Daniel Ricciardo seventh on grid for British GP, funny exchange with Max Verstappen

Daniel Ricciardo has secured seventh place on the grid for Sunday's British Grand Prix at Silverstone, with Valtteri Bottas taking pole.

After 21 laps the Australian Renault driver clocked a best time of 1 min 26.182 secs in qualifying three to finish ahead of rookie Britons Lando Norris and Alex Albon, who were eighth and ninth for McLaren and Toro Rosso respectively.

Ricciardo's Renault teammate Nico Hulkenberg will start in 10th place.

Ricciardo had a hilarious exchange with former teammate Max Verstappen after the race, when the pair shared an interview with Sky Sports.

The old Red Bull pair were asked if they missed each other and Ricciardo replied: "Not at all. Never liked him."

Verstappen replied: "I wanted to say a little bit but now I'm like, f--- you."

Ricciardo cracked up, while the interviewer apologised for the F-bomb; "That's because you're Dutch!"

Ricciardo said: "The Dutch let you swear on TV, it's awesome. I love the Dutch!"

Verstappen: "You know how many people swear also in England?"

Verstappen had his arm around Ricciardo, leading the Aussie to tell him: "You smell a little bit."

Verstappen: "Is it? You know how sweaty this becomes right, this blue stuff (Red Bull uniform)? What do you (wear), white?"

Ricciardo: "White. I normally go with a darker but I just felt fresh today. I knew I was going to see you, so I wanted to smell beautiful."

Verstappen: "Well, OK."

After Verstappen was ushered off for another interview, Ricciardo said, "Well, that was weird. Never talked to him in three years!"

Reigning F1 champion Lewis Hamilton was denied pole position by just six thousandths of a second.

Bottas will start from the front despite Briton Hamilton's last-gasp effort to usurp his Mercedes teammate.

Mercedes locked out the front row for Sunday's race with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc third ahead of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen.

Pierre Gasly starts fifth with Sebastian Vettel a disappointing sixth.

Hamilton was bidding to secure his fifth consecutive pole at the circuit, but made a critical error on his first run in the shootout for pole.

Leclerc ran the Mercedes drivers close, finishing one tenth shy of Bottas at the overcast and blustery circuit, but his Ferrari teammate Vettel has struggled here.

The German, already 76 points behind Hamilton in the championship, was seven tenths off the pace.

Teenager Norris will line up from eighth in his maiden home event following another encouraging weekend. His McLaren team-mate Carlos Sainz qualified 13th, three tenths off Norris.

George Russell meanwhile, retained his immaculate record against Robert Kubica, finishing half-a-second clear of his Williams team-mate, albeit 19th of the 20 runners.