Damon Hill
1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra at Silverstone

Completely shocking that, you have to wonder what Oscar Piastri did before the restart, he slowed down and Max got himself a bit onside. That's handed a great advantage to Lando Norris because he now doesn't have to get past Max.

"Woah mate! He just suddenly again slows down!"

Oscar Piastri is out in front but what will this investigation throw up for the Australian? Lando Norris is second and the Aston Martin of Lance Stroll is now third.

Drama at the restart! Oscar Piastri slowed down and Max Verstappen went ahead. The safety car peeled off and when the McLaren decided now was the time to make a move, Verstappen dropped it out of Stowe and tumbled down the order. Piastri is still leading but the Australian is under investigation for a safety car infringement. Verstappen is now P10.

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Kimi Antonelli is carrying a bit of damage to the floor after his brush with Isack Hadjar's Racing Bulls. The Italian rookie comes into the pits for a check-up.

The safety car is coming in, but Max Verstappen has gone past Oscar Piastri. The McLaren goes back ahead before we go racing once again.

Damon Hill
1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra at Silverstone

They just showed a long shot of the Hanger straight of the cars behind the safety car and a bit of car was flipped up, so they've got some other stuff on the track out there.

The gaps begin to close up again and Oscar Piastri leads the field behind the safety car. Max Verstappen follows the McLaren in second place and Piastri's McLaren team-mate Lando Norris is in third. The Australian is now on the team radio to say Turn Two is now a bit of a puddle, which is not good.

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Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent at Silverstone

Usually there is a red flag when there is a bad incident in the barriers which will need repairing but it looked like to me that Hadjar hadn't really impacted the barriers too much, done a lot of damage to his car. We may just get away with a safety car.

Damon Hill
1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra at Silverstone

[Isack Hadjar] made it all the way to the barriers on the left-hand side of Copse, across all the gravel so that just shows you how fast he was going because there is a lot of run off going into the corner. The car is absolutely wrecked but he is OK.

"I didn't see him. I mean he appeared out of nowhere, man."

The safety car is back with us as Isack Hadjar's car is a mess in the gravel at Copse corner. The rookie couldn't see anything in front of him, not even the rear red lights, and he's hit the back of the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli as the Italian lifted for the corner. Antonelli is still out on track in P15, but does he have any damage?

Damon Hill
1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra at Silverstone

I am just noting that there are two leading drivers that have left the track and may have damaged their cars. These cars have tiny little important bits on the edges of the floor that are easily damaged and that will affect the aerodynamics. In the wet it is not such a big problem but it will affect the performance if it dries out, which it is now.

Sam: What happened to the old days of wet weather racing. Whenever rain comes they bring out safety car. They are racers it is what they train for...

We're back racing and George Russell has overtaken Lewis Hamilton. But not so fast, George, as your old Mercedes team-mate swipes the place back within a couple of seconds. Hamilton is seventh, Russell is eighth.

Charles Leclerc has passed Yuki Tsunoda for P13 but now we've got another yellow flag! It's for Isack Hadjar, who has crashed heavily, I think, around Copse.

Another lap goes by and the safety car is still out on the damp track. Lewis Hamilton has been on the Ferrari team radio to say conditions are not good, while George Russell is asking Mercedes why the race hasn't been red-flagged?

Sorry, George, that red flag ain't coming out anytime soon, as the safety car period is about to end...

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent at Silverstone

This is a race between Piastri, Verstappen and Norris. It looks to me that the McLarens have the legs of the Red Bull, wet or dry at the moment, but obviously it has all been neutralised while they work out if these conditions are too dangerous to race in or not.

Fernando Alonso is being a little bit spiky on the team radio to Aston Martin. The Spaniard, who has scored 14 points in the past three races, is questioning why he now finds other drivers ahead of him, now he's sitting in P10. Have Aston done it on purpose? He asks, before adding they never get the tyres right.

The top three are Oscar Piastri, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris but behind them, we've got the likes of Lance Stroll, Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly. The rain continues to fall but reports of dry skies on the way will be welcomed up and down the pit wall.

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Damon Hill
1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra at Silverstone

It's an intense downpour, this is not a virtual safety car, but an actual one. Everyone will bunch up, which means everyone that has lost out in the juggle to change on to the right tyres will get the chance to close up now and some may even have the chance to pit. It's heavy showers then sudden blue sky.