Vaishach: I wouldn’t put Max Verstappen in. Probably would concede a penalty.

Kimi Raikkonen, like Max Verstappen, is out there early, and is quickly up to the top of the leaderboard, with a time of 1:27.913, a full 1.325 seconds clear of Max verstappen. Sebastian Vettel, Raikkonen's Ferrari team mate, is now out there giving the track a run too.

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Michael Emons
BBC Sport at Silverstone

There is only one man Australians Luke McCullough (left) and Matt Bailey could be supporting - Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.

Matt is from Ricciardo's home city of Perth although is living in England and attending his first race. But for Luke he has travelled from Melbourne and this carries on an epic three weeks after also seeing the races in Austria and France.

In fact, this is his 15th Grand Prix after also seeing 10 Australian Grands Prix and races in Singapore and Canada, with this being his first Silverstone experience.

"It's been an amazing first time at Silverstone so far," says Luke. "The fans are really enthusiastic with so many Lewis Hamilton fans. Red Bull have won a few races this season but it has been down to luck and good strategy. They haven't won on race pace yet. It is whether they can salvage anything this weekend, but they are probably the third team here."

Max Verstappen is sliding around a bit - the wind seems to be causing him bother - and decides to pull out of a flying lap at Turn Four. He seems to be playing it safe after yesterday's crash. Understandable.

Sandy Carle: I would put Grosjean in the Sweden team. Would probably score an own goal.

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer

It is an unfamiliar Silverstone this weekend. Grass parched from weeks of heat, dust in the air, endless blue skies, shelter needed from the sun rather than the wind and rain.

On track, too, things are different. The cars are faster than ever at one of the fastest tracks in the world, the speed mind-blowing, the jeopardy high, as Max Verstappen and Romain Grosjean discovered on Friday. The sport here has some pretty big competition this weekend, but it’s well worth watching.

Eight drivers already out there, among them Fernando Alonso. Sixty minutes of practice ahead.

BBC Radio 5 live commentary is under way - online only for third practice, because of tennis. Did I mention the tennis?

Anyway, at Silverstone for us, are commentator Jack Nicholls, analyst Jolyon Palmer and pit lane reporter Jennie Gow.

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at Silverstone

These fans are all are cheering on England, all are expecting an England win. Predictions ranging from 1-0 to 3-0. All sounds quite simple? First the race for pole, then the race for the semi-finals. Will it be a great day for English F1 and football fans?

Chris Walker: Looks like I’m in a minority here, but I just looked in to read comments on F1! Obviously came to the wrong place.

I think some people will agree with you, Chris. Maybe not all - but some. #f1scominghome

Today's topic of debate crosses the Formula 1-football divide. Here's your question:

If you could swap one F1 driver into the England football team for today's match, who would it be and why?

You can have any driver, of any nationality, from any era. Tweet your selection, please, using the hashtag #bbcf1.

Goooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!

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The second crash involved Max Verstappen - just when we thought he'd left all the questions behind him.

Verstappen, having made significant mistakes on each of the first six weekends of the Grand Prix season, followed up with excellent performances to finish third in Canada, second in France and first in Austria.

Then, on his opening lap of FP2 yesterday, he ran into a wall, and that was that.

"I think I wanted to be too quick on the hard tyre so I just lost it," he said.

"Unfortunately when you hit the wall, it just rips off the right rear."

No World Cup football for Verstappen to get too emotionally involved with this weekend - the Netherlands didn't even qualify for the finals in Russia.

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Grosjean seemed to have other things on his mind after practice yesterday, though. France's 2-0 win over Uruguay in their World Cup quarter-final clearly pleased him.

There were two major crashes during practice yesterday; the first involved Romain Grosjean, who lost control going into Turn One during FP1 after failing to close his rear wing as he used the drag reduction system (DRS).

It means Grosjean, who missed the whole of FP2 as a result of the crash, has had to rely on Haas team-mate Kevin Magnussen's data to prepare a strategy for today.

"I have been watching Kevin quite a lot and seeing what he is doing," Grosjean said yesterday. "I think we can do better for tomorrow, but the pace was good this morning, the car felt good, so tomorrow should be all right."

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Interesting day in practice yesterday - not least because Ferrari came to the party, something they do not normally do on a Friday. Sebastian Vettel was fastest in second practice, and that was something that had us all scratching our heads.

"It's difficult to read," said former Renault driver Jolyon Palmer on BBC Radio 5 live yesterday. "Normally, Ferrari hold something back on a Friday but it seems as if they've changed their tactics. If they're holding something back today, they're going to be miles ahead of the field tomorrow. I think they're giving it a little bit more."

Michael Emons
BBC Sport at Silverstone

Welcome to Silverstone on a perfect summer's day ready for a great day of action. The gates opened at 7.30am and those that got here early had the chance to enjoy a Masters Historic race. This was the scene at Luffield just after eight as fans young and old soaked up the atmosphere.

It is a memorable day for seven-year-old Seb, sampling a Grand Prix for the first time with his dad Lee and Lee's father in law Gerald, who was bought British Grand Prix tickets for his 65th birthday. Not a bad present. Beats a pair of socks and a cake.

We've got plenty of British Grand Prix action to bring you from Silverstone over the next two days. Today, it's third practice - in around 20 minutes from now - and then qualifying, from 14:00 BST. And there was plenty of incident yesterday to add spice to a weekend that usually belongs to Lewis Hamilton.

But it's not all about the football today, you know. I promise you. Come on now, Fernando.

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OK, OK, OK. As Des Lynam once said: "You've obviously heard there's a football match on."

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Absolutely not. No way at all.

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