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Formula 1 British GP

British Grand Prix race day

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"I can't do anything! I'm stuck in gear, man," says Verstappen.
Hamilton attacks Bottas - who defends! - but the Mercedes drivers have swapped places into Brooklands. Hamilton now second.
Yellow flag
Yellow flag out in sector one as Verstappen is wheeled back down the Wellington straight.
Stopwatch
Fastest lap for Vettel, who is already 1.9 seconds clear of Bottas now. It's all about the battle for second.
Bottas now has Hamilton and Raikkonen for company.
Vettel waited, and waited, and waited, then made his move very late. He didn't show his hand, which led to Bottas not defending early enough.
Verstappen has now dropped to 14th and is yet to come through the first sector.
Vettel lunges Bottas for the lead into Brooklands and he's through!
Green flag
Verstappen quickly rejoins, but he's fallen to sixth, behind Ricciardo. We didn't see what happened.
Crash
Verstappen has spun at Club!
Ricciardo is right under the rear wing of Verstappen in the Red Bull battle for fifth.
Bottas doesn't even need to defend into Brooklands this time, but Vettel is still right there.
Vettel can't get alongside into Stowe, so he bides his time. Hamilton is trying to hang on in third, with Raikkonen right on his tail. The Red Bulls are 1.8s behind this fight.
Vettel sits behind Bottas into Copse, he needs a good run onto the Hangar Straight to get a run into Stowe with the help of DRS.
Bottas covers the inside line down the Wellington Straight again, and Vettel waits instead of trying again.
Four cars covered by 1.6 seconds at the line.
Eight laps to go - can Bottas hold on??
Hamilton and Raikkonen have caught the leaders, and Hamilton has to defend from the Finn into Stowe with a firm chop.
Vettel tries around the outside of Luffield, Bottas holds him off again, and he defends into Copse as well. Hangar Straight is Vettel's next chance...
Vettel gets DRS, Bottas forces him to the outside and holds onto the lead! This is brilliant.
Vettel is 0.3s behind Bottas, and we have DRS now.
Verstappen goes wide at Stowe after being overtaken, and now he has Ricciardo for company behind him.
Raikkonen passes Verstappen on the approach to Stowe for fourth!
No DRS yet, we'll get that next time around, but Vettel is again very close to Bottas.
Verstappen, Raikkonen and Ricciardo are staying close to the top three.
Magnussen has got back past Alonso somewhere for ninth.
Hamilton is loitering behind this Bottas/Vettel scrap, hoping to stay in range to attack.
If Vettel thought Bottas was going to be a soft touch here, he's just been shown what the score is today. But is the Mercedes fast enough on its older medium tyres to keep the Ferrari at bay for long?
Alonso has got ahead of Magnussen on that restart for ninth, while Perez is also up to 11th ahead of Gasly.
Vettel takes a look at Bottas into Brooklands, and Bottas slams the door in his face!
Hamilton got very close to Vettel into Stowe, but he's already fallen back.
Green flag
Bottas goes again before Stowe, and he's got the jump on Vettel as we are back to racing.
Bottas backs the field up again.
Safety car
Safety car coming in at the end of lap 41. Let's get ready.

By: Geoff Creighton

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