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Formula 1 British GP

British Grand Prix race day

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"Vettel ran out of front-left tyre," Bottas is told. In other words, put the pressure on.
Vettel is responding to Bottas's pace now, holding the gap at 3.4s on lap 26.
Pit stop
Ericsson pits from ninth, rejoining on mediums ahead of Vandoorne in 15th.
Pit stop
Hamilton pits.
Only a 3.5-second stop for Hamilton, which by modern F1 standards is slightly pedestrian. He rejoins sixth, 12 seconds behind Raikkonen.
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1 Vettel, 2 Bottas, 3 Verstappen, 4 Ricciardo, 5 Raikkonen, 6 Hamilton, 7 Grosjean, 8 Hulkenberg, 9 Ocon, 10 Alonso.
Pit stop
Magnuseen pits from seventh and rejoins 11th, behind Alonso. They're both on mediums, but the Haas man has 12-lap fresher tyres.
An onboard shot with Vettel suggests he's managing that front-left tyre wear that Mercedes mentioned to Bottas earlier - he has a breathe of the throttle through Abbey to reduce the stress on the outside-front.
Pit stop
Grosjean is in next time by, so he's made it halfway through the race before needing to pit. He rejoins in 15th.
1 Vettel2 Bottas +2.9,3 Verstappen +13.3,4 Ricciardo +15.0,5 Raikkonen + 16.5,6 Hamilton +27.3
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Hamilton is told he is "currently P6, but it's all to play for".
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Sainz isn't happy about who he's chasing out on track: "Oh man, we are racing Magnussen, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Stopwatch
Fastest lap for Hamilton - 1m31.682s. The five cars ahead of him are all doing low-1m33s.
Sainz might be unhappy he's been jumped by Magnussen, but he's catching a nice midfield pack - headed by team-mate Hulkenberg. Between them sit Ocon, Alonso and Magnussen.
Stroll is the only man still yet to have pitted, but is on 28-lap old mediums in 17th and ahead only of team-mate Sirotkin.
Pit stop
Ricciardo comes in for a second stop.
Radio Comms
Hulkenberg asks for an update on the chasing pack: "OK, so you've got Ocon, then Alonso, then Magnussen all together."

"I guess everyone's fighting for position," says Hulkenberg.
Softs for the Red Bull. Interesting strategy, we're on lap 31/52, and Ricciardo has given everyone a curveball to contend with.
Pit stop
Stroll - already a lap down - finally comes in and switches to soft tyres. He comes out, getting in the way of Hamilton as he does so.
Vettel's lead over Bottas is now under two seconds. The Mercedes is on the move.
Crash
Huge impact for Ericsson!
Yellow flag
His Sauber is a buried well into the barrier at Turn 1. Yellow flags are out there at the moment.
Safety car
The safety car has been deployed.
Ericsson steps out of his car, to plenty of applause from the crowd.
Pit stop
Vettel pits from the lead under the safety car.
Crash
Replays show Ericsson - who had DRS open on the start/finish straight - losing the car on turn in at Turn 1 before skating across the gravel.
Pit stop
Bottas has stayed out, while Verstappen and Raikkonen both come in.
Hamilton stays out as well. Mercedes is going to try something different to its rivals.
Pit stop
Alonso, Sainz, Gasly and Perez have all pitted for softs further down the order. Sainz is the only one of those on a fresh set of the rubber.
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Lap 34/52 - race order under the safety car: 1 Bottas, 2 Vettel, 3 Hamilton, 4 Verstappen, 5 Raikkonen, 6 Ricciardo, 7 Hulkenberg, 8 Ocon, 9 Magnussen, 10 Alonso.
So of the top six, Bottas stayed out, Vettel pitted, Hamilton stayed out, Verstappen and Raikkonen pitted, and Ricciardo had come in just before the safety car so he is on soft tyres that are only three laps old.
Vandoorne now comes in to make a second stop, and rejoins in 15th.
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Tyre life so far: Bottas 13 laps (M), Vettel 1 lap (S), Hamilton 9 laps (M), Verstappen 1 lap (S), Raikkonen 1 lap (S), Ricciardo 4 laps (S).
Radio Comms
Hamilton says "there is no way I can compete with [the drivers on] new tyres". He is told "you are the fastest by miles, so don't give up. It's all there."
Ericsson's car is on the back of a flatbed truck, ready to be returned to Sauber.
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Ricciardo is told "we were unlucky with the timing of that safety car", and that Red Bull were trying to pre-empt a Raikkonen stop because the Ferrari was struggling. Ricciardo adds: "Some warning would have been good, because the tyres were fine."

By: Geoff Creighton

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