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Hamilton storms to British GP pole

Silverstone - Lewis Hamilton stormed to the 67th pole position of his career after a dazzling performance during qualifying on Saturday for the British Grand Prix.

The Mercedes driver finished 0.547sec clear of Kimi Raikkonen with Ferrari team-mate and championship leader Sebastian Vettel set to start third in Sunday's race at Silverstone.

Hamilton closed to within one of Michael Schumacher's record of 68 poles.

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