Silverstone will pay tribute to the fallen volunteer

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Following the tragic death of race marshal Mark Robinson at the 2013 Canadian Grand Prix, officials at Silverstone will pay tribute to the fallen volunteer during race weekend. Fatalities have been mercifully rare in recent years following two deaths in consecutive seasons at the turn of the century. Graham Beveridge was killed by a flying wheel at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix and volunteer firefighter Paolo Ghislimberti was also fatally injured by a stray wheel at the Italian GP the previous year.

Rosberg negotiates tire chaos to win British Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg raced to his first British Grand Prix victory and second of the season as tire problems dominate at Silverstone.

Hamilton recovered to finish fouth, but was unhappy about the tire problems drivers experienced at Silverstone.

Championship leader Sebastian Vettel had looked set for victory but had to retire with gearbox problems.

Not for the first time this season, tires played a key part in how the race panned out.

Hamilton's hopes of a home win at Silverstone ended after just eight laps when his Mercedes suffered a puncture.

Hamilton lead in the early stages of the race, but then disaster struck.....

Mark Webber suffered some damage to his front wing soon after the start of the race and the Australian slipped to 15th on lap one. But the Australian made a superb recovery to finish second.

Lewis Hamilton was on pole and the Briton made the perfect start as he streaked away from Sebastian Vettel.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Nico Rosberg wins British Grand Prix for first time
• Mark Webber fights back from poor start to take seccond
• Ferrari's Fernando Alonso finished third
• Championship leader Sebastian Vettel retires due to gearbox problems

(CNN) -- Just nine days ago Formula One's governing body punished Pirelli and Mercedes for holding an unsanctioned tire test -- at the British Grand Prix it was Pirelli handing out punishment to the elite racing series.

British home hope and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton lost the lead when his left-rear tire began to unravel on the eighth lap at the demanding Silverstone circuit.

It was the first of four incidents as Ferrari's Felipe Massa, Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne and McLaren's Sergio Perez also had their races ruined by failures to the exact same tire.

Hamilton -- and the 130,000 British fans who streamed into Silverstone to support the 2008 world champion -- were left counting the cost more than most.

His problem handed Sebastian Vettel the race lead and Red Bull's defending world champion marched ominously towards the checkered flag.

But there was a final twist -- and a dash of retribution for Mercedes -- as Vettel's Red Bull ground to a halt with 10 laps to go.

"We had a gearbox issue," the championship leader said. "Fifth gear broke and it was not possible to carry on. It was quite disappointing to stop and retire."

Nico Rosberg inherited the lead from Vettel and the German raced to his first British Grand Prix victory and second of the season.

Mark Webber, who announced he was retiring from Formula One at the end of the year, recovered from a dismal start to a brilliant second in his last-ever F1 race on British soil.

The Australian was followed home by Ferrari's Fernando Alonso while Hamilton fought his way back to the field to finish fourth ahead of Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen.

There was some world-class racing in the final laps but Pirelli will now face serious questions about whether the drivers are pushing themselves and their cars to the limit in safe conditions.

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery explained in a short media conference after the race: "Today wasn't foreseen. We've seen a different type of problem.

"We are still doing our analysis so we have to go away and understand what's happened and get to the core of the issue. We take these things seriously. It was one tire, the left-rear. When we have the answer we'll let you know."

Results British GP 2013 Silverstone / Final Race

Race	Grid	Q3	Q2	Q1	P3	P2	P1

Pos	Driver		Team	Grid	Total	Pts
1	Rosberg		Mercedes	2	1:32:59.456	25
2	Webber		Red Bull	4	+0.700	18
3	Alonso		Ferrari	9	+7.100	15
4	Hamilton		Mercedes	1	+7.700	12
5	Raikkonen		Lotus	8	+11.200	10
6	Massa		Ferrari	11	+14.500	8
7	Sutil		Force India	6	+16.300	6
8	Ricciardo		Toro Rosso	5	+16.500	4
9	di Resta		Force India	22	+17.900	2
10	Hulkenberg		Sauber	14	+19.700	1
11	Maldonado		Williams	15	+21.100
12	Bottas		Williams	16	+25.000
13	Button		McLaren	10	+25.900
14	Gutierrez		Sauber	17	+26.200
15	Pic		Caterham	18	+31.600
16	Bianchi		Marussia	19	+36.000
17	Chilton		Marussia	20	+67.600
18	van der Garde		Caterham	21	+67.700
RET	Grosjean		Lotus	7
RET	Perez		McLaren	13
RET	Vettel		Red Bull	3
RET	Vergne		Toro Rosso	12

Hamilton produces 'phenomenal' lap to claim British Grand Prix pole

 June 29, 2013 -- Updated 1917 GMT (0317 HKT)

Sealed with a kiss. Lewis Hamilton celebrates his pole position in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Lewis Hamilton on pole for British Grand Prix at Silverstone
• Edges out Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg by four tenths of a second
• World champion Sebastian Vettel third for Red Bull
• Fernando Alonso will start ninth on the grid

(CNN) -- Lewis Hamilton rode a wave of patriotic support to claim pole for his home grand prix Saturday as Mercedes occupied the first two places on the grid at Silverstone.

Hamilton produced a lap of one minute 29.07 seconds, described as "phenomenal" by three-time defending champion Sebastien Vettel, who was third fastest for Red Bull.

The 28-year-old Englishman was fully four tenths of a second faster than his teammate Nico Rosberg in claiming the 28th pole of his career and second of the 2013 season.

It was the first pole by a home driver at the British Grand Prix since Hamilton himself achieved the feat back in 2007.

Read: Rosberg tops early Silverstone time sheets

I don't know if Lewis found a short cut or he just found something special here -- it was a phenomenal lap
Sebastian Vettel

Vettel, leading the title race yet again, paid compliment to Hamilton in the post race press conference, but appeared to reference the controversial Mercedes tire test earlier this season which Red Bull were particularly outspoken about.

"I don't know if Lewis found a short cut or he just found something special here -- it was a phenomenal lap," he said.

"It is always nice to position well in qualifying here. I am looking forward to the race tomorrow and we will see how we are with looking after our tires," he added.

Hamilton, in fourth place in the championship, will be hoping his Mercedes can find more race pace to capitalize on their qualifying speed.

"It's an incredible feeling," he said. "The crowd have been great -- such a great turnout -- that was a lap for them.

"I hope we can do something special in the race. It's phenomenal because I haven't been feeling 100 per cent comfortable in the car."

Read: Mercedes punished for tire test

The crowd have been great -- such a great turnout -- that was a lap for them
Lewis Hamilton

Vettel's teammate Mark Webber took fourth on the grid.

Initially Scot Paul Di Resta occupied fifth for Force India, but was later relegated to the back of the grid when his car was ruled to be under the minimum weight.

Australian Daniel Ricciardo of Toro Rosso and German Adrian Sutil in the second Force India were next fastest

Frenchman Romain Grosjean, Lotus teammate Finn Kimi Raikkonen and two-time champion Fernando Alonso of Ferrari initially filled out the top 10 before Di Resta's demotion.

Alonso, looking to mount a sustained challenge to Vettel as per last season, was left frustrated by the lack of pace in qualifying.

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"We were not competitive all weekend. We need to recover now and it was a bad Saturday," he told reporters.

Teammate Felipe Massa will move up to 11th just behind McLaren's Jenson Button, who had missed out on the final phase of qualifying to the disappointment of home supporters.

But Hamilton's stellar performance left them plenty to cheer although with warmer conditions forecast for Sunday he may struggle to take full advantage if the lessons of previous races this season are any guide.

Results British GP 2013 Silverstone / Grid

Race	Grid	Q3	Q2	Q1	P3	P2	P1

Pos	Driver		Team	Time
1	Hamilton		Mercedes
2	Rosberg		Mercedes	-
3	Vettel		Red Bull	-
4	Webber		Red Bull	-
5	di Resta		Force India	-
6	Ricciardo		Toro Rosso	-
7	Sutil		Force India	-
8	Grosjean		Lotus	-
9	Raikkonen		Lotus	-
10	Alonso		Ferrari	-
11	Button		McLaren	-
12	Massa		Ferrari	-
13	Vergne		Toro Rosso	-
14	Perez		McLaren	-
15	Hulkenberg		Sauber	-
16	Maldonado		Williams	-
17	Bottas		Williams	-
18	Gutierrez		Sauber	-
19	Pic		Caterham	-
20	Bianchi		Marussia	-
21	Chilton		Marussia	-
22	van der Garde		Caterham	-