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Andrew Benson has done a tremendous interview with Daniel Ricciardo - also known as the Honey Badger.

Honey Badgers are much less cute and much likely to bite your face off than their name suggests.

Anyway, here's an excerpt:

This interview is primarily for the BBC Sport website, you tell him.

But this big microphone you're holding, it's so it can run on 5 live, too, if necessary.

"So no swearing, then," he says.

"Definitely not."

"Shall I get it out now?"

"OK."

And there follows a succession of lurid curse words straight out of the movie Old School, said with the comic timing of The Thick Of It's Malcolm Tucker.

"Done," Ricciardo says, the smile broader than ever. "Got it."

And then that back-of-the-throat chuckle he has.

Read the full feature here.

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Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso can equal Sir Stirling Moss with four British GP poles and one behind all-time leader Jim Clark on five.

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Even if Sauber were able to get Marcus Ericsson's car gaffer taped up in time for qualifying, there will be no driver to put it around the track as Ericsson is getting looked over at hospital.

It's for the best, it was a horrible shunt in FP3.

Phileas Foggy: I'd give him a beautiful wife, baby, millions of pounds, the fastest car in F1 and wait...

Henry Ice: Send Nico on loan to 1 of the consistent back markers who put x2 effort 2 complete races so he appreciates what he has

Alieni: Re-run #GERvFRA at Euro2016 on his pit monitor

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Here's how Silverstone looks these days - the Arena layout introduced in 2010.

Full pelt into Abbey from the start, and then the mesmerising run into Copse at Turn Nine through the Maggotts-Becketts slalom from Turn 10. It's an absolutely joy to watch an F1 car scythe through that section.

You do not know how happy I am that Gary got marshals to line up like they're in a six-a-side football team.

Gary Rose
BBC Sport at Silverstone

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Here's a group of people that are the very heartbeat of this, and any, grand prix - the marshals. Giving up their time and undoubtedly working as long and as hard as anyone at a race weekend to help ensure it runs smoothly and safely.

I interrupted their lunch of sandwiches and flasks of tea to grab a photo, but want an idea of how selfless they are? I asked one of their number for their name and rather than give just his he said: "There's lots of us and all our names are in the programme." 

Have you put one of these at every corner, Laura, just to be safe?

Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer at Silverstone

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Track limits is an issue here this weekend and was discussed extensively in the drivers’ briefing on Friday afternoon. The key corners in question are Turns Nine, 15 and 18 - better known as Copse, Stowe and Club. These were being abused excessively on Friday - Max Verstappen, for example, went beyond the track 15 times at Copse during the second session alone, and the Ferrari drivers only one fewer.

FIA F1 director Charlie Whiting told the drivers there would be zero tolerance of anyone who went off track on the exits at these corners and times on such laps would be deleted in qualifying. In the race, this may well lead to drivers “dobbing each other in” - as anyone who watched the 2014 race may remember Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel doing amusingly to each other during their memorable battle.

Joanna Poole: 1st BritishGP with my Uncle & Dad just the noise of the cars & the crowds with Lucy Walker the looks of 2 female teens into racing!

Jonathan Murphy: First #BritishGP was in '99, year Schumacher broke his leg and Irvine was eventually sabotaged in the world title by his own team

James Beswick: My first British Grand Prix was the tyre exploding madness of 2013, great to see Mark Webber on the podium, last year of the V8's. 

If you could drop off a gearbox, Vettel would appreciate it.

That's a second gearbox change in as many weekends for poor Seb Vettel.

Just waiting to hear on any confirmation regarding potential grid-place penalties.

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As a handsome fella myself, I'm never too proud to give another man the credit he deserves for his good looks.

And Daniel Ricciardo, my friend, you scrub up well. I mean, just look at that face.

He knows it though.

The Australian tol BBC Radio 5 live this morning that he'd make sure he still looks a nine or 10 out of 10 before hitting the track.

Listen to the interview here.

H: Put him in a go kart and surround him with other children.

Gwyneth Riggs: Give him a drive in Jensons car then let him see what a real professional has to put up with

Mat Spenger: The sneezing baby panda. Cheers me up everytime, should work a treat for Nico. 

If you've never seen the sneezing panda video, I implore that you search for it. It's a baby panda, sneezing, Nuff said.

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On the subject of McLaren’s improvement, by the way, there is an upgraded Honda engine here. It has a revamped intake design, which is said to increase by 12kw, about 16bhp. That still leaves Honda a big chunk behind the best - probably about 50-60bhp - but they are creeping closer.