Qualifying
F1 2025
Round 12

Verstappen takes pole position

gb Silverstone

Max Verstappen secured pole position in qualifying. Yuki Tsunoda took P12, Isack Hadjar P13, and Liam Lawson P16. Due to a 10-place grid penalty for other cars, their grid positions for Sunday’s race will move up one place each.

Verstappen takes pole position
Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen 1
Oracle Red Bull Racing
I’m very happy to be on Pole today. It was unexpected as we had quite a tricky day yesterday, but I’m happy with our performance today. It has been difficult this week and we have tried a few things to fix both the understeer and oversteer we have been experiencing. In Qualifying, everyone was struggling with the wind and with the weather turning, but then we felt a lot more stable towards the end and the balance was better. We ultimately had a lot lower downforce than the others so were quicker on the straight. We really put it together today in Q3 and on that final run. In the first corner I could feel more grip and balance and then this continued into turns six and seven. We were already three tenths up and I really didn’t want to make a mistake going into the final sector! It was also great to find the potential out of the upgrade and this is a great boost for the Team. Tomorrow will be difficult; tyre management is going to be important as the wear has always been tough round here, so we hope we can be competitive and can hopefully give it a good go.

Yuki Tsunoda
Yuki Tsunoda 22
Oracle Red Bull Racing
I did a normal launch into the push lap and had some loss of power. Then I didn’t have the energy I should get until Turn 3 and I lost around one tenth. Elsewhere in the lap I didn’t feel the boost I should have, we could see the loss in the data clearly. It is so annoying having these kinds of issues when it counts. I was confident in the build up to the weekend and the car felt good too, so it’s frustrating. I think Q3 was very much possible without the issue. I was building up a good pace and was extracting performance from the car. I think I made a really good step this weekend with the car, so it is a huge frustration, I just want to have a normal qualifying session. The target now is points and I am in a better position than I have been in previous weeks to do that. I am pretty happy with the set up and the modifications we have made throughout the weekend, so I am feeling optimistic. I had a positive feeling with the long-run pace in FP2 and I know what to do better in the race tomorrow.

Isack Hadjar
Isack Hadjar 6
Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team
It was a disappointing Qualifying. We’ve had a great car all weekend and a good start to the session today, but then I felt that we reached the limit of the car very early, whilst other teams were able to keep finding pace. I felt I was a bit on the edge and therefore unable to find more lap time. We’ve been struggling a bit on a single lap, so looking at tomorrow, I think the long run is going to be difficult, but obviously we’ll give it our all to fight for points as it will be a long race.

Liam Lawson
Liam Lawson 30
Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team
A Q1 exit is really frustrating, especially since we’ve had a fast car all weekend. Unfortunately, the drop in temperature meant we couldn’t get the tyres up to the right temperature, I had no grip starting the lap and it didn’t improve as the lap went on. It’s a shame to throw away a Qualifying session like that. These tyres are very sensitive, but that’s nothing new, and we should have handled it better. Starting from where we are, we’ll need to consider an alternative strategy for tomorrow. Anything can happen, the weather here is unpredictable. We’ll push for a top 10 finish, but it’s going to be a tough race.

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