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Summary

Hamilton crashes in rain chaos, Verstappen wins
Hamilton handed penalty
Bottas, Leclerc, Hulkenberg and Perez out after crash, Riccardo out after engine failure, Norris out

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

Unsafe release penalty for Charles Leclerc?published at 14:28 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Jack Nicholls
BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator
There was a bit of contact between Leclerc and Grosjean because it looks like everybody has come in to pit at the end of that lap.
We'll need a couple of moments to see how this shakes out behind the safety car.
Postpublished at 14:28 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Safety car coming in. Most cars came in to jump on the inters. Magnussen the maverick didn't bother so he is still on the full wets. He is second as we restart.
Image source, Reuters
Postpublished at 14:27 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Drama in the pits. Charles Leclerc, who nearly went into Max Verstappen in the Silverstone pits, nearly goes into Romain Grosjean in Hockenheim. An unsafe release from Ferrari? Maybe. We will see.
Safety carpublished at 14:26 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
The safety car indeed has been deployed and that 3.5 second lead that Hamilton built to Bottas will be forgotten.
Image source, Reuters
Postpublished at 14:26 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Just before Perez went into the wall, this are the positions that had changed in the opening two laps.
1. Hamilton
2. Bottas (up from third)
3. Verstappen (down from second)
4. Raikkonen (up from fifth)
5. Hulkenberg (up from ninth)
6. Leclerc (up from 10th)
7. Grosjean (down from sixth)
8. Gasly (down from fourth)
9. Sainz (down from seventh)
10. Magnussen (up from 12th)
Postpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Vettel into the pits for the inters. Safety car. Lewis Hamilton to come in as well from the lead.
Image source, Getty Images
Perez into the wallpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
He spins and chucks it into the wall. We have only had two full laps before our first casualty.
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Postpublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Lap 2/64
Jack Nicholls
BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator
Kimi Raikkonen is under pressure from Max Verstappen who will be frustrated to have lost those positions on the start line.
Postpublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Hulkenberg and Leclerc both make up four spots, that is fifth and sixth respectively now.
Postpublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Jack Nicholls
BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator
It's a very good start for Kimi Raikkonen, he's up to third.
Once again it's a Mercedes one-two on the opening lap.
Postpublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Sebastian Vettel dives up six places in one lap. Thirteen more to go.
Image source, Reuters
Postpublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Giovinazzi and Carlos Sainz both go off the track, running wide, but then come back on to it.
Postpublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Raikkonen up into third, Verstappen struggling.
Postpublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Jack Nicholls
BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator
We are about to go racing!
Go! Go! Go!published at 14:20 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Postpublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
First lap carnage?
Postpublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Racing Point are happy.
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Postpublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
The race is now reduced from 67 laps to 64 laps because of the three we've been messing around behind the safety car.
Radio message - Verstappenpublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Engineer: "How are the conditions Max?"
"Yeah perfect, I don't understand why we are not racing."
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Postpublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 28 July 2019
Standing start. So that is a proper start incoming. The safety car is heading in.