Hamilton storms to Silverstone Sprint pole in 'amazing surprise'

Lewis Hamilton has made a storming start to the British Grand Prix weekend by claiming pole position for Saturday's Sprint at Silverstone.

On a weekend he will go in search of a landmark 10th victory at his home race in Sunday's main Grand Prix, Hamilton made the perfect start on Friday by topping practice and then all three segments of Sprint Qualifying to pip Mercedes' title-leading Kimi Antonelli to pole by 0.011s.