When the time came, Q3 was an exciting one-minute session. In the end, Max Verstappen took his fifth pole position in a row, but not by much. Behind him it was an exciting session. Lando Norris was second and briefly found himself in provisional pole position, giving British fans even the tiniest bit of hope that something extraordinary might happen. Frankly, a front row start for these McLarens, given their struggles earlier this year, is extraordinary enough. Oscar Piastri, his rookie teammate, had an almost equally excellent session and finished third. It will be his highest ever start in F1.
It was then the two Ferrari cars in fourth and fifth, followed by the two Mercedes cars of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton in sixth and seventh and then another standout qualifying performance from Alexander Albon in eighth. It is his fifth appearance in Q3 this year and his fourth in five races, the other being an 11th.
Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly completed the top 10.
Anyway, the race starts at 2pm BST and we’ll be here for the build-up, live updates and reaction from the British Grand Prix.
