Kimi Antonelli earned his fifth pole position of the season, recording the fastest time Saturday in qualifying for Sunday’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England.

After setting the provisional pole time, the 19-year-old Mercedes driver landed the top spot with a time of 1 minute, 28.111 seconds around the 5.891-kilometer circuit.

Antonelli questioned why he was first on the track to complete qualifying but brushed off what he considered a slight disadvantage.

“I was a bit stressed because I never really like going first for the last run,” Antonelli said. “But yeah, the last lap was very tidy, I have to be honest. It all came together. It was very tricky with the wind because it was very gusty and unpredictable. But yeah, we built our way through qualifying, and to bring home pole is very satisfying.”

Ferrari landed the second and third spots behind Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, respectively, while Antonelli’s Mercedes teammate George Russell was fourth. Isack Hadjar of Red Bull was fifth, Lando Norris of McLaren was sixth and Max Verstappen of Red Bull was seventh.

Norris won last year’s British Grand Prix.

Antonelli also was on the pole at the Chinese Grand Prix, Japanese Grand Prix, Miami Grand Prix and Monaco Grand Prix. The Italy native has won five times in his breakout season and leads the drivers’ championship standings by 43 points over Russell.

–Field Level Media

Veronica Burton scored 21 points on Saturday afternoon to help lift the visiting Golden State Valkyries to an 88-83 victory over the reeling Atlanta Dream in College Park, Ga.

Gabby Williams added 19 points and Janelle Salaun had 14 for Golden State (14-7), which won its fourth straight game and its third over Atlanta in the last 10 days.

Allisha Gray’s 22 points led Atlanta (12-9), while Rhyne Howard scored 19 and Angel Reese posted a 17-point, 13-rebound double-double. Reserve Madina Okot chipped in 11 points for the Dream, who dropped their fifth consecutive game.

Gray scored half of her points from the free throw line, hitting 11-of-16, but only converted 5-of-17 shots from the field.

Facing a seven-point halftime deficit, Atlanta began the third quarter on a 7-0 run, evening the score at 42 apiece on Reese’s layup. After Williams’ 3-pointer put Golden State ahead by three, Howard’s triple and Jordin Canada’s layup gave the Dream their first lead of the second half at 47-45.

Williams made consecutive 3-pointers to put the visitors ahead 55-52, before Okot scored seven straight to return the lead to Atlanta. The Dream led 59-57 after three quarters.

With just over four minutes remaining, Burton’s layup gave the Valkyries a 74-72 advantage. Reese then scored five in a row to give Atlanta a three-point edge with 3:16 remaining.

But Williams’ three-point play was followed by a Burton layup and Kaila Charles added a triple to stamp the critical 8-0 Golden State run. The Valkyries led 82-77 with 64 seconds remaining.

After Howard’s three-point play sliced the deficit to two, Williams’ mid-range floater doubled the margin with 37.7 seconds left. Burton’s steal and ensuing free throws gave the Valkyries a six-point lead with 20.2 seconds remaining.

But the Dream would not go down quietly. Howard’s fourth 3-pointer pulled the hosts to within three. After Charles’ turnover, Howard missed a potentially game-tying triple with 9.1 seconds left. Charles then drilled a pair of game-sealing free throws.

Golden State jumped out to an early 12-2 lead on Cecilia Zandalasini’s three-point play. Atlanta answered with an 11-0 run to grab its first lead.

Okot’s layup beat the first-quarter buzzer to give the Dream a 22-19 edge entering the second.

The Valkyries outscored Atlanta 23-13 in the second quarter. Salaun finished the first half with a personal 6-0 spurt to help Golden State take a 42-35 halftime lead. Salaun’s 11 first-half half points all scorers, while Reese’s nine led the Dream.

Atlanta misfired on 40-of-66 field goal attempts (39.4%), 18-of-26 shots from 3-point range (30.8%) and 10-of-33 (69.7%) from the free throw line.

–Field Level Media

The Cincinnati Reds activated right-hander Hunter Greene from the injured list in advance of his season debut Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles.

In corresponding moves, the Reds optioned right-hander Chase Petty to Triple-A Louisville, while outfielder Will Benson was designated for assignment.

Greene, 26, has been on the injured list since the end of March when he had surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow.

When healthy, Greene has been one of the National League’s best pitchers over the last two seasons, posting a 16-9 record with a 2.76 ERA over 258 innings with 301 strikeouts. However, he made only 45 starts as he lost time to a groin strain and elbow injuries.

Greene made two starts for Triple-A Louisville to prepare for his return. In his last start, he threw 6 1/3 innings in a 3-0 win, retiring the last 16 batters he faced while throwing 82 pitches.

Petty, 23, is 1-1 with a 4.37 ERA in 10 appearances (two starts) for the Reds this season.

Benson, 28, batted .188 with three home runs and six RBIs in 51 games for Cincinnati this season. In five seasons with the Cleveland Guardians (2022-23) and Reds, he is a career .221 hitter with 40 home runs and 124 RBIs in 405 games.

–Field Level Media