Motor racing-Sainz takes his first F1 pole at soggy Silverstone

Formula One F1 - British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain - July 2, 2022 Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr. during practice REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) - Ferrari's Carlos Sainz took the first pole position of his Formula One career in a wet qualifying for the British Grand Prix on Saturday, with Red Bull's championship leader Max Verstappen alongside him on the front row.

The Spaniard set a fastest time of one minute 40.983 seconds, with team mate Charles Leclerc qualifying third. Britain's seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton will start in fifth place for Mercedes on Sunday.

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Clare Fallon)