Fans go wild for British Grand Prix as Silverstone is confirmed a sell out

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Extra grandstand seating put in place at the circuit has raised the capacity from last season's 85,000 figure.

Richard Phillips, managing director of Silverstone Circuits Ltd, said: "The support for this year's race has been exceptional.

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"This is the earliest I can remember us selling out of race day tickets.

"The British fans are some of the most loyal and knowledgeable fans in the world and we are delighted they have shown such overwhelming support for the event.

"A sell-out crowd is exactly what Silverstone, Formula One, the drivers and, more importantly, the fans deserve.

"This clearly highlights the popularity and importance of the British Grand Prix."

A limited number of tickets are still available for Saturday's qualifying when Lewis Hamilton will again aim to thrill fans by putting his McLaren on pole as he did a year ago.

Hamilton, who leads this year's championship by three points ahead of Sunday's race in Canada, said: "I could feel it - I was thinking 'this is going to be the lap'.

"I came across the line and remember the guys came on the radio and said, 'pole position', and I could see the fans jumping and waving their flags.

"It's different to when you're in another country where you might see one or two flags, but you had the British flag everywhere and I knew, 'yeah, this is where we're supposed to be'.

"It is very, very exciting. Generally the driver only has one or two laps to really nail it and put the car on pole. Obviously we did that last year, and I'll be gunning for it this year."