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Right. I need to congratulate a few other performances there.
Max Verstappen, you little Dutch dynamo you - P3? Nice.
Carlos Sainz in P9 and Fernando Alonso P10.
Summary
Hamilton on pole, Rosberg 2nd, Verstappen 3rd
Hamilton had first provisional pole time deleted
Fourth pole of Hamilton's career - equalling Stirling Moss
Vettel handed five-place grid penalty after gearbox change
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'Sensational'published at 14:09 British Summer Time 9 July 2016
Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda talking about Lewis Hamilton on Sky Sports says: "You have to stay on the track, but then the last lap was sensational.
"Lewis in Silverstone with the crowd behind him, it gives him an extra one tenth."
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It was all about the first and third sectors for Lewis Hamilton on that final run.
He ended up 0.310 seconds quicker than his team-mate.
Hamilton on polepublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 9 July 2016
Image source, .We seem to be in a parallel universe.
Nico Rosberg graciously shakes the hand of team-mate - and the man who he collided with six days ago - to congratulate him on his pole.
Fifth and sixth for Ferraripublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 9 July 2016
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 9 July 2016
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Michael Gott: Float like a butterfly sting like a bee. Hammer time. Congrats Lewis.
Rachel T: LEWIS LEWIS LEWIS LEWIS LEWIS!!!! BRILLIANT!!
Q3 resultpublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 9 July 2016
Here's the full top 10:
Hamilton
Rosberg
Verstappen
Ricciardo
Raikkonen
Vettel
Bottas
Hulkenberg
Sainz
Alonso
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Lewis Hamilton leaps on to the top of his Mercedes and clenches his fist. The whoops and cheers of Silverstone greet him as he jogs into the weighing room.
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"Awesome job Lewis," comes the message on the radio.
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Hamilton on polepublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 9 July 2016
Can Rosberg do it?
No! It's a messy lap and it's nowhere near Hamilton.
Lewis Hamilton will be on pole for the British Grand Prix.
Chequered flagpublished at 14:00 British Summer Time 9 July 2016
Rosberg has one chance to pip his team-mate.
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Silverstone goes nuts. You know why. It's Hammertime!
A 1:29.2 - he's on provisional pole.
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Middle sector - slower than Rosberg.
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Fastest first sector of the session from Hamilton.
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It's a ROS, VES, RIC, RAI, VET, BOT, SAI, HUL, ALO, HAM as it stands.
Hamilton starts his flying lap. Silverstone is behind him, you can hear the cheers.
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Unsurprisingly, Hamilton is the first back on track. How many goes will he have at this? Possibly two flying laps.
Rosberg is still biding his time.
'The cars do get blown about'published at 13:56 British Summer Time 9 July 2016
Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analystHamilton has five minutes to go, so he will have one lap. It is very windy and these cars are light so they do get blown about a bit.
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So, everyone's back in the pits ready for a final tilt. It's shoot-out time. Can Hamilton rescue this, or is it Rosberg's day?