Good afternoon and welcome to LIVE coverage of the qualifying session for the British Grand Prix at a damp and dreary Silverstone.

Despite the rain, Nico Rosberg has been on the radio to his team to tell them that the track is very dry, apart from turn 8.

Gutierrez clocks the first timed lap of this first qualifying session. A time of 1:46.701 is the time to beat at the minute.

The spitting rain looks to be turning a little heavier over the Silverstone track. All 19 cars on the track are currently on the intermediate rubber.

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton is now out on the track on a set of intermediates - a popular choice at the start of Q1.

We're under way at Silverstone. This should be a greasy qualifying session. Max Chilton, who has been given a five-place grid penalty, is the first one out.

We're now just five minutes away from the start of this qualifying session. Red Bull's Vettel will be confident of getting on the grid after an impressive free practice, but he'll be unsure of Mercedes' pace. Damp conditions should make for an entertaining session here.

World champion Sebastian Vettel led the way in the third and final free practice session, making the most of the wet conditions, as neither of the Mercedes drivers bothered to set a timed lap.