British Grand Prix: Vettel wins, Hamilton fights back

Summary

Hamilton suffers collision after bad start - fights back to 2nd
Vettel wins, Raikkonen penalised for Hamilton collision
Hartley, Leclerc, Ericsson, Grosjean, Sainz, Verstappen out

Live Reporting

Mike Whalley

Postpublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 8 July 2018
Lewis Hamilton sounded pretty emotional after securing pole position yesterday - thanking the fans who always give him such support at Silverstone.
"These guys are the best," he said. "Aw man, I gave it everything I could, and it was so close with these Ferraris, and I was just praying I could do it for you guys. Without you guys, I wouldn't have been able to do it."
He has some devoted fans backing him this weekend - as you can see. That's a phenomenal tattoo - can any of you match that?
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Postpublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 8 July 2018
Lewis Hamilton has won five British Grands Prix. No one has ever won six. Is today the day? Well, he is on pole, after a superb lap right at the end of qualifying yesterday...
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Hamilton hopes...published at 12:34 British Summer Time 8 July 2018
Anyway, that was yesterday. Today, the focus is on a certain driver from Stevenage attempting to create history...
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Postpublished at 12:32 British Summer Time 8 July 2018
And yet, by early evening (UK time), I got the sense that some of you - just some of you - were getting caught up in the excitement...
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Postpublished at 12:30 British Summer Time 8 July 2018
11:54 BST yesterday, on the BBC Formula 1 live text. Just a reminder that, whatever people may tell you, World Cup fever has not spread everywhere...
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