Lewis Hamilton Leads British Grand Prix F1 Sprint Race

Lewis Hamilton (Twitter @LewisHamilton)

JAKARTA - This weekend, the Formula 1 land jet racing event enters its tenth series this year, the British GP F1. This series is also the debut for the new system, namely the sprint race.

Lewis Hamilton became the fastest in the British GP F1 qualifying, which makes him will start at the forefront of the sprint race which will be held for the first time in Formula 1.

In the first qualifying session which was held on Saturday, July 17, Max Verstappen (Red Bull) succeeded in becoming the fastest followed by Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes).

Meanwhile, the Haas duo, Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin, were immediately eliminated along with Kimi Raikkonen, Yuki Tsunoda, and Nicholas Latifi for occupying the bottom 5 positions.

The grid for Saturday's #F1Sprint @LewisHamilton will start from P1! #BritishGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/hEfaLWWkYZ

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In the second session (Q2), the situation was reversed with Lewis Hamilton being the fastest followed by Max Verstappen. Meanwhile, George Russell (Williams) made a surprise by qualifying for Q3 after being in seventh place.

Meanwhile, the third position is occupied by Lewis Hamilton's teammate at Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas. The fourth and fifth positions are occupied by Charles Lecrec (Ferrari) and Sergio Perez who are Verstappen's teammates.

With this result, Lewis Hamilton will be the driver who starts at the forefront of the British GP F1 sprint race on Sunday, July 18, which is also the first sprint race in the F1 event.