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2024 British Grand Prix qualifying: George Russell took pole

George Russell took pole for Mercedes ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris at Silverstone.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
George Russell
Pole team
Mercedes
Front row
George Russell and Lewis Hamilton
Classified
Top 20
Round
12
Circuit
Silverstone
Qualifying date
July 6, 2024

The front of the grid

George Russell qualified first for Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton secured the other front-row place for Mercedes, with Lando Norris third for McLaren.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, and Lando Norris. P4 through P20 were Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri, Nico Hülkenberg, Carlos Sainz Jr., Lance Stroll, Alexander Albon, Fernando Alonso, Charles Leclerc, Logan Sargeant, Yuki Tsunoda, Guanyu Zhou, Daniel Ricciardo, Valtteri Bottas, Kevin Magnussen, Esteban Ocon, Sergio Pérez, and Pierre Gasly.

Team representation

Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, Kick Sauber placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, RB placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 21, 2024.

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