2024 British Grand Prix qualifying report and highlights: George Russell beats Lewis Hamilton to pole at Silverstone as Lando Norris completes all-British top three | Formula 1®

Q2 – Norris leads the way and Leclerc gets pushed out

It was again a busy start as the lights went green for Q2, with Albon leading a queue of cars out onto the track. With race control confirming that normal grip conditions were at play – and that DRS was enabled – everybody was out on the soft tyre for their opening laps.

Norris found himself on top with his effort of 1m 27.432s amid the first runs, before being displaced by the Aston Martin of Alonso. The Williams pair were also catching the eye, with Albon and Sargeant both at stages featuring in the top 10.

Sainz had taken over the P1 slot as the segment reached its halfway point, but the order continued to change as the minutes ticked down, with Piastri going quickest before Hulkenberg impressively became the fastest driver amid a drying track.

As the session entered into its final minutes, Stroll, Leclerc, Zhou, Tsunoda and Ricciardo were the names at risk, just as Norris, Russell and Hamilton again set an all-British top three. Verstappen, meanwhile, was in danger in P10, resulting in the Red Bull man heading out for another lap.

While the order changed further as the last flying laps went on the board, Norris remained on top while Verstappen hauled himself up into P6. And as Stroll sneaked through into P10, this pushed the Ferrari of Leclerc out, leaving him in P11.

Sargeant also failed to progress to Q3 but still managed a decent P12, ahead of Tsunoda in P13, Zhou in P14 and Ricciardo rounding out the eliminated drivers in P15.

Knocked out: Leclerc, Sargeant, Tsunoda, Zhou, Ricciardo