Silverstone - Qualifying
Kimi Antonelli was the winner of Saturday's sprint and thus came into qualifying as a performance-defending leader. That, paired with the fact that he managed to achieve more poles than any other driver this season, put him in a high-pressure position as the on-track hour began. Did he deliver up to the standards fans have come to expect from him? Midfielders and backmarkers took to the track before the so-called "big teams", although not all of them benefited from the time advantage. Carlos Sainz locked up during his first attempt and went off track, thus seeing his time deleted. George Russell suffered a similar fate, locking up and finding himself in the gravel. This put him in the elimination zone, on the other side of the leaderboard from the two Ferraris who sat comfortably on the very top and opted out of improving on their lap times. Although their times were ultimately beaten by Isack Hadjar's monster effort, they didn't have to worry about falling into ...