Will anyone risk completing Sunday's race with just one pit stop? And will Pirelli's softer tyres go the distance after last week's dramatic failures.
Max Guenther emerged on top after a thrilling last-lap fight with Robin Frijns, while Antonio Felix da Costa edged closer towards the championship.
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner hopes the planned appeals over the Racing Point row reveal whether Mercedes broke the rules by supplying brake ducts to them this year.
Racing Point CEO Otmar Szafnauer says he is "99% sure" Sergio Perez will be able to drive for the team in next week's Spanish Grand Prix.
Esteban Ocon said the stewards were correct to penalise him for holding up George Russell during qualifying.
The top three finished in the order they started at Silverstone, commandingly led by Callum Ilott. But from fourth on the grid Dan Ticktum slipped back, and made his dissatisfaction clear.
Sebastian Vettel praised his engineering team for their efforts to solve his grip problems despite failing to make the cut for Q3 in qualifying today.
Nico Hulkenberg said he didn't expect to qualify as high as third on the grid in his second race since returning to Formula 1, which gives him a chance to claim his first podium finish.
Pictures from qualifying and final practice for the 2020 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.
Esteban Ocon has been given a three-place grid penalty for impeding George Russell during qualifying.
Valtteri Bottas took pole position from Lewis Hamilton with the final lap of qualifying, securing a front-row lock-out for Mercedes.
Valtteri Bottas takes provisional pole position for the British Grand Prix ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Hulkenberg.
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Mercedes completed a clean sweep of all three practice sessions at Silverstone as Lewis Hamilton set the quickest time ahead of qualifying on Saturday morning.
Ferrari's drivers will each use a new engine, turbo and MGU-H for the rest of the weekend following the failure on Sebastian Vettel's car yesterday.
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Racing Point is appealing against the FIA's decision to penalise the team for breaking the sporting regulations. Meanwhile Williams has joined three other teams in appealing the same decision.
Pirelli has not imposed maximum mileage restrictions upon teams in light of last week's failures because doing so would push teams towards running similar strategies.
In the round-up: AlphaTauri discover failure which caused Kvyat's crash • Magnussen seeks missing straight-line speed • Ilott and Sargeant on support race poles