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Summary
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- Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix
- He took victory ahead of Leclerc and Bottas
- Verstappen and Vettel both failed to finish
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Leaderboard
- Hamilton, Mercedes
- Leclerc, Ferrari
- Bottas, Mercedes
- Norris, McLaren
- Ricciardo, McLaren
- Sainz, Ferrari
- Alonso, Alpine
- Stroll, Aston Martin
- Ocon, Alpine
- Tsunoda, AlphaTauri
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Afternoon everybody - and yes, it's that time! The British Grand Prix - the actual one - will be underway in 25 minutes.
Sun
And man, it's hot. How hot is it? It's so hot I poured McDonalds coffee on my lap to cool off...
29 degrees C at Silverstone, with track temperature on the brink of 52 degrees. Scorchio.
The sun and heat might open up strategy calls here - let's see how the tyres respond.
The NHS is being honoured on the grid, cheered on by a crowd of maskless fans. Hmm.
The Red Arrows celebrate the Britishness of the event by painting a giant French/Dutch/Luxembourgish flag in the sky. Depends which angle you look at it.
Rain
The risk of rain for this race is 0%, apparently. In England, it's never quite that simple...
So, we've got Verstappen and Hamilton on the front row - Hamilton will be seeking retribution for losing the lead yesterday. Bottas is in third - while Perez is starting from the pitlane.
It'll be interesting to see if Alonso can repeat his mighty first-lap swashbuckling from yesterday too - what does the wily old fox have up his sleeve?
Breaking news
Easy tyre run-down today - Perez on hards, everyone else on mediums.
Green flag
The formation lap is now underway.
Lights out
And the 2021 British Grand Prix begins...let's go!
Hamilton immediately puts Verstappen under pressure, and they're side by side down the Wellington straight! But Verstappen hangs onto the lead!
Crash
They've had contact! Hamilton and Verstappen have collided at Copse!
Safety car
The safety car is out after that huge crash between the leaders!
Mercedes is preparing a new nose for Hamilton, but he's not come in! Meanwhile, Verstappen's out of the car - huge crash there.
Further back from the action at the front, Vettel made the best start of the midfield runners moving up to sixth place ahead of Alonso, with Sainz up to 8th and Raikkonen up to 9th.
Goodness me, that was something else! Hamilton and Verstappen battled through every single corner - but it all hit fever pitch at Copse.
Red flag
That's a red flag.
The race will be neutralised while the barriers get fixed. Let's recap that first-lap incident as the cars come to the pitlane.
Verstappen opened the door and Hamilton tried the inside line at Copse, but clipped Verstappen's right-rear as two couldn't go into one. Leclerc nipped past the two and currently sits in the lead.
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"Is Max okay?" Hamilton asks. Bono tells him that his rival is out of the car.
That's definitely a crash that's going to be played back for decades, I feel.
Mercedes is giving Hamilton's front wing a look-over - taping up the sensor on the endplate.
Breaking news
Naturally, that Verstappen/Hamilton incident is under investigation.
"Lewis was significantly alongside at Turn 9," Mercedes team manager Ron Meadows tells the FIA.
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"I've watched this replay several times and I'm feeling very cross about it," says Jonathan Wheatley to Michael Masi. "I completely understand Jonathan, that's why the stewards are investigating."
Verstappen's Red Bull looks like it's been through a cheese-grater as it's finally lifted away. Absolute write-off, lads - get your insurance company on the old blower.
The barrier's looking in much better nick now, as Verstappen's car gets hauled away from the scene. Hopefully we'll be back up and running relatively soon.
Breaking news
Here is the developing story on the crash between Hamilton and Verstappen which has caused the British GP to be red flagged: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/british-gp-red-flagged-after-hamilton-and-verstappen-clash/6633015/
Breaking news
We're expecting to get underway again in 15 minutes' time.
Replay of the start shows Ocon driving into an ever-closing wedge between team-mate Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. Slight touch from Vettel, but no damage to either, it seems.
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"I guess that was a racing incident, or what?", Bottas asks over the radio - perhaps trying to manifest a favourable result for the team.
Stopwatch
The race will resume at 15:42 - so, in like eight minutes' time.
Just a couple of minutes to go now - ready for Round 2?
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