The Ferrari driver snatched pole away from Max Verstappen in tre𓄧acherous conditions at a sodden Silverstone with a stunning lap to top qualifying for the first time in his F1 career. 

Verstappen 🔥had looked the favourite for pole after setting the ꦜpace in the opening two sessions of qualifying before Sainz pipped him by just 0.072s at the end of Q3.

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Sainz sounde📖d shocked when he was informed of his pole, saying over team radio: “No way! Holy s***! I didn't expect that one. I felt terrible out there! ♋How did I do P1?”

His race engineer responded: “You kept it together, like a smooth 🧔operator.”

Speaking after qualifying, Sainz said his Q3 laps did ꦰnot feel “amazing” and described his maiden pole as an “emotional” moment for him. 

“Honestly I had no idea where I was going to quali🉐fy because the conditions were so changeable that I didn’t even know what was the lap time to beat in 🍎Q3,” Sainz explained. 

“I didn’t know what lap time I had to do on that lap to go pole. It didn’t feel am🤪azing because I did a small mistake in Turn 3 which threw me out of line into Turn 4. Then I remember going through the high speed and thinking ‘maybe I sho🍸uld’ve pushed a bit more’. 

“Then running out of battery into 15 and 16, I said ‘I have the lap on the board, through the corners it’s not bad but missing the battery🐲 and everything in the last straights, I w🐓as convinced that it was not going to be enough. 

“But then it turned out to be🌟 enough and I was pre♒tty happy to hear that. That’s what I meant with the lap wasn’t perfect, because of these couple of things. 

“In the end, in these conditions a l✅ot of the times it’s about putting it together, putting a decent lap on the board, not the most optimal🧔, perfect lap of your life.”

And Sainz said he is looking forward to head the F1 grid for the first time🔯 in his career on Sunday. 

“[I feel] good, the formation lap will feel great in the Ferrari,” he added. “It’s the first time I will do it [in F1]. I think I haven’🉐t forgot since I led a formation lap in World Series by Renault. 

“I think I’ve led a couple ofౠ races 𒆙in F1, I think it was Portimao and it felt great. That’s the target, to do it again.” 

Leclerc ‘disappointed’ with third 

Sainz’s Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc ended up third and three-tenths down after a costly spin on his fin🐻al 🐻lap of Q3. 

"I am disappointed but happy for Carlos,” he said. “ꦫI knew the last lap was when I had to put everything together - but I didn’t. So I don’t deserve pole.

“P3 is still a goo꧅d position and hopefully, if I put everything together, I c💖an come back. The pace is there. If we have a clean race, it should go well.

“Tyre management? The strategꦺy is mixed between one and two stops. Hopefully we make the right c🍨hoice.”