Nico Rosberg takes the pole for the British Grand Prix in a rain-affected qualifying which left Lewis Hamilton only sixth.
Hamilton the fastest with just seconds remaining as he decided to abort his final lap.
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel took second ahead of McLaren’s Jenson Button, Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg and McLaren’s Kevin Magnussen.
Both Williams and Ferraris failed to make it out of the first session after both teams waited a little to much to send their drivers out.
Mercedes executive director Paddy Lowe said Hamilton had decided to abort his final lap because he was down after the first two sectors which tuned out to be a big mistake because the last sector was drier and the drivers found huge time gains there.
| Pos. | Drivers | Teams | Time | Laps |
| 01. | 06 –  Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:35.766 | 21 |
| 02. | 01 – Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing | 1:37.386 | 19 |
| 03. | 22 –  Jenson Button |
McLaren Mercedes | 1:38.200 | 24 |
| 04. | 27 – Nico Hulkenberg |
Sahara Force India | 1:38.329 | 19 |
| 05. | 20 –  Kevin Magnussen |
McLaren Mercedes | 1:38.417 | 23 |
| 06. | 44 – Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:39.232 | 19 |
| 07. | 11 –  Sergio Perez |
Sahara Force India | 1:40.457 | 20 |
| 08. | 03 –  Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull Racing | 1:40.606 | 18 |
| 09. | 26 –  Daniil Kvyat |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:40.707 | 21 |
| 10. | 25 –  Jean-Eric Vergne |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:40.855 | 21 |
| 11. | 08 – Romain Grosjean |
Lotus F1 Team | 1:38.496 | 17 |
| 12. | 17 – Jules Bianchi |
Marussia F1 Team | 1:38.709 | 17 |
| 13. | 04 – Max Chilton* |
Red Bull Racing | 1:39.800 | 14 |
| 14. | 21 – Esteban Gutierrez** |
Sauber F1 Team | 1:40.912 | 16 |
| 15. | 13 –  Pastor Maldonado |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:44.018 | 15 |
| 16. | 99 – Adrian Sutil |
Sauber F1 Team | No time | 8 |
| 17. | 77 –  Valtteri Bottas |
Williams Martini Racing | 1:45.318 | 5 |
| 18. | 19 –  Felipe Massa |
Williams Martini Racing | 1:45.695 | 5 |
| 19. | 14 –  Fernando Alonso |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:45.935 | 6 |
| 20. | 07 – Kimi Raikkonen |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:46.684 | 7 |
| 21. | 10 –  Kamui Kobayashi*** |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:49.421 | 7 |
| 22. | 09 –  Marcus Ericsson*** |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:49.625 | 8 |
| Q1 107% Time: 1:47.406 | ||||
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* Chilton drops 5 for unscheduled gearbox change |
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