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The British GP weekend is next. Will Rosberg continue his momentum and make it four victories out of the last five or will Hamilton manage to rise to the occasion and win on home turf?

Or can someone else claim a surprise win from the jaws of this tedious Mercedes domination??

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Perhaps hope for the future. An end of the Mercedes dominated lift and coast 'fuel economy' style of F1.

More fuel, wider tires, less driver aids, tokens to be squashed?, and finally after so many years a return to wider cars.

[darwin dali]

I'm a bit worried about the last point re. qualifying and race format changes...

[Stephen]

I'm a bit worried about the last point re. qualifying and race format changes...

It'll probably go all America's Next Top Model and there will be a fan vote midway through the race...

Should be an interesting weekend - suspect showers may play a part and with Rosberg on form anything could happen.

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Raikkonen is just too far off the pace to make this a race with Mercedes. Red Bull seems to have improved.

British GP: Nico Rosberg leads practice, Lewis Hamilton only fourth
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119810

PRACTICE TWO TIMES:

Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m34.155s - 34
2 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m34.502s 0.347s 29
3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m34.522s 0.367s 27
4 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m34.621s 0.466s 23
5 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull/Renault 1m35.009s 0.854s 25
6 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m35.153s 0.998s 22
7 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso/Renault 1m35.300s 1.145s 36
8 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m35.387s 1.232s 34
9 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Renault 1m35.866s 1.711s 37
10 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m36.147s 1.992s 33
11 Pastor Maldonado Lotus/Mercedes 1m36.164s 2.009s 32
12 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m36.183s 2.028s 33
13 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m36.351s 2.196s 29
14 Romain Grosjean Lotus/Mercedes 1m36.728s 2.573s 21
15 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m36.731s 2.576s 19
16 Felipe Nasr Sauber/Ferrari 1m36.822s 2.667s 23
17 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m37.196s 3.041s 16
18 Marcus Ericsson Sauber/Ferrari 1m37.327s 3.172s 37
19 Will Stevens Marussia/Ferrari 1m38.279s 4.124s 21
20 Roberto Merhi Marussia/Ferrari 1m39.878s 5.723s 21

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http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/3276 ... ch-set-up/

Hamilton is getting a bit of favoritism from Mercedes as they are going to give him an upgraded clutch set of his own to use at Silverstone while Rosberg remains on the old 2014 clutches. Hamilton says he had better starts on these clutches in the first four races of the season so he is hoping that they give him an advantage over Rosberg this weekend in front of the home crowd.

[darwin dali]

I heard it differently. NR reverted back to 2014 clutches, which he prefers. LH went back to early 2015 clutches, which work better for him.

[stonemonkey]

Claiming favouritism makes it sound like rosberg doesn't have any such option to choose his preferred clutch but I don't see that.

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Qualifying results:

PROVISIONAL STARTING GRID:

Pos Driver Car Time Gap
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m32.248s -
2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m32.361s 0.113s
3 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m33.085s 0.837s
4 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m33.149s 0.901s
5 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m33.379s 1.131s
6 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m33.547s 1.299s
7 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull/Renault 1m33.636s 1.388s
8 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Renault 1m33.649s 1.401s
9 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m33.673s 1.425s
10 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m33.943s 1.695s
11 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m34.268s 2.020s
12 Romain Grosjean Lotus/Mercedes 1m34.430s 2.182s
13 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso/Renault 1m34.502s 2.254s
14 Pastor Maldonado Lotus/Mercedes 1m34.511s 2.263s
15 Marcus Ericsson Sauber/Ferrari 1m34.868s 2.620s
16 Felipe Nasr Sauber/Ferrari 1m34.888s 2.640s
17 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m34.959s 2.711s
18 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m35.207s 2.959s
19 Will Stevens Marussia/Ferrari 1m37.364s 5.116s
20 Roberto Merhi Marussia/Ferrari 1m39.377s 7.129s

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Claiming favouritism makes it sound like rosberg doesn't have any such option to choose his preferred clutch but I don't see that.

Well it seems that it was Rosberg testing in Austria (Hamilton opted out) that found the problem with Hamilton's clutch.

Maybe irony is the better term!

"Hamilton insisted, however, that it is wrong to suggest Rosberg got a better race start in Austria because he is more involved in Mercedes' development programme. Actually, Hamilton said the team discovered a "serious issue" with the new clutch system when Rosberg was doing the test."

[f1boy]

Very well done Lewis. Great drive from a great champion.
3 Silverstone wins and counting.

I thought Hulkenburg was very good today. Force India are improving race by race imo.

Overall I enjoyed the race, but felt a bit sorry for Williams, as in the dry that car was absolutely brilliant today.
What a start.....

Three weeks until Hungary..........usually another great race.
Time now for........

[sagi58]

Even with Ferrari and Williams having moments of brilliance, the outcome is pretty well pre-determined,
thanks to the rules, this year.

Ah, well, it's not like there's much going on around here at 8:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning!

[stonemonkey]

That was a bit more interesting than previous races, shame Williams couldn't keep up the challenge at the end. Thought mercs attempt at the dummy in the pits was a bit silly.

Why is donnington pictured in the OP?

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A beautiful Silverstone aerial view is now in the OP!

[stonemonkey]

It's a beautiful building site