Hamilton 'so, so happy' with P1 in Sprint Qualifying at 'phenomenal' Silverstone

Lewis, many congratulations. You didn't need to look at the timing screen. You could hear the crowd telling you you were on ball. How pleasing was that today? I am so happy. So, so happy. Honestly, because, you know, if you even heard me in the press conference, you're like, oh, the track's not going to be the same. Because we, that's what we all thought. And the track's still phenomenal. The track still feels great. The engine drop off is not anywhere near what we anticipated. And then on top of that, you know, we really thought, you know, yesterday they were scaring me. They were like, you're going to be six tenths off in a straight line to these guys. And, you know, in the last race we were four tenths off in the straight line. But then today all of a sudden we're kind of there. And I was like, is this real? Are they going to turn up in quality? And we were right there competing with them. So it just goes back to, you know, I always want to bring it back to everyone back at the factory because I can't say it enough. They're just, they're pushing. Like last year we were kind of stuck in the rut. Not a lot we could do. Now they're finding things. They're adding things to the car. And this weekend, every single weekend, we bring in small little bits and add in performance to this car. And it felt awesome. Silverstone track, it's the best track to drive. Is it that the power unit upgrade didn't maybe work so well at altitude and just the conditions here are a bit better? And how confident are you tomorrow you can close out the win and fight again for another pole? Well, I think I have to go and look at the long run pace, but the car felt great on the long run, to be honest. So it's going to be going to be tough, obviously, with these guys. They're very, very close. But I don't think it's impossible. And we're in a great position. But obviously there's a lot of towing that can be done through the first laps, which won't be easy to keep keep Mercedes or a Red Bull engine behind. But I'll give it absolutely everything for these fans. How much have you fed off them just finally since you've been every every year? I'm just it's they just leave you buzzing. You know, I go back to my room last night after being on stage and I'm like shaking of just just pure adrenaline and love that that they regardless of whoever they're supporting, you know, just to see such a crowd that's just supporting the whole sport. This is the biggest sporting fan group that I think you'll ever see. So thank you.