Summary

  • Hamilton wins record-extending ninth British GP

  • Hamilton took back lead from Norris after pit stops following rain shower

  • Lead changes hands between all three Britons

  • Polesitter Russell retired mid-race

  • Gasly also out

  • Get involved #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

  1. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    How good is this race, how are we nearly halfway through this race, it feels like we are just at the start and just getting going.

  2. Top five

    Lap 24/52

    1. Lando Norris (McLaren)

    2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

    3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

    4. George Russell (Mercedes)

    5. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

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    Millington: Did they design this McLaren in a swimming pool?! How is it this good in the wet?

  4. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    The track is dry, on the last lap we've seen Lando Norris do the fastest lap of the race.

    Although there has just been a weather alert that rain is coming in four minutes time.

  5. Lap 23/52

    There are cars on the intermediate tyres and one of them is Charles Leclerc, who now finds himself in the swamp of 16th place.

  6. Lap 22/52

    Around the outside was Oscar Piastri's power move against George Russell's Mercedes.

  7. Jennie Gow
    F1 pit-lane reporter

    McLaren have set their car up a little bit more for rain so this is possibly suiting them more than we expected.

  8. Team radio - Perez to Red Bull

    Perez: "It's too dry man, it's too dry"

  9. Lap 21/52

    The all-British podium is out of sight for the moment as Oscar Piastri has muscled his way onto the podium from fifth place. Lando Norris has survived the rain fall and is leading at Silverstone.

  10. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are checking out!

  11. Piastri overtakes Hamilton

    Lap 21/52

    The McLarens are leading the way at Silverstone! Just before the start of lap 20 Oscar Piastri overtook Lewis Hamilton for P2. Hamilton is down to third and George Russell, who started on pole position, is down into fourth.

  12. 'This is treacherous now'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I can't tell you how difficult these conditions are, you can see the spray coming off the tyres.

    They are losing tyre temperature all the time, there is water in-between the tarmac and the rubber they are driving on. This is treacherous now.

  13. Norris leads the British Grand Prix

    Lap 20/52

    Amazing drama! Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris head down the pit straight and the McLaren fires through on the Mercedes into Turn One! His team-mate Oscar Piastri wants a piece of the action and has passed George Russell for a podium place!

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  14. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    It was almost a carbon copy from the Mercedes, synchronised off-road driving.

  15. Team radio - Norris to McLaren

    Norris: "They both joined really unsafely."

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    Liam Holman: If it's the same rain storm that I was caught in in Herefordshire, they're gonna need wets.

  17. Russell loses P2 to Norris

    Lap 19/52

    The two Mercedes have both gone off the track, which allows Lando Norris to pick off George Russell for second place! The polesitter is now running in third place.

  18. Hamilton takes the lead

    Lap 18/52

    The rain has been no match for Lewis Hamilton in recent years and George Russell has a job on hands to keep the seven-time world champion at bay. Stowe is where all the action is and Hamilton makes his move! Russell loses his lead and goes down to P2.

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  19. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    Verstappen is falling back and is in the clutches of the other McLaren Oscar Piastri who is closing right up to the rear end of that Red Bull.

  20. Piastri passes Verstappen

    Lap 17/52

    The Red Bull that was once so dominant is now under pressure from the second McLaren of Oscar Piastri. The Australian is just keeping the Dutchman on his toes as the two head into Stowe and decides to make his move. Overtake complete! Max Verstappen has lost another place and is now P5.

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