Summary

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  • Lewis Hamilton overtakes Charles Leclerc to claim famous win

  • Hamilton battles back from 10-sec penalty after crash with Max Verstappen on first lap

  • Verstappen suffers heavy impact with barriers and taken to hospital for precautionary checks

  • Hamilton cuts Verstappen's lead in title race to eight points

  • Get involved: #bbcf1

  1. Postpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    Redemption for Hamilton at the same corner!

  2. Hamilton leads with less than three laps to gopublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    He's got him, ironically at Copse where he had the incident with Max Verstappen.

    The majority of 140,000 people go crazy at Silverstone.

  3. Postpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    THREE laps to go, Leclerc still leads.

  4. Postpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Where are they going to catch the traffic?!

  5. Postpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Can Leclerc hold him off for three laps? He's not won since September 2019.

  6. Postpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Hamilton seven tenths away, three laps to go.

  7. Postpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Here comes Hamilton. This could be it on lap 49.

  8. Postpublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Bottas looks comfortable in third, is he going to be thinking his Mercedes time is coming to an end after being told to let his team-mate through, when we're only in race 10 of the season.

  9. Postpublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Four laps to go. Leclerc's lead is down to 1.2 seconds.

  10. Postpublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Leclerc's lead is less than two seconds, lap 67 of 72.

    Hamilton, on this pace, is going to get him in three laps.

    Another absolute epic in a season that has been largely superb. Beautiful sun, 140,000 fans in, a race to the end.

    Why we all love F1.

  11. Postpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    In all the drama, didn't mention Sebastian Vettel, he's out.

  12. Postpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Gasly has to pit for a puncture and Raikkonen has spun.

  13. Postpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    FIVE laps to go. The gap is 2.2 seconds.

  14. Quick vote resultpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    We asked who's going to win? Thumbs up for Leclerc, thumbs down for Lewis.

    You say, Lewis.

    Quick voteImage source, .
  15. Postpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

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  16. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    #bbcf1

    Simon: Who would have thought at the beginning of the season that Leclerc would win a GP before Bottas?

    Andrew Priestley: Lewis Hamilton *might* just be able to close the gap to Charles Leclerc by the end of the race, but will he have any life left in his tires when he gets there to pull off a race-winning move?

  17. In the pointspublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    1. Leclerc, 2. Hamilton, 3. Bottas, 4. Norris, 5. Ricciardo, 6. Sainz, 7. Alonso, 8. Stroll, 9. Gasly, 10. Ocon.

    Six laps to go, it's all up for grabs.

  18. Postpublished at 16:51 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    We're on lap 45 of 52. These last seven laps for Charles Leclerc are going to seem the longest of his life.

  19. Postpublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Another lap gone, another second wiped off the lead, it's down to 4.4 seconds.

  20. Postpublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Charles Leclerc has a chance here but it is going to be so tight!