Antonelli outpaces Ferraris to claim pole for British Grand Prix

World championship leader Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes claimed pole position for Sunday’s British Grand Prix with a dazzling late lap to beat both Ferraris in Saturday’s windswept qualifying session.

The 19-year-old Italian clocked a best lap in one minute and 28.591 seconds to outpace second-placed Charles Leclerc by 0.175sec.

Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton was third in the second Ferrari, nearly two-tenths further back.

Antonelli’s Mercedes team-mate George Russell, winner of last Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, was fourth after an early crash in Q1.

“I was a bit stressed as I never really like to go first for the final run,” said Antonelli.