British Grand Prix qualifying live

Summary

Bottas on pole, Hamilton 2nd, Leclerc 3rd, Vettel 6th
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Niamh Lewis

'Best grand prix of the whole year 'published at 15:13 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Lewis Hamilton, one of the fans favourites at Silverstone says: "Firstly congratulations to Valtteri he did a great job in qualifying, and I wasn’t good enough.
"It got a bit away from us, I sacrificed a lap in Q2 which would’ve helped us, and the second lap in Q3 just wasn’t that good. It’s a long race tomorrow and we’ve got a great crowd here so we’ll see what we can do.
"It’s the best grand prix of the whole year and that is because of the energy the people bring, and the tracks are brilliantly designed, but it’s the people that make this the best."
'It reminds you why you do this'published at 15:09 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Lewis Hamilton shakes his team-mate Valtteri Bottas' hand.
The Finnish pole sitter says: "It was very good again, it reminds you why you do this. It's been pretty close all weekend and today with Lewis - it's good to get a good lap and get pole.
"I knew the first lap was good but it wasn't perfect and honestly I should've improved in the second run and I'm glad it was enough - its not easy to get a lap together."
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A message to Valtteripublished at 15:03 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
"So that's pole position Valtteri - well done!"
VB: "YESSSS!!!"
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Radio message - Leclercpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
"I did quite a big mistake in the last corner. I tried something"
Valtteri Bottas takes pole positionpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Valtteri Bottas takes pole position by the skin of his teeth - 0.006 ahead of Lewis Hamilton in second.
It's another Mercedes front row lock-out.
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Postpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Leclerc goes purple in the first sector but remains in third.
Postpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Is Leclerc going to get pole position? Hamilton can't improve.
Last efforts... this is it!published at 15:00 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Postpublished at 14:59 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Daniel Ricciardo is hammering Nico Hulkenberg 8-1 in qualifying.
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Less than two minutes to gopublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
It's gone quiet at Red Bull, and Ferrari!
Postpublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Lando Norris improves by one position to split up the Renaults, while Alex Albon remains in 10th.
Postpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Bottas is currently top with a 1:25.093 and Hamilton is 0.252 behind.
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Get Involvedpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
#bbcf1
Josh Earl: it's hammer time! Another big lap required to take pole from Bottas. Come on Lewis!
Jeroen: Meanwhile, Ferrari is once again messing up a perfectly fine strategy on mediums. The baboon is back...
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Hamilton a qualifying threatpublished at 14:55 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
Hamilton is a big threat always at qualifying and always at Silverstone but he made a mistake in the first sector, and there's a huge amount of pressure on his shoulders now.There's union jacks everywhere...
Postpublished at 14:54 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Q2
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
Hamilton second, has a quarter of a second behind Bottas and he has a heap of time to find.
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Postpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Q2
Soft tyres at the ready... where have Ferrari gone?
Postpublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Q3
Here we have Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull, Renault, as well as Lando Norris and Alex Albon in the last round of qualifying.
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Final qualifying startspublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
This is it - pole position shoot out - let's have it!
The most successful British driverspublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Out of 163 British drivers, 146 have started a Grand Prix in 70 years, and every single one of them was male.
These are the British drivers with the most victories.
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(13 for Coulthard)
Lewis Hamilton aiming for sixth British Grand Prix victorypublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 13 July 2019
Hamilton is hoping for his sixth Silverstone victory tomorrow, he's currently tied with Jim Clark, and Alain Prost on five.
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