Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz scored his first Formula 1 pole position on the occasion of his 150th attempt, surprising all – including himself – in qualifying for the 2022 British Grand Prix at Silverstone today. In tricky conditions, rain constant and the track wet and requiring Pirelli intermediates, Sainz was relatively anonymous, a second shy of the top times in Q1 and Q2 he was relatively nowhere. Until he popped to the top of the timing screens late in Q3 with a solid, neat lap at a crucial time when rain beat down at different parts of the track. Sainz got the window of opportunity to put down a marker at just the right time to end his drought. The Spaniard was delighted...
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