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We need to go and have a lie down. Hopefully you enjoyed that race - take care, and we'll be back for next weekend!
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Anyway, here's the report should you wish to relive that manic end to the British GP: 
What's the difference between Lewis Hamilton's left-front and an overgrown swamp? One's a mangled tyre, the other's a tangled mire.
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Hamilton appears to have two trophies there - after hanging onto that tyre, that's probably a fair reward!
Wellity, wellity, wellity. I think we've just about calmed down after we had to spend those last few laps typing like a court stenographer. By the by, we are open to offers.
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Hamilton: "In the last few laps I started to back off, and then on the last lap it just deflated. It was heart-in-the-mouth. I nearly didn't get round the last two corners."
It's supposed to be softer tyres for next week too, so one imagines either Pirelli will review that or there'll be more pops than a bubble-wrap factory.
I don't think any of us expected that ending. Hamilton inspects that shredded tyre, poking around inside to check the damage. "That was close," he remarks, presumably requiring a fresh pair of trousers too.
On the replays, you can just see those tyres completely delaminating and tearing themselves to pieces.
Shades of 2013 with those tyre failures. Verstappen's tyres were intact, but the man himself will be deflated not to have won that. Did he need to pit?
Bad luck for Bottas in P11 as he finishes ahead of Russell, Sainz who had his late puncture, Giovinazzi, Latifi, Grosjean and Raikkonen.
Blimey, that was an unexpected finish.
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Ricciardo claims fourth, with Norris fifth, Ocon sixth, with Gasly, Albon, Stroll and Vettel completing the top 10.
Sainz's puncture puts him back out in the race but outside of the points. Meanwhile Bottas, who pitted after his puncture, can't get ahead of Vettel on the final lap and misses out on the final point position in P11.
Verstappen grabs second, as Leclerc grabs a podium too!
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Hamilton, JUST ABOUT hangs onto that tyre, and wins the British Grand Prix!
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Hamilton's in a race against time here, as his tyre has shredded to pieces!
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Hamilton's tyre too!
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That's Sainz with a puncture too!!
Leclerc takes third place now! Bottas returns to the track in 12th place.
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Verstappen's ver-stopping too, now he has a free pitstop thanks to Bottas' front-left puncture.
Albon, to his credit, is fighting to the end as he moves ahead of Vettel to take P11 with two laps to go.
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Bottas has gone wide, and Verstappen's passed him! Verstappen grabs second place, while Bottas has a puncture!
Game on indeed - Verstappen's now just 5.7s off of Bottas now. There's just a handful of laps left, but it'll be close come the end.
Stroll is another suffering late on in the race, as he gets overtaken by Gasly for P9. It looks like the Racing Point driver is down on power.
Raikkonen has lost most of his front wing, which appears to have broken in a clatter with a kerb. Going bad to worse for the Finn.
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"A lot of vibrations on the car", Sainz reports, which probably means that Norris is going to have to clear his team-mate sooner or later.
Moments after that overtake Stroll is shown the black and white flag.
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"Carlos needs to get a move on," says Norris. Ricciardo behind is getting very close for comfort.
Esteban Ocon take a bow! The Renault driver dives around the outside of Stroll at Brooklands to grab P8. Great move.
Good mates Albon and Russell put friendships aside for a moment as the Red Bull driver looks for a way ahead of the Williams. The Thai driver duly gets the move done on the charge to Brooklands to move up to P14.
Hamilton has now done his weekly shop, and he's just about to check out. The gap to Bottas opens up to 3.8s.
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The incident at Brooklands involving Grosjean and Ricciardo will be investigated after the race.
Bottas is struggling with some vibrations, and has lost further ground to Hamilton at the front. It's now a three-second buffer between the two.
With 10 laps to go the midfield fight has somewhat calmed down, for now, with Grosjean now out of the equation having pitted. Sainz is P5 leading McLaren team-mate Norris who is ahead of Ricciardo, Stroll, Ocon, Gasly and Vettel.
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But then, Verstappen finds some pace and posts in a 1m29.070s. Game on?
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Hamilton's done a 1m29.282s to flex his muscles and open the gap to Bottas to 2.8s.
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