Lewis slides as Heikki glides

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren-Mercedes gathers dust during qualifying at Silverstone. Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters McLaren, usually as secretive as any of the Formula One teams, allowed the broadcast of two radio messages that revealed everything about the dramatically different performances of Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen during qualifying for today's British Grand Prix. As Kovalainen crossed the line to claim his first pole position, the Finn's engineer said: 'You're on pole by miles. Half a second in real terms. It's all down to you. Well done.' Not long before, the message for Hamilton had been critical rather than congratulatory as he started his last lap. 'You're fastest through the first and second sectors [of the lap]. Don't overdrive in the third.' The advice had been made necessary thanks to a mistake on... [read full story]