Hamilton, who comes into this weekend’s British Grand Prix trailing Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 32 points in the championship, b⭕eat his ma🅺in title rival to take pole position for the new sprint qualifying race.

There are three world championship points on offer for the winner of Saturday🔯 afternoon’s 17-lap sprint race, which will will decide the starting order for Sunday’s grand prix.

Asked how he will approach the race, Hamilton💃 replied: ༺“With my head up and just all guns blazing.

“I need to bring out the lio✅n tomorrow and give it everything. It starts with the start, so we’ll be practising ♛that.

“Passing the Red Bull is not easy, so it really helps to be where we are. But we’v🧜e got to get it of💛f the line, and we’ve still got so many things and obstacles ahead of us.

“But the sprint race is going to be an interesting one. I think I’ve got the car where I needꩵ it, so we’ll see.”

While there is a general consensus in the paddock that many drivers will opt for a conservative approach, 🌺Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has predicted that things could get “feisty”.

“I think racing drivers, they just go when the lights aꦓre green, and hopefully not risking a lot,” he explained.

“It wou🦩ld be a shame if one of th🦋e frontrunners would not start where they should start on Sunday. But if it gets feisty, it gets feisty.”

F1💃’s first-ever sprint race gets underway at 4.30pm local time at Silverstone.