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Max Verstappen extended his lead in the F1 world drivers’ championship to 46 points with victory at the Canadian GP last time out, as Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez failed to finish and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc recovered to fifth place after a back of the grid penalty for an engine change.
A number of teams have delivered car upgrades ahead of the Silverstone round, which is set to play out in front of a sold-out crowd.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won the British GP last year, following a controversial first-corner clash with Verstappen.
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Hamilton hops off his scooter and into the Aston Martin garage, so he may want to hurry up to make the restart. Sainz is already in his Ferrari and ready to go.
Breaking news
The British GP will resume at 15:56 local time - so that's in 10 minutes.
Alfa Romeo radio: "Zhou is conscious, he is talking, there are no fractures. Considering the circumstances, he is pretty good, pretty well."
Breaking news
Here's the developing story on the start crash:
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/zhou-conscious-after-massive-silverstone-f1-turn-1-crash/10332434/
Just to clear up the final points of the first lap shunt. Tsunoda and Ocon picked up damage from Albon's spinning Williams. The pair are set to join the restart.
Breaking news
Full grid order for the restart: Sainz, Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez, Hamilton, Norris, Alonso, Latifi, Gasly, Bottas, Tsunoda, Ricciardo, Ocon, Magnussen, Vettel, Schumacher, Stroll.
The restart order is set to be Sainz ahead of Verstappen - in effect a full restart.
Replays confirm its was contact from Vettel that sent Albon into his accident. A very messy start to the British Grand Prix.
The FIA has provided an update on the protestors entering the track:
"We also confirm that after the red flag, several people attempted to enter the track. These people were immediately removed and the matter is now being dealt with by the local authorities."
Behind, Albon found the pit wall to the right after rear to front contact from an Aston Martin.
Replays show just how lucky Zhou was, as his car is flipped, skidded on its roll hoop before digging into the gravel trap. The car eventually ends up between the back of the tyre barrier and catch fencing.
It is still unclear how Albon got caught in that incident. It appears work is now being carried out at the crash scene to remove Zhou's car which seems to have landed on top of the tyre barrier.
Russell's damaged Mercedes is back in the paddock, not yet in the garage, but it appears the team is assessing the damage to see if they can repair the car in time for the restart.
The FIA advises that following the incident at the start of the race, emergency crews were immediately in attendance, and the drivers of Car 23 (Albon) and Car 24 (Zhou) have been taken to the medical centre. Both drivers were conscious and will be evaluated at the medical centre. Further updates will be given in due course.
Alfa Romeo team boss Frederic Vasseur has told Sky that he thinks Zhou was conscious throughout the scary incident.
There is also reports of protestors getting on to the track on the first lap, with police and marshals quickly on the scene. More news on it when we get it.
It appears the incident was triggered when Russell and Gasly made contact which sent Russell into a jink, clipping Zhou into a frightening roll.
Zhou is understood to be out of the car. The Alfa Romeo team says he is okay. He is on a stretcher and being taken away from the scene.
Zhou is still in the Alfa Romeo according to reports.
The cars of Tsunoda and Ocon are being repaired in the pits.
The stewards have reviewed the start incident and declared no further investigation will be needed.
The extraction team are on the scene and are carefully righting Zhou's Alfa Romeo.
At the front before the first-corner crash and red flag, Verstappen got the jump on Sainz to take the lead and Hamilton also made a mega start to get into third. Leclerc is fourth ahead of Alonso and Perez.
There is damage to the front right of Ocon's Alpine. He is limping to the pits.
Russell is out of his Mercedes, his race is over.
The field has returned to the pits under this red flag.
George Russell also picked up damage in that crash and Yuki Tsunoda was also involved but is moving with damage to the front of his AlphaTauri.
Alex Albon was involved in the multi car shunt. His Williams has stopped on track.
There was an Alfa Romeo upside down! It was Zhou.
Red flag
Verstappen does make the most of the soft tyres to lead but there is carnage at the back and there is a red flag!
All drivers complete the formation lap without any dramas and are lining up on the starting grid. Here. we. go.
Lights green
So, Verstappen has the theoretical faster tyre for the start against Sainz, but can he make it count? We'll find out very soon as the formation lap is underway.
Behind the frontrunners, Latifi, Magnussen, Vettel and Schumacher are also all on the softs while the rest of the drivers start on the mediums.
Tyre talk: Verstappen starts on the softs but Sainz, Leclerc, Perez, Hamilton, Norris and Alonso are all on the mediums. Russell, in eighth, starts on the hards. That's quite a mix.
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The guests on the grid are being ushered away so it is nearly time for the serious business. Who are you backing?
Air temp is a mild 17.8c and track temp is 27.7c - which is warm for Silverstone.
Rain
The risk of rain has officially been put at 20% - fair to middling.
Time for the British national anthem, sung and played by Sam Ryder of Eurovision runner-up fame.
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