Hamilton qualifies for British qualifying

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton won his sixth pole at the British Formula 1 Grand Prix after an exciting qualifying battle with Sebastian Vettel.

The Mercedes driver clocked a best time of 1: 25.892s to establish a new record track, beating the Ferrari driver by only 0.04s.

Hamilton had claimed provisional pole as the last part of the qualification started, only for Vettel at the 0.06s fastest lap with a 1: 25.936s.

Losing time in the first Vettel fails to improve as Hamilton sneaks up to clear his pole-top.

Kimi Raikkonen is not far from the back of the first two first, placing himself at one tenth of Hamilton. 19659003] The Finn missed a missed opportunity, blocking a wheel on his first lap, before moving to third place on his second attempt.

Valtteri Bottas finished fourth in a final round while a DRS software problem for Daniel Ricciardo will see the Australian start sixth behind the team Max Verstappen

Both Haas drivers qualified for the final qualifying session with Kevin Magnussen ahead of Romain Grosjean

Charles Leclerc was again qualified for Qualifying 3 for Sauber and will be ninth with Esteban Ocon 10th. Qualifying 2 started with a wave of activity as the big hitters traded ownership of the track record.

Hamilton abandoned his opening effort while Bottas took first place with a new time record. 1: 26.413s.

It lasted a few seconds while Vettel was one tenth of a second ahead with 1: 26.372s, only to make Hamilton the last to take first place with 1: 26.256s.

The Mercedes and Ferraris drew close to one tenth of the other, and a half-second behind the two Red Bulls who, in turn, had a half-second advance over the rest of the pack.

tires that forced him to run an extra lap, Hamilton chose to run again

The Mercedes driver stopped the round, while Bottas completed a second run without improving his previous attempt.

Red Bull chose to spend the last moments, thinking that Ricciardo and Verstappen were safe with their Nick Hulkenberg, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso, Gasly and Marcus Ericsson.

Lance Stroll was found unsuccessful at the beginning of the qualifying session in three parts. The first part of the qualification, the Canadian losing the back while he becomes Brooklands

The Williams stop at the edge of the barriers, although he ends his session early.

There were more nervous moments for Williams when Sergey Sirotkin was deceived in Stowe, finding himself caught in the gravel just off the fence.

Unlike his teammate, Sirotkin was able to dig and return to the pits to continue in the session, eventually being eliminated in the end. Q ualifying 1.

Stroll's early exit meant that only 18 riders were preparing for a qualifying lap for the race, with Brendon Hartley having missed the session following his Practice 3 accident.

Toro Rosso had gone through a period Busy was forced to replace the suspension on Pierre Gasly's car at the insistence of the FIA.

Carlos Sainz was the surprise victim at the end of Qualifying 1, the Renault driver eliminated from the first qualifying round for the first time in 2018

McLaren also lost a car, Stoffel Vandoorne was scooped as his teammate Fernando Alonso made the cut in 11th place, although Alonso fell to the 13th in the final report.

This is the fourth consecutive position of Hamilton at Silverstone, will see the British Grand Prix start Sunday at 2310 AEST

Result: British Formula 1 Grand Prix Qualifier