Hamilton takes pole at British Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's British Grand Prix in pole position after finishing Saturday's final qualifying round ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.
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The 31-year-old Briton had his first run deleted because he ran off the track.
But he completed another in one minute and 29.287 seconds. That lifted him clear of his stable mate by three-tenths of a second.
They will start on the front row a week after their last-lap crash in Austria.
Hamilton won that race but Rosberg fell to fourth and the duo's antic led to a reprimand from team bosses Toto Wolff and Paddy Lowe.
“Our drivers remain free to race for the world championship,” read a statement from the Wolff and Lowe.
“We believe this is the essence of Formula One, including between team mates. As passionate racers, we want to see them racing, and so do the fans of Formula One.
“However, this freedom comes with a duty for our drivers to respect the values of the team.
"In the past five races, there have been three incidents which have cost us over 50 points in the constructors’ championship.
"We have therefore strengthened our rules of engagement to include much greater deterrents to contact between our cars.
“With these in place, we will trust our drivers to manage the situation between them on track. Their destiny is in their own hands.
“The drivers were also reminded that we may issue instructions during the race to protect against a potential loss of constructors’ points, such as we did at this year’s Monaco GP when Nico was instructed to let Lewis pass.
“If the drivers do not honour the revised rules of engagement, we may impose team orders as a solution of last resort.”
Robserg is 11 points ahead of Hamilton in the drivers' championship after nine of the season's 21 races.
On Sunday at Silverstone Dutch teenager Max Verstappen will start in third place.
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