00:00Now he's got DRS, so for another six miles an hour extra pace or so down the
00:06hangar straight Lewis Hamilton closes to half a second behind Charles Leclerc.
00:12As much as I'm loving standing in the grandstand Martin, can you imagine what
00:16it's like, they say in the commentary box, can you imagine what it's like in the
00:19grandstands at the moment? Standing amongst the British fans denied their
00:23chance to come and see their Grand Prix last year, 140,000 plus they're here at
00:28Silverstone this afternoon, they are being given a proper British Grand Prix treat
00:33here. Three to go and he's moving in quickly but here are those back markers
00:38I've been talking about and of course that then destabilizes the Ferrari a little
00:43bit for good measure, what it will do is give him a bit of DRS though, when he
00:47catches the back markers it'll give Leclerc the chance to open his rear wing
00:51but it will also for Hamilton too. Meanwhile Sergio Perez has pitted for a
00:56change of tyres to put on the soft tyre to steal the fastest lap point from Lewis
01:01Hamilton. But he won't will he, he's not in the top ten. No but he'll stop Hamilton
01:04getting it, he won't get a point for him but he'll steal that point from Perez.
01:09Right, remember what happened at Cobb's on lap one, here goes Hamilton on lap 50
01:14oh and he tries to get past Leclerc and goes off the track, has Hamilton got through?
01:20Yes he has, he's into the lead by the time they get into Maggots, it was almost another
01:25Cobb's collision but Hamilton has put his Mercedes into the lead, Charles Leclerc has led every
01:31single lap of this race but on lap 50 he's now settling for second spot and Hamilton gives
01:37the British fans some British cheer. Well there's the answer that did that
01:41contact with Verstappen upset Hamilton, he's been up the inside there twice more
01:46this afternoon, this one was pretty punchy. Well look at this, how close were we to
01:52another Cobb's collision, Hamilton was behind Leclerc, ran wide and then just got
01:57onto a bit of astroturf, a bit of dirty stuff and had to move out of it. Hamilton
02:05is busy focusing a part of his energy on the Mercedes, he's run wide.
02:11Oh, even Tom Cruise behind the mask and the glasses I'm sure is elated with what he's just
02:20seen there, remember 1987, Mansell led the final three laps, he caught past Nelson Piquet
02:26from 28 seconds behind, Hamilton has done something similar today, a penalty that could
02:32well have ruined this race, well it's invigorated him and he's leading.
02:37Just keep it easy on the kerbs, easy on the kerbs.
02:40Take me to the bottom mate.
02:41Yep, and now...
02:45How it's breathing heavily as you...
02:47Just look after it.
02:49Yep, leave me to it mate.
02:51Well now they tell him to keep off the kerbs because he's got the lead and the last thing they
02:55want Martin is to keep
02:55on the kerbs and risk for those tyres having problems.
02:58Yep, and the front left was just beginning to open up as well but Charles Leclerc had led
03:03every single lap today but it won't be the right ones up until that point, up until Copse.
03:12But what a race he has put in, Charles Leclerc, what a magnificent first stint it was.
03:17He just didn't have the pace to keep the Mercedes at bay right the way to the end and Hamilton
03:21now set free is over two seconds clear and down the Hamilton straight leading the British Grand Prix for one
03:30final lap.
03:32Yeah, he didn't lead any of the sprint race.
03:35He's led very little of this race as Lewis.
03:38They nearly led, didn't he, up against Max.
03:40But, when it matters, after 69 laps of racing, he'll be out front and Perez does indeed steal that.
03:50That, well, stops Lewis scoring the point rather than getting a point for himself.
03:55So Senna at Imola, Schumacher at Suzuka, Lewis Hamilton himself in Melbourne.
04:01Eight victories at a single circuit.
04:03He is about to add to that and he is already getting the standing ovation from the British crowd.
04:10You saw the table a few moments ago.
04:12The 33-point gap that Max Verstappen had going into this race is now down to seven points in the
04:19championship.
04:20As we head to round 11, hungry in a couple of weeks' time.
04:24I don't know about you, I am hungry for more action like this.
04:27They're hungry for more action like this.
04:29What a British Grand Prix weekend it's been.
04:32The cheers you can hear for tens of miles around when Hamilton won qualifying on Friday evening.
04:38It was a victory that energized and reinvigorated him.
04:42He went into battle with Max Verstappen.
04:44Verstappen came off second best.
04:46I hope he's okay and I hope there's nothing too serious as he went to hospital for precautionary checks.
04:51But Hamilton has picked up the reins since the restart.
04:55He's chased down the prancing horse.
04:56He chases the chequered flag.
04:58He wins the British Grand Prix for an eighth time here at Silverstone.
05:04And Hamilton is back in the championship hunt.
05:07Don't you forget it.
05:09Charles Leclerc comes home to take second place.
05:12Valtteri Bottas, a podium for him.
05:14Third place with his tires struggling at the end.
05:17I hope the crowd give a massive ovation for Lando Norris as well after a hugely difficult week for him.
05:23He is going to come home to take fourth in the British Grand Prix on a mega day for McLaren.
05:28Fourth and fifth for Norris and for Ricciardo who's had to hold off the other Ferrari of Carlos Sainz.
05:35We'll talk about the minor points in a few moments.
05:38But talk about this moment, Martin Brundle.
05:40Hamilton wins at Silverstone again.
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