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Tom Rostance
Jul 5, 2026, 07:00 AM ET
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Title leader Kimi Antonelli will start the British Grand Prix from pole position as he aims to take his sixth victory of the season, and you can follow it all live right here, with ESPN.
The Italian youngster stormed to pole and crossed the line 0.175 seconds ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.
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The standings
- Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) -- 179 points
- George Russell (Mercedes) -- 136
- Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) -- 132
- Lando Norris (McLaren) -- 85
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) -- 83
- Oscar Piastri (McLaren) -- 82
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Championship leader Kimi Antonelli has already had a fine weekend, winning the sprint race on Saturday and putting his Mercedes on pole position.
Can he be stopped?
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Home win at the 'home' of F1?
It's that time of year again -- the British Grand Prix at Silverstone!
With three British drivers in the top four of the standings hopes are high of a home win among the mega crowd descending on Northamptonshire. But is the young Italian up front about to clear off and head for the flag ..?
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Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton had to settle for third after qualifying in pole for the sprint race on Friday.
Hamilton said afterwards: "We just didn't have the pace of the Mercedes but we are slowly closing the gap and to have both cars up here is good for the team.
"To have both of us here, hopefully we can play with the strategy and work as a team."
Antonelli now holds a 43 point lead over his teammate George Russell in the drivers' standings after he took victory in the sprint race on Saturday.
Russell crossed the line in fourth and was 0.370 seconds slower than Antonelli.
He said after on the team radio: "That was very weird. I've never locked up there in my whole career."
Red Bull's Isack Hadjar beat his teammate Max Verstappen to take fifth place, while McLaren's Lando Norris finished sixth.
Verstappen was behind in seventh and Oscar Piastri rounded out the top eight.
"I was a bit stressed because I never really like going first for the last run but the last lap was very tidy. It came all together," Antonelli said.
"It was very tricky with the winds because it was very gusty, unpredictable, and to build the car to pole was very satisfying."
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