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2015 British Grand Prix Sunday - British GP
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There's spray coming from the cars on the Hangar Straight now - Rosberg pits, and Hamilton's call looks like a masterstroke.
"Keep me updated on the rain - what do you think?" says Rosberg.
Rosberg wants to pit as well.
Inters for Vettel. Ericsson's just rejoined on mediums! Unlucky timing for Sauber.
Hamilton takes inters - is he second-guessing what's about to happen?
Vettel's also stopped from fifth.
Hamilton pits from the lead!
Raikkonen's last lap was a 1m48.774s, comfortably quickest of those on inters, but the corresponding slick laptime, set by Rosberg, was 1m39.183s!
Rosberg's had at least 1.9s out of Hamilton per lap on three of the last four laps.
Ericsson's inters have cried enough, he's stopped from 11th.
Rosberg is eating into Hamilton's lead - it's down to 3.7s. He was two second faster on the previous lap.
Raikkonen gets passed by Perez for eighth. Laptimes? Perez: 1m42.712s. Raikkonen: 1m50.433s.
Kvyat's loving this stage of the race and is right behind Vettel in the fight for fifth.
Rosberg is told to expect rain "in the next minute or so".
How long can the five drivers - Raikkonen, Ericsson, Alonso, Stevens and Merhi - make these inters last? Surely they'll toast them before the rain falls again.
They are losing seven seconds a lap to the quickest slick-shod runners.
They are losing seven seconds a lap to the quickest slick-shod runners.
Hamilton reports the track is drying up at Turn 7 (Luffield), but he can see the troublesome looking clouds coming in.
Rosberg carries so much more speed than Massa into Abbey, and dives past him on the brakes into Village to take P2. It's a Mercedes 1-2 for the first time since the cars lined up on the grid.
Lap 40/52 and Rosberg is now right on Massa's tail for second.
The intermediate runners seem to be a couple of seconds quicker in the middle sector, it's not a huge gain at this stage.
"Shower has passed - next shower in 5 minutes but it will be light," Mercedes tells Hamilton.
The pace is 10s slower than dry times for the leaders now.
Hamilton has been off at Copse, sliding wide and rejoining.
It's really wet at Luffield/Woodcote/Copse now, and Rosberg slithers past Bottas on the exit of Copse for third place.
Vettel gets past Raikkonen at Stowe, and the Finn pits - he wants intermediates too.
Bottas wants to pit, but he's told "the rest of the track is dry, we'll kill the tyres if we pit". Soldier on then.
Stevens and Merhi have taken on intermediate tyres. The same for Ericsson, Alonso too.
Tyres are readied in the Mercedes garage, but Hamilton stays out.
Ericsson stops in the Sauber.
Rosberg attacks Bottas into Brooklands, but no joy. The track is definitely wet at Luffield though, and Rosberg slides off at Woodcote, rejoining safely.
Stevens has pit the Manor from 12th. As has Merhi.
Sure enough, Hamilton is straight back onto his 1m37s dry-pace. He's demolishing the cars behind: Massa 1m38.9s, Bottas/Rosberg low 1m39s.
"It's stopped," says Hamilton.
"Nobody has stopped," - Mercedes.
"No, the rain has stopped," says the world champion.
"Nobody has stopped," - Mercedes.
"No, the rain has stopped," says the world champion.
Hamilton's pace has dropped by only a few tenths. Massa, Bottas and Rosberg are all slower than him.
"There are drops, we need to stop," says Bottas. That seems a bit keen.
Top 4:
1 Hamilton
2 Massa +6.1
3 Bottas +7.8
4 Rosberg +8.5
1 Hamilton
2 Massa +6.1
3 Bottas +7.8
4 Rosberg +8.5
"We'll keep you advised - umbrellas going up," Mercedes tells Rosberg.
Rain
Umbrellas are going up - we have rain!
Green flag
We're racing again.
Sainz's exit elevates Alonso to 11th and Stevens to 12th. Just 13 cars remain in the race.
"Virtual safety car ending"
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