Lewis Hamilton claims Pole Position at Silverstone for the British GP

This afternoon at Silverstone, Lewis Hamilton claimed his eight Pole Position of the season and also his 46th Pole Position of his career ahead of his team Nico Rosberg and Williams driver Felipe Massa.

During the Q1 session, we saw Nico Hulkenberg, Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen, Pastor Maldonado, Sergio Perez and Daniil Kvyat have their times deleted by the stewards after exceeding track limits at Corpse corner where there is a clampdown on drivers exceeding the limits of the track this weekend.

We then saw drivers once again exceeding the track limits at Corpse Corner in Q2. Kimi Raikkonen, Pastor Maldonado and Marcus Ericsson had their times deleted in Q2 as a result of this and the pressure was on all three of them to complete a lap time before the Q2 session ended.

But it was Lewis Hamilton who claimed Pole Position with a laptime of 1.32.248 ahead of Nico Rosberg who finished in second place 0.113 seconds behind him but was ahead of Williams driver Felipe Massa in third place who was 0.837 seconds behind the Mercedes of Hamilton.

Valtteri Bottas qualified in fourth place ahead of the Ferrari drivers of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel in fifth and sixth places. Daniil Kvyat qualified in seventh place ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr ended the session in eighth place ahead of Nico Hulkenberg in ninth place and Daniel Ricciardo who rounded off the top ten finishers.

Sergio Perez ended the session in eleventh place ahead of Romain Grosjean in twelfth place, Max Verstappen in thirteenth place, Pastor Maldonado in fourteenth place and Marcus Ericsson in fifteenth place.

As we head into the latter stages of the grid, Felipe Nasr qualified in sixteenth place, Fernando Alonso finished in seventeenth place ahead of Jenson Button in eighteenth place and ahead of the two Manor F1 drivers of Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi who finished the session in nineteenth and twentieth places.

The classification of qualifying for the British GP is as follows:-

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1.32.248
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 0.113s
3. Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, 0.837s
4. Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, 0.901s
5. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1.131s
6. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1.299s
7. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull-Renault, 1.388s
8. Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso, 1.401s
9. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, 1.425s
10. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, 1.695s
11. Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes, 1.34.268
12. Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Mercedes, 1.34.430
13. Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 1.34.502
14. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Mercedes, 1.34.511
15. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari, 1.34.868
16. Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, 1.34.888
17. Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda, 1.34.989
18. Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda, 1.35.207
19. Will Stevens, Manor, 1.37.384
20. Roberto Merhi, Manor, 1.39.377

Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laa