2015 F1 Round 9 British Grand Prix Qualifying – Hamilton takes pole, Williams secure second row

In qualifying for the British Grand Prix on July 4, Hamilton took pole with a 1:32.248 in Q3, while Rosberg was second on a 1:32.361. Massa and Bottas finished third and fourth to put both Williams cars on the second row.

Räikkönen led Q1, while both Mercedes drivers advanced comfortably using hard tyres alone. Nasr, Alonso, Button, Stevens and Merhi went out in the first segment.

Officials strictly enforced track limits at Copse, deleting several laps for running beyond the circuit boundaries. Vettel, Hülkenberg, Maldonado, Kvyat, Merhi and Verstappen were all affected at various points.

Rosberg was fastest in Q2 with a 1:32.737, followed by Bottas in second and Hamilton in third. Pérez was eleventh, Grosjean twelfth and Verstappen thirteenth, leaving all three outside Q3.

Maldonado and Ericsson also went out in Q2, finishing fourteenth and fifteenth respectively. Räikkönen had earlier lost a lap time for exceeding track limits but advanced in ninth with a valid time.

On the opening Q3 runs, Hamilton set a 1:32.248, followed by Rosberg on a 1:32.361. Neither driver improved on his second attempt, so their opening laps decided the front row.

Massa moved up to third on his final run with a 1:33.085, while Bottas was fourth on a 1:33.149. Räikkönen was fifth and Vettel sixth, followed by Kvyat in seventh and Sainz in eighth.

Hülkenberg was ninth. Ricciardo set a faster time on his final attempt, but it was deleted for exceeding track limits, leaving him tenth on his earlier valid lap.