Kimi Antonelli soars to British GP pole as George Russell survives scare

Kimi Antonelli has secured pole position for the British Grand Prix, his fifth of the F1 season.

The championship leader improved on his final lap in Q3 to put himself clear of the competition.

Antonelli bested the Ferrari duo to the top spot, with Charles Leclerc ended the session clear of team-mate Lewis Hamilton who was unable to repeat the pace that delivered him pole for the sprint race on Friday.

George Russell was fourth fastest for Mercedes, despite hitting the barrier during Q1 following a strange lock-up incident.

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Behind the leading quartet, Isack Hadjar slotted himself into fifth place as he out-qualified team-mate Max Verstappen.

The Dutchman struggled for pace throughout the session and could only muster the seventh fastest lap time.

It was also a difficult session for McLaren, with Lando Norris just sneaking himself into the top six while Oscar Piastri had to settle for eighth.

Racing Bulls' reign over the midfield continued as it locked out the fifth row of the grid, with Arvid Lindblad besting Liam Lawson.

Gabriel Bortoleto marginally missed out on a spot in the top 10 but managed to out-pace his team-mate Nico Hulkenberg in Q2.

The Brazilian is due to start Sunday's race from 11th, with Hulkenberg directly behind in 13th.

Pierre Gasly placed himself as the lead Alpine car in 12th place as he guns for another point-scoring result tomorrow.

Oliver Bearman was 14th in qualifying, edging himself ahead of the Williams duo.

Carlos Sainz outperformed his team-mate Alex Albon by one-tenth of a second, but it marked another disappointing session for Williams, who was left to accept 15th and 16th.

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Esteban Ocon's challenging season continued as he failed to escape the Q1 drop zone and is due to start Sunday's race from 17th.

Valtteri Bottas got his Cadillac into an encouraging 18th place as he managed to outpace his team-mate Sergio Perez, who was 20th.

Lodged between the two Cadillacs was Franco Colapinto, who couldn't improve on his final effort after a high-speed spin in the middle sector.

Colapinto lost control through Becketts and returned to the pits, consolidating himself to 19th.

For the second time in three races, Lance Stroll out-qualified team-mate Fernando Alonso, albeit for the back row of the grid.

However, after changing power unit components that exceeded the penalty-free quota, Stroll is set to be demoted behind Alonso on Sunday's grid.