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00:00The grid forming up then for the 60 laps of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
00:05Heike Kovalainen on the right, Mark Webber on the left with Lewis Hamilton behind him
00:09and the race is go, great immediate getaway by Kovalainen
00:12but Raikkonen is on the attack, he's trying to force Webber out
00:15and look at Hamilton down the inside, the crowd goes mad
00:19as Lewis Hamilton sides up the inside but Kovalainen's not having that
00:23he looks in his mirrors to see where Hamilton is
00:25he's squeezing his teammate, Hamilton has to back out of it
00:28uncompromising driving by Kovalainen
00:31and Hamilton was on the rampage at the start
00:34yes he just hooked it up perfectly, minimised the wheel spin and took off
00:38Webber back down to fourth but Hamilton then trying to seize the lead
00:42have to say supremely brave, oh he's got a spinner
00:45that's Red Bull isn't it?
00:48it's Webber, Mark Webber from the front row of the grid
00:50and look at the speed as they flash past him
00:53poor old Mark Webber's dropped down to fourth at the start
00:55he's kept the engine going though at the front
00:58Heikki Kovalainen is leading from Lewis Hamilton
01:00then it's Raikkonen and Heidfeldt, Piquet is up to fifth for Renault
01:04sixth is Alonso, seventh Massa, eighth Kubitson, ninth Fatale
01:08and tenth David Coulthard
01:10Massa running deep into the Abbey chicane
01:12I would have been terrified sitting in that car
01:15and Mark Webber's facing the traffic when you know half of them can't see you
01:19but what's going on there, Kovalainen, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Heidfeldt up to fourth
01:24and Piquet ahead of Alonso, so it's Piquet fifth, Alonso sixth
01:28and two and three abreast at the back, we've got a Williams got in at two deep
01:33Nakajima off, I noticed Fatale got past Coulthardt as well
01:37but Ferrari has spun, which one is it?
01:39it's Felipe Massa and everyone's flashing past him
01:41it's a day for facing the wrong way on a racetrack
01:44highly, highly dangerous, but all the other drivers managed to keep out of his way
01:48so Felipe Massa, the championship leader, is on his uppers here
01:52and we've got his at Coulthardt in that, yes
01:54and I believe Fatale, they were having a ding-dong
01:56and it's Toro Rosso and a Red Bull in the gravel track
02:00what an eventful first lap
02:01nearly dropped it on the kerb
02:03this is on board then with Lewis Hamilton
02:05this is where he takes the Red Bull and the Ferrari
02:08and it looks like he's got the lead here, doesn't it?
02:10and then Koval, oh wow, they touch, both McLarens touching there
02:14really attacking Kovalainen as they come down the start, finish straight
02:17he's up the inside, along to the pit wall
02:20just as they were on the opening lap, very strongly
02:22and keep an eye out for Adrian Sutil in the Force India
02:25oh, along to the inside of Eiffel
02:27he's the last runner, and it's gone again
02:30sorry, that's a replay
02:33yep, so Mark Webber is now down in 18th place
02:36as we look at a replay of Nakajima from in front of Webber
02:39look at that, he was barely touching the throttle
02:42and it went, oh wow
02:44and, well, these cars are designed to crash into the wall
02:48at 150 miles an hour
02:50it was a touch there
02:51Kultad and Vettel
02:52is that Massa again having a spin?
02:55Hamilton is just closing right up now
02:56on the back of his teammate
02:57the front of his car snaking around
02:59and you can see he's right up behind the rear wing
03:02now, it's a lot of work for Hamilton
03:04to keep this car pointing in the straight line
03:06on the run down the hangar straight then towards Stowe
03:08up to 190 miles an hour
03:11and this is where Mansell passed Pique
03:12and now Hamilton has gone past Kovalainen
03:15in an equally memorable pass
03:17up the inside into Stowe
03:19Alonso and Raikkonen to a large extent
03:21are threatening to close in
03:23thousands of a second
03:24faster than this man Hamilton
03:26who's on a very quick lap at the moment
03:28so Hamilton is flying
03:29the look replay at
03:30this is Webber passing Fisichella
03:32Webber coming back through the field
03:34and he's now siding up the inside of Sebastian Borde
03:36and trying to take away that 13th place
03:39to Webber
03:40is absolutely flying
03:41so he doesn't connect
03:43with the Force India there
03:44and no problem at all
03:47here we go
03:48under braking into Abbey
03:49isn't that
03:50and it's a little pirouette
03:51the Abbey chicane
03:52and that is where
03:54second place was lost
03:55as Raikkonen now sets the fastest lap of the race
03:57and we've got a sideways Force India
03:59Adrian Sutil
04:00who normally excels
04:01in these kind of conditions
04:02you come out of
04:03oh there we go
04:05just lost it under braking
04:06is on the way in
04:07to the Abbey chicane
04:10and shift at the same time
04:11in fact
04:11I think he got up
04:12on top of some water
04:13but Webber's a couple of seconds
04:15collapsed faster than the Hondas
04:17he can pass them
04:18just about any which way
04:19he wants at the moment
04:20after a spin early on
04:21and that's a pass on
04:23Nico Rosberg
04:24in the Williams
04:24Fisichella
04:25trying to fend off Massa
04:27for 15th and 16th places
04:29oh they're coming together
04:30so it's a straight race
04:32between the two pit crews
04:33Elector keeps filling in
04:34then release
04:35the lollipop goes up
04:36he can get out
04:37just in front
04:38that was all perfectly legitimate
04:39and Hamilton then
04:41maintains position
04:43Glock and Alonso
04:44this is the battle
04:44for 8th, 9th and 10th
04:46and Heifel
04:46just drives around the outside
04:48of Glock
04:48he's going up the inside of Alonso
04:50he's going to pass two cars
04:51in the space of two corners
04:52he's really on the move
04:54Hamilton can go a little longer
04:55than Raikkonen
04:56in this middle stint
04:59so there is
04:59Nakajima
05:00just spinning that Williams
05:02this is proper
05:03get your umbrella out
05:04raining now
05:05well Kimi was the other man
05:06to do that
05:07we were talking about it
05:08and these are
05:09exactly the conditions
05:10we were talking about
05:11where he's worn the rubber down
05:12he will now lose temperature
05:14he'll go slower
05:15Hamilton's lead
05:16was already
05:1810 seconds
05:19as they passed the line
05:20last time around
05:20Hamilton two seconds quicker
05:22in the first sector alone
05:24they've made a big
05:25big mistake
05:25about to come under
05:26some pressure
05:27from his own team mate
05:28Nelson Piquet
05:29who passed him
05:30at the end
05:30of the French Grand Prix
05:31and he's now passed him
05:33here at Silverstone as well
05:34Hamilton has lacked
05:35world championship leader
05:37Felipe Massa
05:38surely he'll duck
05:39underneath him now
05:40pick up some grip
05:41if Raikkonen's coming
05:42in the pits
05:43he needs to do it now
05:44and there's a BMW there
05:45yeah Heifel went through
05:46as well
05:46and I think gave him
05:47a little nudge
05:48and he also went
05:48up the inside of
05:49Kovalainen
05:50at the same time
05:51was that Lewis Hamilton
05:53yes it was
05:54Lewis Hamilton
05:55going through to lap
05:57Giancarlo Fisichella
05:58no it's a Ferrari
05:59it's Raikkonen
06:00it's Raikkonen
06:01no it's Massa
06:02it's Felipe Massa
06:03in the Ferrari
06:04so Glock
06:05got held up behind him
06:06in the driving rain
06:07goes Robert Kubica
06:09and scythes down
06:10the inside into Stowe
06:11going to be safer
06:12to get the full wets on
06:13than slam it in the wall
06:16Glock recovering
06:17then
06:17a problem
06:18there's a problem
06:18with Barrichello's car
06:19that's being pushed
06:20out of the way
06:20Nelson Piquet
06:21no Nelson
06:22there it is
06:24a replay then
06:24how he finally
06:25retired
06:26Marshall's in the world
06:28and Lewis is across the grass
06:30and Kibitz is off as well
06:31everybody's struggling here
06:32they're going to have to
06:32switch the extreme wets
06:33this is China
06:34all over again
06:35for Hamilton
06:35he can't afford
06:36to lose another 10 points
06:37like he did in China
06:38last year
06:38of course
06:39that also cost him
06:40the world championship
06:41getting away
06:42from the prancing horse
06:43of the Ferrari
06:43a replay of Hamilton
06:45working away
06:46like a hacksaw
06:47on the wheel
06:48just trying to keep it
06:49pointing in the right direction
06:50in a straight line
06:51look
06:51he's gone off
06:52in a straight line
06:52that's exactly
06:53what we've been talking about
06:54how he didn't slam
06:55that one in the barriers
06:56this is Barrichello
06:57who put extreme wet tyres on
06:59at his pit stop
07:00and look how much easier
07:01it is for him
07:02compared to Lewis Hamilton
07:04Ferrari off the track again
07:05which one is it
07:06it's Raikkonen this time
07:07because they thought
07:09if BMW didn't
07:10then they were going to beat them
07:11but
07:12Hamilton needs these points today
07:14he's taking all of this
07:14so he'll be paying
07:15very close attention
07:16to Rubens' progress
07:17Barrichello picks up
07:19fourth place
07:19well the BMW's off
07:21that'll be in the gravel
07:22that's going
07:23no further
07:24Kubica
07:24out of the race
07:26and
07:26that's contact there
07:29then
07:29Nika Rosberg
07:30losing his front wing
07:32against the back
07:33of the Toyota
07:34three seconds a lap
07:35quicker
07:35than Lewis Hamilton
07:37because he's on
07:38the extreme wet tyre
07:39Toyota there
07:40and Barrichello
07:41passing truly
07:43Felipe Massa
07:44again
07:45again on the pit straight
07:47he just cannot
07:48get the power down
07:49out of Luffield
07:50Weber coming out of
07:51Luffield
07:52another one of those
07:53yep
07:54underneath there
07:55just got out on
07:56a little bit of extra water
07:58light years ahead
07:59and Lewis on
08:00on inters
08:01was very very impressive
08:02and Raikkonen's got
08:03in his slipstream
08:04Alonso
08:05chooses not to
08:06stick him on the grass
08:07and it's over
08:08Raikkonen's ahead
08:10once again
08:11this time
08:12Kovalainen does get
08:13through
08:13Heikki Kovalainen
08:15up into fifth place
08:17the air horns
08:17are blowing
08:18I'm sure once he gets
08:19into the complex
08:20he may just chance
08:21taking his hand
08:22off the steering wheel
08:23and giving the odd
08:24wave to the
08:2590,000
08:25capacity crowd
08:27who have come
08:28just listen to them
08:29so many questions
08:34asked about his
08:35commitment
08:35about his distractions
08:37could he handle
08:38the pressure
08:38was he man enough
08:39he came here to
08:40Silverstone
08:41and he has shown
08:42them all
08:43with one of the
08:43great great drives
08:45at Silverstone
08:46Lewis Hamilton
08:46wins the British
08:48Grand Prix
08:49a fantastic performance
08:51a mesmerising drive
08:53at times he was
08:54five or six seconds
08:55a lap quicker than men
08:57on the same tyres
08:58stunning drive
08:59by Lewis Hamilton
09:00Heifel comes through
09:01and will do
09:02in a long long time
09:03in second place
09:04Rubens Barrichello
09:05third
09:05well done Lewis
09:06tremendous drive
09:07good discipline
09:08and well handled
09:10on the visor
09:11you know
09:12I think that
09:12that bit came right
09:13so
09:14look after the car
09:16and
09:17Martin will see you
09:19on the podium
09:19well yesterday's radio
09:21fantastic job guys
09:22thank you very much
09:23for giving me the support
09:24I know it's been
09:26a tough weekend
09:27but we've done it
09:28we've already done it
09:29fantastic
09:30the 90,000 stand
09:37has won
09:38for Lewis Hamilton
09:39he's decided
09:41he's going to drink
09:42a little
09:42before he sprays it
09:44and well he might
09:45Lewis Hamilton
09:46took himself
09:47to another level
09:48today
09:48he's now in a
09:49three-way tie
09:51for the World Championship
09:52lead
09:52the second half
09:53of this Formula 1 season
09:54is going to be
09:56spellbinding
09:57we'll see you next time
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