Heᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚavy rain has forced the British Grand Prix stewards to red flag Q2, with just over six minutes to go.

The decision was taken after a number of drivers had high-speed moments and aquaplaned off, including Fern🅰ando Alonso, Felipe Mass𝄹a and Michael Schumacher.

Prior to the red flags, Sauber's Sergio Perez had been quickest on a 1 minute 59.092꧙ seconds, with Lewis Hamilton second in his McLaren and Mercedes man Nico Rosberg third. Jean-Eric Vergne and Nico Hulkenberg were fourth and fifth, with Kamui Kobayashi, Kimi Raikkonen, Mark Webber, Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel in positions six th♕rough to ten.

In the drop zone were both Ferraris and also Schumacher. Bruno Senna had yet t🐽o set a time.

Senna's team-mate, Pastor Maldonado was just on the wrong s💝ide of the cut-off in P11, ahead of Paul di Resta and Romain Grosjean.

Qualifying will now be re-sta🍰r🃏ted at 15.07 hours local time - a stoppage of over 90 minutes.