Dominasi Mercedes di musim balap 2014 ini belum tergeser dengan keberhasilan Nico Rosberg merebut pole position pada GP Inggris. Rosberg finis tercepat dengan catatan waktu 1 menit 35.766 detik pada sesi kualifikasi, Sabtu (5/7).
Ini merupakan pole keempat yang diraih Rosberg sepanjang musim kompetisi 2014. Sebelumnya, pebalap asal Jerman itu juga meraihnya di GP Bahrain, GP Monako, dan GP Kanada.
Pada kualifikasi kali ini, catatan bagus diraih oleh juara dunia bertahan empat kali, Sebastian Vettel. Pebalap Red Bull itu finis kedua di depan Jenson Button (McLaren), Nico Hulkenberg (Force India), dan Kevin Magnussen (McLaren).
Hasil lengkap:
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m35.766s | |
| 2. | Sebastia Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m37.386s | +1.620s |
| 3. | Jenson Buttin | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m38.200s | +2.434s |
| 4. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m38.329s | +2.563s |
| 5. | Kevun Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m38.417s | +2.651s |
| 6. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m39.232s | +3.466s |
| 7. | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1m40.457s | +4.691s |
| 8. | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 1m40.606s | +4.840s |
| 9. | Daniil Kvat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1m40.707s | +4.941s |
| 10. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1m40.855s | +5.089s |
| Q2 cut-off time: 1m38.166s | Gap** | |||
| 11. | Romain Grojean | Lotus-Renault | 1m38.496s | +3.626s |
| 12. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1m38.709s | +3.839s |
| 13. | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1m39.800s | +4.930s |
| 14. | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m40.912s | +6.042s |
| 15. | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1m44.018s | +9.148s |
| 16. | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | no time | |
| Q1 cut-off time: 1m45.086s | Gap* | |||
| 17. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1m45.318s | +4.938s |
| 18. | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1m45.695s | +5.315s |
| 19. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m45.935s | +5.555s |
| 20. | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m46.684s | +6.304s |
| 21. | Marcus Ericson | Caterham-Renault | 1m49.421s | +9.041s |
| 22. | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1m49.625s | +9.245s |
107% time : 1m47.406s
* Gap to quickest in Q1
** Gap to quickest in Q2
| Editor | : | Tulus Muliawan |
| Sumber | : | Autosport |
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