Lewis Hamilton continued to own his favourite stretch of Northamptonshire tarmac as he smashed the Silverstone lap record TWICE to claim pole position for Sunday's British Grand Prix.
Just a shame nobody was there to see it.
The six-time Silverstone winner shrugged off a spin at Luffield early in qualifying with a best lap of 1min 24.303sec to secure his 91st career pole by three-tenths of a second from Mercedes team-mate Valteri Bottas.
Hamilton set the current Silverstone lap record in a race lap of 1:27.369 in the 2019 British Grand Prix.
But the Silverstone stands were all empty — as they will be again for Sunday's big race as the Covid19 crisis forces 140,000 petrolheads to watch the action from the safety of their sofas.
Max Verstappen qualified third in a Red Bull while Charles Leclerc secured Ferrari's first second-row start of the season.
But team-mate Sebastian Vettel's struggles continued with the four-time champion only tenth.
Another Brit, George Russell, had another good Saturday by qualifying 15th — although he was placed under investigation for allegedly not slowing for yellow flags when Williams team-mate Nicholas Latifi spun off.
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LandoNorris steered his Mclaren on to the third row of the grid with a time of 1:25.782
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DanielRicciardo will start on the fourth row of the Silverstone grid on Sunday after clocking 1:26.009 in his Renault
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Britain's GeorgeRussell had another good Saturday in his Williams until the stewards got involved
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Nico Hulkenberg found it tough going as stand-in or Racing Point's Sergio Perez, who tested positive for Covid-19 earlier in the week