Max Verstappen produced a last-gasp lap of 1 minute 24.892 seconds to seize pole position for Sunday’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone, edging championship leader Oscar Piastri by 0.103 seconds. McLaren’s Lando Norris, fresh from victory in Austria, will start third. Mercedes driver George Russell qualified fourth, followed by the Ferraris of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc. Rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli was seventh fastest but will start tenth after a three-place grid penalty for his collision with Verstappen in Austria. Haas’s Oliver Bearman faces a 10-place drop for a red-flag infringement, promoting Alpine’s Pierre Gasly into the top ten. Verstappen, third in the standings and 61 points adrift of Piastri, claimed the 44th pole of his career and his third at Silverstone. The result halts McLaren’s recent qualifying momentum and sets up a three-team fight for the halfway race of the 24-round season, with Piastri and Norris separated by 15 points at the top of the table.