A Mercedes on pole for the eighth time in 10 races. The world champions' seventh front-row lock-out this season. So it's same old, same old at the British Grand Prix after the excitement of Austria? Not so fast. Silverstone has been full of surprises this weekend. From Lewis Hamilton losing out on pole position here for the first time in five years; through the unexpected pace of the Ferraris - or one of them, anyway - and Red Bulls; to the fact that this might - just might - for once not be a race in which drivers make only one pit stop. In short, the chances of Formula 1 distracting attention from the competing attractions of England v New Zealand in the Cricket World Cup final and...
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