What a difference a day makes. In practice on Friday, Max Verstappen was nowhere, his Red Bull car, in his words, “understeering to the moon”. Twenty-four hours later, the four-time world champion had somehow claimed the 44th pole position of his career,

Max Verstappen edged out the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at Silverstone Circuit in the qualifying to secure pole for the British Grand Prix 2025, despite early doubts about Red Bull’s pace at Silverstone.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen timed his final lap perfectly to seize pole position at the British Grand Prix on Saturday with McLaren's Formula One leader Oscar Piastri alongside on the front row.