Carlos Sainz was understandably delighted to take his first ever Formula 1 pole position, while admitting that he hadn’t expected to take P1 for the 2022 British Grand Prix. Team mate Charles Leclerc was full of praise for the Spaniard, however, and said he was targeting a Ferrari one-two on Sunday, in whatever order that may be

A sodden Silverstone welcomed all 20 drivers for qualifying on Saturday with FP2 leader Sainz getting the best of Max Verstappen in Q3, despite the fact that Verstappen had topped the previous two qualifying segments. Part of that was down to the fact that Verstappen was forced to slow for yellows triggered by a Leclerc spin – the result leaving Sainz suitably shocked.