// McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will start Monday mornings (AEST) British Grand Prix from second and third after stunning in qualifying overnight. The parochial Silverstone crowd erupted when Norris crossed the line to go fastest at the end of the third and final qualifying session, before the time was eclipsed by Max Verstappen, the crowd again erupting — but this time in exasperation. Piastri was next across the line to go third. READ MORE: Eddie fumes at 'smart arse' journo after ugly loss READ MORE: Gripping England chase begins after Head brilliance READ MORE: 'Disaster': Wallabies bullied by second string Boks "What a qualifying session," Piastri told 2009 World Champion Jenson Button in parc ferme. "We were almost out in Q1, and then the car was a rocket ship in Q2 and Q3 and I feel like a put a pretty good lap together. "Massive result for the team, to consistently have both of us up here is a mega result, and now we've just gotta try and stay there for tomorrow." After a terrible start to the season, McLaren rolled out the first of a massive three-part upgrade last time out in Austria, but only for Norris. In Silverstone, both Norris and Piastri have the second part of the upgrades, and they've immediately paid dividends. "I think yesterday we had a bit of a rough day. We were a bit quicker than what we looked (but) struggled to get the car in the right window. "We did a better job of that today and in these conditions here today, we do really well in them all the time. "To pull that off in Q3 like that is a mega result and obviously both of us have now got the new bits on the car and they're working very well. "Can't thank the team enough for continuing to push from where we were at the start of the season, to where we are now, it's a massive step in the right direction." For Verstappen, it's his fifth pole of the season, and Red Bull's ninth from 10 races. Verstappen made contact with the pit wall and broke his front wing while leaving his garage during a red-flag stoppage in the first part of qualifying. “I just understeered and it just didn’t grip,” he told the team over the radio. Red Bull replaced the wing and checked there was no other damage before Verstappen continued, but he was at the back of a line of cars and worked his way through the field to set up for a fast lap, going side-by-side with old rival Lewis Hamilton on the way. Pérez qualified 16th, out of the top 10 for the fifth race in a row and the sixth time this season. He was moved up one place when 15th-placed Valtteri Bottas was disqualified because his car didn't have enough fuel to provide a sample for analysis. The Alfa Romeo driver is set to start last. Pérez lost out in a frantic end to the first part of qualifying as drivers had three minutes to set times on a drying and increasingly faster track after an earlier red flag for Kevin Magnussen’s Haas breaking down. Perez set what at first seemed a competitive time but it was then surpassed by almost all of the other drivers before the first session was ended by Bottas stopping on the track. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were fourth and fifth, respectively, followed by the two Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. Seven-time champion Hamilton, who has won the British GP a record eight times, survived a dramatic spin into the gravel early in qualifying to carry on. Alexander Albon was eighth for Williams, Fernando Alonso ninth for Aston Martin, and Pierre Gasly 10th for Alpine. Security is tight for Sunday's race as organizers and local police aim to deter a repeat of the protest last year which saw environmental activists gain access to the track. For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here! McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will start Monday mornings (AEST) British Grand Prix from second and third after stunning in qualifying overnight. The parochial Silverstone crowd erupted when Norris crossed the line to go fastest at the end of the third and final qualifying session, before the time was eclipsed by Max Verstappen, the crowd again erupting — but this time in exasperation. Piastri was next across the line to go third. READ MORE: Eddie fumes at 'smart arse' journo after ugly loss READ MORE: Gripping England chase begins after Head brilliance READ MORE: 'Disaster': Wallabies bullied by second string Boks "What a qualifying session," Piastri told 2009 World Champion Jenson Button in parc ferme. "We were almost out in Q1, and then the car was a rocket ship in Q2 and Q3 and I feel like a put a pretty good lap together. "Massive result for the team, to consistently have both of us up here is a mega result, and now we've just gotta try and stay there for tomorrow." After a terrible start to the season, McLaren rolled out the first of a massive three-part upgrade last time out in Austria, but only for Norris. In Silverstone, both Norris and Piastri have the second part of the upgrades, and they've immediately paid dividends. "I think yesterday we had a bit of a rough day. We were a bit quicker than what we looked (but) struggled to get the car in the right window. "We did a better job of that today and in these conditions here today, we do really well in them all the time. "To pull that off in Q3 like that is a mega result and obviously both of us have now got the new bits on the car and they're working very well. "Can't thank the team enough for continuing to push from where we were at the start of the season, to where we are now, it's a massive step in the right direction." For Verstappen, it's his fifth pole of the season, and Red Bull's ninth from 10 races. Verstappen made contact with the pit wall and broke his front wing while leaving his garage during a red-flag stoppage in the first part of qualifying. “I just understeered and it just didn’t grip,” he told the team over the radio. Red Bull replaced the wing and checked there was no other damage before Verstappen continued, but he was at the back of a line of cars and worked his way through the field to set up for a fast lap, going side-by-side with old rival Lewis Hamilton on the way. Pérez qualified 16th, out of the top 10 for the fifth race in a row and the sixth time this season. He was moved up one place when 15th-placed Valtteri Bottas was disqualified because his car didn't have enough fuel to provide a sample for analysis. The Alfa Romeo driver is set to start last. Pérez lost out in a frantic end to the first part of qualifying as drivers had three minutes to set times on a drying and increasingly faster track after an earlier red flag for Kevin Magnussen’s Haas breaking down. Perez set what at first seemed a competitive time but it was then surpassed by almost all of the other drivers before the first session was ended by Bottas stopping on the track. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were fourth and fifth, respectively, followed by the two Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. Seven-time champion Hamilton, who has won the British GP a record eight times, survived a dramatic spin into the gravel early in qualifying to carry on. Alexander Albon was eighth for Williams, Fernando Alonso ninth for Aston Martin, and Pierre Gasly 10th for Alpine. Security is tight for Sunday's race as organizers and local police aim to deter a repeat of the protest last year which saw environmental activists gain access to the track. 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