OFFICIAL GRID – Who starts where for Sunday’s British Grand Prix after Bottas DSQ

NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - JULY 09: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing wavesNORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - JULY 09: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing waves to the crowd on the drivers parade prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone Circuit on July 09, 2023 in Northampton, England. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images)

There was one familiar storyline in Silverstone qualifying – Max Verstappen on pole with Red Bull team mate Sergio Perez enduring another tough session. Far less familiar was a McLaren on the front row and another in P3 after scintillating laps from Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

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They left the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and 2022 pole-sitter Carlos Sainz in their wake, in P4 and P5 respectively, followed by the Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton and the Williams of Alex Albon.

The aforementioned Perez dropped out in Q1 to end up 15th on the grid. Valtteri Bottas did make it into Q2, only for a technical problem to bring his Alfa Romeo to a halt on track, the issue also leading to his disqualification after the required post-race fuel sample could not be extracted from his car.

Starting Grid

FORMULA 1 ARAMCO BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2023

Pos.DriverTime
1Max VerstappenVER1:26.720
2Lando NorrisNOR1:26.961
3Oscar PiastriPIA1:27.092
4Charles LeclercLEC1:27.136
5Carlos SainzSAI1:27.148
6George RussellRUS1:27.155
7Lewis HamiltonHAM1:27.211
8Alexander AlbonALB1:27.530
9Fernando AlonsoALO1:27.659
10Pierre GaslyGAS1:27.689
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