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Lewis Hamilton: Home crowd spurred me on to pole

Lewis Hamilton says he was energised by the home crowd as he stormed to a joint-record fifth pole position at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix.

Hamilton was in a league of his own in qualifying as he claimed pole position by 0.5s over Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in another sensational qualifying lap similar to that of in Canada and Baku where he claimed top spot by similar margins. Speaking after qualifying, Hamilton praised the British fans' support as he goes into tomorrow's race hoping to reduce the 20 point gap to Sebastian Vettel in the drivers' championship.

"It's so energising,'' Hamilton said.