Jennie Gow
F1 pit-lane reporter

This is such a long circuit, you can have rain in one part and it can be dry in another.

It is not raining at the moment in the pit-lane but the teams are preparing themselves for pit-stops.

The coats are going on and the rain has arrived! George Russell leads, Lewis Hamilton is second and Lando Norris is back up to third.

Engineer: "We expect heavy rain now, it's coming in soon."

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Harry Benjamin
BBC F1 Commentator

It seems like Verstappen and that Red Bull doesn't have the pace compared to Lando Norris.

Verstappen didn't even both moving or trying to defend.

Sam Bird
Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Brilliant stuff from Lando Norris, up to third place and you can hear the crowd, they loved that.

Russell: "Just keep me posted if anyone goes off, rain coming down slightly harder now."

Austria ended in a right old ding dong between Lando Norris and Max Verstappen but at the moment at Silverstone, the pair are keeping it clean.

The two cars reach the Hangar Straight and Norris eyes his chance to overtake. And he's done it! back to a British one, two and three.

Harry Benjamin
BBC F1 Commentator

We are expecting at least two portions of rain imminently within the next ten laps or so.

Max Verstappen is sitting in third place after swiping Lando Norris' position at the start but the McLaren has DRS at Stowe and the Red Bull is under pressure. Lap 14 ends and the pair stay in their same places...

Dan: "Feels like both us and the drivers are sat waiting for the rain to come. Not much else happening."

The Sauber of Zhou Guanyu is into the pits to dump his soft tyres and bolt on a set of mediums.

Out on track, Charles Leclerc spots his target of Lance Stroll in a vulnerable position at Stowe. Mission complete. The Ferrari moves up into seventh place and is now chasing down his team-mate Carlos Sainz.

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent at Silverstone

It's interesting that Max Verstappen has dropped two and a half seconds back from Lewis Hamilton.

He may be protecting his tyres trying to give them a bit more life but you wouldn't expect Verstappen to be dropping that much.

Lando Norris is told the team are going to keep their strategy "simple" if the rain arrives. Over at Red Bull, Max Verstappen is informed the wet stuff is heading Silverstone's way in five minutes.

The fastest laps are being banked consistently by race leader George Russell but the gap is still only 1.3 seconds to eight-time winner Lewis Hamilton.

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Jennie Gow
F1 pit-lane reporter

When the [rain] comes it is going to stay and linger for a while because there is no movement in those clouds.

1. George Russell (Mercedes)

2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

4. Lando Norris (McLaren)

5. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

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Sam Bird
Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

I wonder what the teams will do with their tyres, if there's rain in ten minutes time and it's only going to last for ten minutes.

Can you brave it on the slicks, can you get round or will they have to change to the intermediate tyre.

The advantage for George Russell is 1.5 seconds over Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, with reigning world champion Max Verstappen a further 2.4 seconds down the road.

Verstappen has been on the radio to say his medium tyres are fading...

Jennie Gow
F1 pit-lane reporter

I'm waiting for the first pit-stops, we are expecting it around lap 16 if you started on the soft tyre and medium tyre is about lap 24.

By my calculations to make things more spicy, that should be exactly when the rain starts to fall so let's see what happens.

Engineer: "Rain expected in 7 laps, expected to last for 10 minutes."

Jeremiah: Mercedes pulling away nicely. Wonder if they have a plan to give a DRS to each other tow wade off any threats from Verstappen and the McLarens.

Andrew: Mercedes’ qualifying pace looks like it’s translated into genuine race pace around Silverstone. #bbcf1