Carlos Sainz achieves in Silverstone his maiden Formula 1 pole

Saturday, 2 July 2022
-    Free Practice 3: P6, 1:28.689, 21 laps
-    Qualifying: P1, 1:40.984, 26 laps

• Carlos made history this Saturday in Silverstone as he set his maiden pole position as a Formula 1 driver. He is the second Spanish driver in history to do so.The entire
• Qualifying session was compromised by the rain, which appeared a few minutes before the start of Q1.
• Carlos followed the same strategy throughout the session, leaving early the pits on Intermediate tyres and then staying always out on track to capitalize the progress of the track.
• He made it safely through Q1 (1:40.190) and Q2 (1:40.983), and then finished the job in Q3 clinching pole position on his very last attempt (1:40.983).
• And so Carlos achieved his maiden pole position in the very same circuit where nine years ago he drove a Formula 1 car for the very first time.

QUOTES:
"I’m extremely happy today! Securing my first pole at Silverstone in the wet is something special that I will never forget. The whole qualifyng was very tricky, and every lap was a new adventure because of the conditions of the track. Finding grip and traction was a huge challenge and every lap you had to adapt. In the very last attempt I went for it and managed to put a good lap together that gave us pole".

"The confidence for tomorrow is high and hopefully we can bring our good pace of Friday on to the race. It will be a very tight battle with our competitors, but I’m ready for it and I’m sure we can put together a strong race and fight for the win. Let’s race".

COMING UP:
Sunday, 3 July 2022
-    Race: 15:00 local time (16:00 CEST)