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Well, that was a hell of a shift for the BBC Sport elves. We're all going to march into the forest and have a good nap in preparation for tomorrow's race.

Before we go, one final word of praise for today's record-breaker Lewis Hamilton, whose 69th career pole - achieved at the end of an interminable, soaking qualifying session - surely ranks among the best of his career.

I'll leave you with easy-to-follow directions to Andrew Benson's report - here - and Gary Rose's Hamilton poles stat piece - here.

We'll be back with you from 11:30 BST tomorrow.

See you then.