Red Bull's Max Verstappen has taken out Formula One's inaugural sprint race at Silverstone, and claimed pole position for the British Grand Prix

Verstappen passed seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton - who started from first - before the opening Abbey bend.

The win also earned the Dutchman three championship points, increasing his series lead over Hamilton to 33.

It marked the first time the trial qualifying format had been used in F1 with the Sprint race setting up the grand prix starting grid and awarding points to the first three drivers.

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