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2025 British Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at Silverstone.

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

Race recap

Pole
Max Verstappen
Pole team
Red Bull
Front row
Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri
Classified
Top 20
Round
12
Circuit
Silverstone
Qualifying date
July 5, 2025

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. Oscar Piastri secured the other front-row place for McLaren, with Lando Norris third for McLaren.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri, and Lando Norris. P4 through P20 were George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, Kimi Antonelli, Oliver Bearman, Fernando Alonso, Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz Jr., Yuki Tsunoda, Isack Hadjar, Alexander Albon, Esteban Ocon, Liam Lawson, Gabriel Bortoleto, Lance Stroll, Nico Hülkenberg, and Franco Colapinto.

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, Racing Bulls 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 Aug 31, 2025.

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