00:00And it's lights out and away we go, once again Max Verstappen gets a decent start, not as good as
00:05yesterday, Hamilton is right with him, Leclerc is already ahead of Bottas, Verstappen's ahead of Lewis Hamilton, going through the
00:12second turn, it's the Red Bull but Hamilton's coming back, into Village we go, it is Verstappen from Hamilton, then
00:18Leclerc, Bottas and Ricciardo ahead of his teammate Lando Norris.
00:22Verstappen's going to have to weave like crazy, Hamilton got a better drive off the loop, he will be faster,
00:28down the Wellington straight into Brooklands.
00:30He's not going to get a chance to weave because already Hamilton is with him, they almost touch, they go
00:34into Brooklands, Verstappen stays ahead, the crowd roar their approval for this, the two championship contenders giving it everything.
00:42It's not over yet because Hamilton gets another slipstream all the way down the old pit straight into Cobb's corner,
00:48these are critical corners for this Grand Prix.
00:51Hamilton's going to try again this time on the inside, a continent touch, Verstappen is out of the race and
00:57that's a big crash into Cops, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen coming together, Hamilton continues on, Charles Leclerc now leads
01:05the British Grand Prix but for the second time this season, Hamilton and Verstappen clash and tangle on the opening
01:13lap but this time it is ending in dramatic consequences for the championship leader.
01:19Yeah, it was the merest of touches but it was enough and look how the wheel has come loose from
01:24the rim as well, the tyre has come loose from the rim.
01:27I said it wasn't over yet, didn't I, as they came out of Luffield.
01:30Was there a bit more room to the right that Hamilton should have been finding?
01:35They, yes, red flag.
01:37They need to repair that tyre barrier.
01:41Lights out and away we go, even Stephens for the front two but already Lando Norris is closing down on
01:47Valtteri Bottas as Charles Leclerc leads them into Abbey from Hamilton and then Lando Norris, Valtteri Bottas, Daniel Ricciardo and
01:54Fernando Alonso.
01:55Down the inside goes Ricciardo on Valtteri Bottas, late braking from the Australian, Leclerc leads them through loop and onto
02:02Aintree in the Wellington straight and the Mercedes now back ahead of the McLaren as down the Wellington straight we
02:09go with Charles Leclerc leading this race then from Lewis Hamilton.
02:13Then comes Lando Norris, then Valtteri Bottas, then Daniel Ricciardo on the inside.
02:18Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso are having a duel just like they did in the sprint race yesterday.
02:24Alonso going round the long way at Luffield trying to get past and Vettel's lost it.
02:28He's spun round, he's entered the old pit lane and he's going to have to get going.
02:32He has gone from the top six all the way to the rear of the field as Alonso goes round
02:37the outside of Daniel Ricciardo getting race he wants for at Silverstone.
02:41Alonso surely needs to give that place back, he does, he was off the track in turn nine, he's not
02:45allowed to make the pass there.
02:47Sebastian Vettel got to Trigger Happy on the throttle as he watched Alonso going around the outside of Luffield and
02:53just looped it around.
02:55Lewis Hamilton meanwhile has a ten second time penalty for causing a collision.
03:02No, the engine cut, the engine stopped, he's going again, tell me what's happening.
03:07Engine power unit problems for Charles Leclerc, cutting out.
03:11Driver default, Alfa, five, six on. Everything should be fine now.
03:18Hard tyres going on for Lando Norris is a problem and he's there a little bit longer than he would
03:23have wanted and it was the right rear tyre that was the issue of a six second stop time so
03:29he was stationary for four seconds longer than he'd want to be.
03:33This needs to be perfect for Bottas. It is perfect for Bottas. That's felt like two seconds, 2.1, something
03:39like that.
03:392.2, well done Ted.
03:40Oh, only a tenth off. Let's see where he comes out. How close is this with Lando?
03:44Valtteri Bottas then back into the race in fifth place.
03:49OK, so Hamilton comes in. It's going to be long, of course. Now, the man who's making this work is
03:53the sporting director Ron Meadows.
03:55He's just standing by the mechanics. He started his stopwatch, as the great Murray Walker would say.
04:00He's having a look at it and he's going to tap all the guys on the shoulder. There you go.
04:04He's tapped the guy with the big orange banner to then lift his banner up and then they change the
04:10tyres.
04:12Soon to be going past the old pits here that we used to have at the Silverstone race circuit for
04:18the British Grand Prix towards Cobbs.
04:20Here goes Lewis Hamilton. This is where he tangled with Max Verstappen.
04:23On this occasion, he was clear and he was well ahead going into Cobbs and he makes the move and
04:29it's clean.
04:29Hamilton back up into the podium places.
04:32OK, Valtteri, we invert the cars into turn 15 this lap.
04:38So, turn 15 is Stowe and we arrive at Stowe with Lewis Hamilton up into second place in this race.
04:45Second place in the championship, reducing that margin that Max Verstappen had at the start of this race.
04:52Now, the hunt is on. This is it.
04:56Did Perez and Raikkonen make contact? I think if they didn't, Raikkonen certainly ran out of space.
05:02The race went over the kerb and that caused the spin.
05:05Hamilton was three tenths quicker through the middle sector on this lap.
05:08He was three tenths quicker in the first sector on this lap.
05:11The gap is now less than one and a half seconds.
05:15This race is boiling down to a boilingly brilliant last three laps.
05:22Meanwhile, Sergio Perez has pitted for a change of tyres to put on the soft tyre to steal the fastest
05:28lap point from Lewis Hamilton.
05:30But he won't, will he? He's not in the top ten.
05:32No, but he'll stop Hamilton getting it. He won't get a point for him, but he'll steal that point from
05:36Perez.
05:37Right, remember what happened at Copse on lap one.
05:41Here goes Hamilton on lap 50.
05:43Oh, and he tries to get past Leclerc and goes off the track.
05:46Has Hamilton got through? Yes, he has.
05:49He's into the lead by the time they get into Maggots.
05:52It was almost another Copse collision.
05:54But Hamilton has put his Mercedes into the lead.
05:58Charles Leclerc has led every single lap of this race.
06:01But on lap 50, he's now settling for second spot.
06:05Hamilton has picked up the reins since the restart.
06:09He's chased down the prancing horse.
06:11He chases the jagged flag.
06:12He wins the British Grand Prix for an eighth time here at Silverstone.
06:18And Hamilton is back in the championship hunt.
06:21Don't you forget it.
06:23Charles Leclerc comes home to take second place.
06:26Valtteri Bottas, a podium for him.
06:29Third place with his tyres struggling at the end.
06:31For Max Verstappen, we really hope that he is okay.
06:35After being taken to hospital for precautionary checks.
06:39We'll see how he comes back from this day.
06:42Hamilton, British sporting superstar born in England on this Sunday.
06:47England did bring it home.
06:49And it was on penalties.
06:51What a win.
06:52Hmm.
06:55Hmm.
06:57Hmm.
06:58Hmm.
06:59Hmm.
06:59Hmm.
07:01Oh.
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