Lewis Hamilton 'ecstatic' after securing sprint race pole at British Grand Prix | LBC

Lewis Hamilton stunned at Silverstone by taking pole position for Saturday’s 17-lap sprint race at the British Grand Prix. Driving for Ferrari in front of his home crowd, Hamilton edged Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli by 0.011 seconds, while Max Verstappen qualified third and Hamilton’s teammate Charles Leclerc starts one spot ahead of him in fourth. Hamilton, who is 46 points behind Antonelli in the title race, said he is not focused on winning an eighth world championship, but his pace reinforced talk that he is in contention this season. Antonelli set the benchmark early, then Hamilton delivered his one qualifying attempt. Russell, 40 points off the pace, finished 0.357 seconds back after a weekend described as lacking his usual rhythm following his Austria win. The article also notes the challenges of Lando Norris, who survived late after being 10th in Q2, and mentions that Haas, Cadillac and Aston Martin failed to reach Q2, with Ollie Bearman 17th.