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Formula 1

Sainz takes his first F1 pole at soggy Silverstone

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epa10047848 Spanish Formula One driver Carlos Sainz of Scuderia Ferrari in action during the qualifying session of the Formula One Grand Prix of Britain at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain, 02 July 2022. The British Formula One Grand Prix will take place on 03 July 2022. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNA

SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz took the first pole position of his Formula One career in a wet qualifying for the British Grand Prix on Saturday, with Red Bull’s championship leader Max Verstappen alongside him on the front row.

The Spaniard set a fastest time of one minute 40.983 seconds, with team mate Charles Leclerc qualifying third. Britain’s seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton will start in fifth place for Mercedes on Sunday. 

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Clare Fallon)

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