Lewis Hamilton qualified on pole position for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone as he delivered a track record time.

Hamilton secured the 91st pole of his career and is the favourite to win Sunday’s race in the coronavirus affected 2020 season.

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Mercedes asserted their dominance at the Northampton circuit as Valtteri Bottas was second but was 0.313 slower than the British driver’s time of 1:24.303

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen finished third, but the Dutchman was a full second behind Hamilton. Charles Leclerc was even further back in fourth for Ferrari.

After finishing on pole, Hamilton said: ”Obviously there’s a relatively big gap between us and third place, but it doesn’t matter at the end of the day – Valtteri (Bottas) is pushing me right to the limit. He’s been doing such a fantastic job all weekend.

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“I made some changes going into qualifying and it was worse, it was a real struggle out there. This track is awesome because with a gust of wind, you have a tailwind and headwind and crosswind across the circuit so it’s like juggling balls like you’re on a moving plate, at high speed!

“Obviously we had that spin. Qualifying is a lot about confidence building and man, I was already down and down in the first sector every lap. I don’t know how, but some deep breaths manage to compose myself. Q3 still wasn’t perfect but still a really clean lap, and the second one even better. It never gets old that’s for sure.”

Source: TalkSport.com Motorsport