Summary
Bottas fastest, Hamilton 2nd as Mercedes show dominant form
Several cars spin, including Ferraris
Hamilton bidding for fifth British Grand Prix win
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Yellow flagpublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari has been off, also at Chapel. He spins and gets his wheels caught in the gravel trap, but he escapes its gritty clutches and returns to the pits.
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Yellow flagpublished at 14:09 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Spin for Felipe Massa at Chapel.
"I just lost the rear," the Williams man says.
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Long runs updatepublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Andrew Benson will, of course, dissect all these long and short runs later on, adjusting for fuel and all that malarkey.
For now I'll just inform you that the Mercs are circulating the quickest of all on these runs, lapping in the 1:32s.
British Grand Prix alternative venuepublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
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If you blur your eyes it looks a bit like Monaco. Maybe.
Don't look too close though as I was in a hurry and I'm pretty sure it doesn't join up properly and may even go right through a branch of Currys.
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It's all gone a bit staticpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
The teams are concentrating on longer runs now so the order is relatively unchanged.
For the record, the top 10 is:
1 Bottas, 2 Hamilton, 3 Raikkonen, 4 Vettel, 5 Verstappen, 6 Ricciardo, 7 Hulkenberg, 8 Massa, 9 Alonso, 10 Ocon
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Anyone for tennis?published at 13:55 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Current F1 champion Nico Rosberg is enjoying the men's semi-finals at Wimbledon today, but we're pretty sure he might be making an appearance at the race on Sunday to cheer on his old team.
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The Shetland Grand Prixpublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Another belter.
I think we should seriously lobby to have F1 staged in the Shetland Islands.
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Spin for Palmerpublished at 13:38 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
A bit of a pirouette in Brooklands for the British driver in the Renault. He's down in P16 at the moment.
Damage on the Mercedes?published at 13:37 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Hamilton ran over the grass during that moment in the fast sweeps before the Hanger Straight and he comes on the radio to report possible damage.
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Vettel does a 1:28.9 - he's four tenths off Bottas' time. Raikkonen comes through with a similar time.
We wait for Hamilton to come through but an error at Becketts has spoiled his lap and he backs out of it.