It looks like things are aligning for Lewis Hamilton as Nico Rosberg suffers a troubled day. Will Mercedes get it sorted for tomorrow?

I'll leave you with Andrew Benson's final practice report and we'll be back with coverage of final practice from 09:30 BST tomorrow.

See ya.

BBC Radio 5 Live

Finally, remember to listen in to the British Grand Prix preview at 20:00 BST, when Jennie Gow sits down with Lewis Hamilton.

After the latest collision with Nico Rosberg, it should make for interesting listening.

In case you missed it from this morning, Ferrari have re-signed Kimi Raikkonen as team-mate to Sebastian Vettel for the 2017 Formula 1 season.

The 36-year-old's future had been in doubt as the team considered whether he had done enough to earn a fourth consecutive season with the team.

They have decided that he is the best option as support to four-time world champion Vettel, who leads their team.

It will be a seventh year at Ferrari for the Finn, who won their last drivers' title in 2007.

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It was arguably the most famous season in Formula 1 history, featuring thrilling racing, off-track controversies and the near-death of the sport's most famous driver, Niki Lauda, as he battled James Hunt for the world championship.

Through the long, hot summer of 1976 Hunt's attempt to claw back a huge points deficit to reigning champion Lauda was big news in Britain.

However, almost the entire season - including the British Grand Prix - was not broadcast on television in the UK because one of the cars was sponsored by a condom manufacturer.

BBC Sport tells the story of how a forward-thinking contraception company led to an F1 blackout, as the sport draped itself in cigarette advertising.

I would absolutely love to carry on with all these Top Gun quotes, but we're heading towards wrapping things up here. Before we do go, here's a couple of things worthy of your attention...

No Ferrari in the top three. Will they get things right for the weekend?

11) Sainz 12) Gutierrez 13) Kvyat 14) Nasr 15)  Hulkenberg 16) Perez 17) Wehrlein 18) Palmer 19) Ericsson 20) Magnussen 21) Haryanto. No time: Rosberg

1) Hamilton 2) Ricciardo 3) Verstappen 4) Vettel 5) Raikkonen 6) Alonso  7) Bottas 8) Grosjean 9) Button 10) Massa 

Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

On what we've seen today, Red Bull are the ones that are going to take the fight to Mercedes this weekend.

"Slow in please, slow in. Avoid changing gear," comes the message over the radio to Daniel Ricciardo.

He finishes the session second fastest, but does that suggest all is not as well as they would like?

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I, and Tom Cruise, approve of all this Top Gun chat. Clearly the best 80s film. 

Three minutes to go in second practice, and the day is going to belong to Lewis Hamilton.

Jenson Button's finally getting more than the odd lap in now. He's on the soft compound and has the need, the need for speed.

He finally puts in a representative lap time as he crosses the line with a time of 1:33.763. That puts him P9, 0.8s down on his McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso, who is P6.

Good stat from Jennie Gow - Lewis Hamilton has always won the world championship when he's won the British Grand Prix - 2008, 2014 and 2015. 

Game over if he wins this weekend, then?

Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

"The gearbox is off Rosberg's car. It is obviously a major issue. Everyone is happy on one side of the garage and the other side looks like having a long night ahead of them."  

We've been waiting for the Force Indias to do quali runs, but it turns out that they aint going to do them. Not in this session anyway, because the team just told Jennie Gow that they did their qualifying sim in FP1.