Max Verstappen won the 2021 British Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying race for Red Bull-Honda ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.
Sprint qualifying result
| Position | No. | Driver | Car |
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| 1 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes |
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari |
| 5 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes |
| 7 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault |
| 8 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin-Mercedes |
| 9 | 63 | George Russell | Williams-Mercedes |
| 10 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault |
| 11 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ferrari |
| 12 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-Honda |
| 13 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari |
| 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes |
| 15 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari |
| 16 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-Honda |
| 17 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes |
| 18 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari |
| 19 | 9 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas-Ferrari |
| 20 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull-Honda |
2021 British Grand Prix grid
| Row 1 | 1. Max Verstappen Red Bull |
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| 2. Lewis Hamilton +1.43 Mercedes |
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| Row 2 | 3. Valtteri Bottas +7.502 Mercedes |
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| 4. Charles Leclerc +11.278 Ferrari |
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| Row 3 | 5. Lando Norris +24.111 McLaren |
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| 6. Daniel Ricciardo +30.959 McLaren |
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| Row 4 | 7. Fernando Alonso +43.527 Alpine |
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| 8. Sebastian Vettel +44.439 Aston Martin |
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| Row 5 | 9. Esteban Ocon +46.652 Alpine |
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| 10. Carlos Sainz Jnr +47.395 Ferrari |
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| Row 6 | 11. Pierre Gasly +47.798 AlphaTauri |
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| 12. George Russell +48.763 Williams |
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| Row 7 | 13. Kimi Raikkonen +50.677 Alfa Romeo |
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| 14. Lance Stroll +52.179 Aston Martin |
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| Row 8 | 15. Antonio Giovinazzi +53.225 Alfa Romeo |
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| 16. Yuki Tsunoda +53.567 AlphaTauri |
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| Row 9 | 17. Nicholas Latifi +55.162 Williams |
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| 18. Mick Schumacher +68.213 Haas |
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| Row 10 | 19. Nikita Mazepin +77.648 Haas |
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| 20. Sergio Perez Red Bull |
Penalties
George Russell – Three-place penalty for causing a collision with Carlos Sainz Jnr
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Prab
17th July 2021, 17:07
Lewis binned it, I think age is starting to show…
Jere (@jerejj)
17th July 2021, 17:10
Just an error, I doubt age-related.
Rodric Ewulf
17th July 2021, 18:45
How could age be impacting Lewis if Fernando is a few years older than him and continues to be the King of Starts? Actually he’s only challanged by Raikkonen for this distinction lately who in his turn is a little older than him! So age cannot be used as an excuse by Mr. Still-I-Whine.
Craig
17th July 2021, 21:40
There’s some weirdly obsessive people who want to feel vindicated in their baseless claim that Hamilton isn’t as good as he clearly is.
Rodric Ewulf
18th July 2021, 17:32
He’s extremely good, no doubt about that, but still overrated at least this season. And even worse, he didn’t properly take the blame after messing things up a couple of times in 2021 when he really should’ve done that. This year he claimed consistency when he hadn’t it, denied to be benefitting from incredible luck, and claimed that Max was being too aggressive as Lewis himself had been just careless. He usually drove fast this season and had moments of brillance, that’s not into question, but his attitude hasn’t been quite there as of a world champion.
ADUB SMALLBLOCK (@waptraveler)
17th July 2021, 19:21
Opinions will be all over the board on this. Personally, while I didn’t “hate” it, I didn’t like it enough to have it agan. Race for the win was over by lap 7. In a race, some chance of strategy to make a difference, more chance of a safety car to make a difference. On the plus side, some very good racing in the midfield.