British GP 2023 | Verstappen secures pole position for fifth race in a row
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen secured the pole position at the British Grand Prix 2023. Read the full motorsport news on The Hindu.
Max Verstappen took his fifth pole position in a row at the British Grand Prix on Saturday, with McLaren's home hero Lando Norris joining Red Bull's runaway Formula One leader on the front row.
McLaren's Australian rookie Oscar Piastri qualified third fastest, with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc completing the second row.
Verstappen's teammate and closest title rival Sergio Perez qualified only 16th, the fifth race in a row that the Mexican has failed to reach the top 10 shootout.
Perez is already 81 points behind Verstappen after nine races this season, all won by Red Bull.
Asian Games champion Avinash Sable opened his season in the 3000m steeple chase with a silver in the Portland Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Oregon on Saturday. He clocked 8:21.85s. Asian champion Parul Chaudhary took the bronze in the women’s 3000m steeple chase in a season-best 9:31.38s. Former Asian bronze medallist Sanjivani Jadhav struck gold in the women’s 10,000m in 32:22.77s, a time which was a second off her personal best, while Seema was sixth in 32:55.91s.