Max Verstappen took pole position for the British Grand Prix and made Formula One history by winning the sport's first sprint race to stretch his lead over Lewis Hamilton to 33 points.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton will start alongside his Dutch rival in Monday's (NZ time) grand prix after finishing second for Mercedes in a 17-lap qualifying race that lasted just over half an hour.
The winner took three points, with two for the runner-up and one for third place.
Hamilton's team mate Valtteri Bottas finished third in a race aimed at providing more thrills over the three days of track action and potentially shaking up the starting grid.
The top three were taken by truck for a parade lap around the circuit instead of the usual post-race podium celebrations, with no champagne spraying but the winner garlanded with an old-style laurel wreath.
The pole was a fourth in a row for Verstappen, who will be chasing his sixth win of the season and fourth in succession on Monday.
Hamilton had qualified at the front of the grid on Friday, with Verstappen alongside, but lost out at the start and it was immediately game over.
The Red Bull, despite flames flickering from the front brakes, proved too quick for the Mercedes to catch with a 1.430 second gap at the finish.
The big casualty of the new format was Verstappen's Mexican team mate Sergio Perez, who spun off across the gravel on lap six and was then told by the team to retire the car before the finish.
Reuters
