Abstract: A method for the production of hot-rolled steel strip comprising the following steps: providing a steel slab comprising, in weight percentages: Si: 2.5 to 3.5%, C: 0.05 to 0.1%, Mn: 0:05 to 0.1%, Als: 0.015 to 0.026%, N: 0.0050 to 0.0100%, and further comprising S and/or Se so that S+ (32/79) Se is in an amount of 0.018 to 0.030%, and optionally comprising one or more elements chosen among Sb in an amount of 0.015 to 0.035%, Cu in an amount of 0.08% to 0.25%, Sn in an amount of 0.06% to 0.15%, P in an amount of 0.005% to 0.015%, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, reheating said slab to a temperature between 1300° C. and 1430° C., roughing hot-rolling said slab to produce a blank having a thickness below 50 mm, finishing hot-rolling of said blank to produce a hot rolled strip in three rolling passes or more, the temperature of said blank during the first pass being above 1150° C.