Predict your qualifying top threepublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 15 July 2017
As always we want your predictions for the qualifying hour.*
*I appreciate all these grid penalties make this a muddled and annoying task but give it a bash anyway.
Summary
Hamilton on pole, Raikkonen 2nd, Vettel 3rd
Equal five British GP poles with Jim Clark
Bottas & Ricciardo receive five-place grid penalties
Race coverage on Sunday from 11:30 BST
Predict your qualifying top threepublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 15 July 2017
Welcome backpublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 15 July 2017
Refueled and ready to go?
Excellent.
The qualifying session for the British Grand Prix is just an hour away.
Cheeriopublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 15 July 2017
Right. We are done for now.
The BBC F1 live team is off to don some intermediates and we'll be back in around 50 minutes with all the build-up to the qualifying hour.
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Tricky end to the sessionpublished at 11:04 British Summer Time 15 July 2017
Both Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes and the Sauber of Marcus Ericsson had off-track moments at the end of that session. The rain made things very difficult at the end there.
If the wet stuff hangs around until qualifying, it stands to be a very interesting session.
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Chequered flagpublished at 11:01 British Summer Time 15 July 2017
Lewis Hamilton tops the timesheet at the end of a rain-curtailed final practice.
But it's very, very close at the top of the order. Just 0.07s cover the top three with Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas in close attendance.
Image source, Getty ImagesRicciardo spinspublished at 11:01 British Summer Time 15 July 2017
Good old Dan Ricciardo. He knows how to entertain these damp fans and keep his powder dry.
He half-spins his Red Bull in front of the main grandstand, slides down the track for a few hundred yards but just avoids the inside wall.
No harm done.
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The crowd are going to get some entertainment in these final few minutes.
Max Verstappen heads out first, followed by several others, among them Lewis Hamilton.
All of them are on the inters.
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Time for a pint?published at 10:55 British Summer Time 15 July 2017
Gary Rose
BBC Sport at SilverstonePlenty of fans heading to the F1 village as the rain, a consistent level of spitting, continues. The sky has brightened up a bit over Club, though.
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"Twas ever thus," says Jack Nicholls as he discusses rain in England in July.
Verily.
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And Vandoorne is back into the garage.
Peace and quiet returns to this corner of Northamptonshire.
McLaren brave the rainpublished at 10:51 British Summer Time 15 July 2017
Vandoorne heading out on intermediates.
'Cry baby Vettel'published at 10:50 British Summer Time 15 July 2017
Gary Rose
BBC Sport at Silverstone
Image source, .Spotted hanging on the pit straight grandstand, this unfortunate picture of Sebastian Vettel. The German says he isn't worried about a negative reaction at Silverstone after his recent clash with Lewis Hamilton. Luckily, this banner is small enough that he might not spot it...
Back to the barracks, boyspublished at 10:46 British Summer Time 15 July 2017
This rain has forced all the cars back to the pits.
Thirteen minutes to go.