Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton was almost knocked out of Q1 during the British Grand Prix. Hamilton didn't end up doing a final lap to close out the session, and drivers below him were improving sector by sector. In the end, he finished in P14 after Q1, just sneaking through and avoiding a disastrous result.

Lewis Hamilton insists his Ferrari team are “making progress” despite missing out on pole position at the British Grand Prix. Hamilton, who was in the running for pole in his first Silverstone weekend as a Ferrari driver, made an error in the final corner of his final lap in qualifying and ultimately finished fifth-fastest.

So when Norris swung through Abbey with the lead as the British fans roared, it felt like a breath of fresh air in a season that, thanks to Verstappen’s dominance, had started to feel a little suffocating. Of course, it lasted just four minutes before Verstappen retook the narrative, the lead and the win.