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Lewis Hamilton claimed a 91st career pole position ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas as Me♎rcedes secured a record 66th front row lock-out.

Max Verstappen lines up third ahead of Charleꦍs Leclerc and the second highest Brit - Lando Norris.

Lance Stroll, Carlos Sainz,🐎 Daniel Ricciardo, Esteban Ocon and Sebastian Vettel round out the top ten.

Preview

After a gruelling triple header and a brief bre﷽ak, Formula 1 is back this weekend for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Silverstone plays host t🌸o this weekend’s British Grand Prix as well as next weekend’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix - also at Silverstone.

Going into this weekend, Hamilton le🔯ads the drivers’ championship by five points ahead of Mercedes team-mate Bottas.

Bottas seized the i💃nitiative having won the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix, but Hamilton bounced back in Styria and Hungary to take back the championship lea🧸d.

Silverstone will certainly play into the strengths of the Mercedes car with the German team looking like it could win every race this season ꧙due to how dominant🃏 it looked at both the Red Bull Ring and the Hungaroring.

The big news on Thursday was that Sergio Perez had been diagnosed with C🅘oronavirus and thus has been ruled out of racing this weekend🐠.

Former Renault and Force India d🌱river Nico Hulkenberg has replaced the Mexican. 

What happened last time out?

A wet start allowed Hamilton to show his prowess in those conditions and quickly 𓆉established a comfortable lead over the rest of the 🐠field - allowing him to take yet another win at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

After his shunt on his way to the grid, Max Verstappen recovered well to finish second ahead of Bottas - who was fortunate to get away with a false sဣtart. 

Lance Stroll performed solidly on his way to fourth ahead of Alexander Alꦑbon and Sebastian Vettel.

Perez, Daniel Ricciardo, Carlos Sainz and Kevin Magnussen rounded ou🐻t the points-paying positions - with the Dane losing ninth having picked up a five-second time penalty after Haas was deemed to have used ‘driver aids’ on the formation lap.

What to expect this weekend?

The high-speed nature of Silverstone is expected to play iꦯnto Mercedes’ hands.

Hot, drꦑy🤪 conditions are expected across the weekend.

Racing P😼oint will be hoping to challenge Red Bull for the podium given the advantage it has - as well as💃 Mercedes on the power unit side.

Pirelli has nominated the C1, C2 and C3 compounds fo♚r this race weeken𓆏d.