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. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    #bbcf1

    Sam: Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris showing the red bulls how it’s done.

    Alex Byrom: Hamilton is so far ahead that the 10s penalty is practically worthless.

  2. Russell watchpublished at Lap 35/52

    Fourteenth. work to do.

  3. Postpublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

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

    Carlos Sainz is familiar with this look, a McLaren, Daniel Ricciardo's McLaren!

    Sainz had a great run of laps when he had that clear run of air but that slow stop has put him exactly back to where he was.

  4. 'These things happen'published at 16:33 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

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

    The mechanics are the unsung heroes of the Formula 1 team. They do the longest hours, they repair your car when it ends up in the wall and from time to time, things do go wrong.

    There will be analysis of course of what happened to Carlos Sainz's pit stop, why the wheel was sticky, but these things happen.

    It's also a very hot day. There have been a number of slow stops.

  5. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:33 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

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    Russ Williams: Can anyone do a smooth pit stop?

    Nulla Pax: It is the heat guys ... I have a few errors this weekend myself. It is the heat!

    Kayleigh: Is it the heat? Seems so strange so many teams are struggling here

  6. Postpublished at 16:33 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

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

    Charles Leclerc is going very quickly with those new hard tyres on.

  7. Postpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Both McLarens are sitting in the top five. Norris has finished in the top eight in every race in 2021 and the top five in all but one of them.

    For Daniel Ricciardo, heavily criticised by some this season, is on course to gain his best position since his move from Renault last year.

  8. Postpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

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  9. Postpublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Will Mercedes force Valtteri Bottas to get out the way and let Lewis Hamilton chase down Charles Leclerc? There's only three seconds between Bottas in second and Hamilton in third.

  10. Postpublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    There's the first one for Lewis Hamilton, diving inside Lando Norris at Copse.

    Hamilton up to third, Norris down to fourth.

  11. Postpublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Leclerc? Bottas? Norris? Hamilton? They will all fancy their chances.

  12. Postpublished at Lap 30/52

    No problems for Charles Leclerc on his stop. He went in with the lead, and came back out with the lead. He's 6.8 seconds ahead of Valtteri Bottas.

    Lando Norris is third, four seconds further away, Lewis Hamilton is fourth, needing to find 12 seconds to get to Leclerc.

    A tough, tough ask, but we've seen him do it before and you never write off the world champion at Silverstone.

    The last 22 laps, promising to be as thrilling as the first 30.

  13. Postpublished at 16:26 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

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

    Little bit of tyre management for Valtteri Bottas but he's not that quick at the moment.

    Yes, he's just done the fastest lap but he's not t hat quick compared to the guys on the mediums. He's only three tenths quicker than the guys that are staying out.

    Mercedes are saying the degradation is not that high, he can keep going - and he is. But he is only taking three tenths out of Carlos Sainz ahead.

  14. Postpublished at 16:26 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Sainz's pit stop was a poor one, in comes race leader Charles Leclerc. This could be the race here.

  15. Postpublished at 16:26 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    A front left tyre drama for Carlos Sainz and that's been a shocker for Ferrari, who still have their other driver in the lead.

  16. Postpublished at 16:25 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Hamilton comes back out on track after fifth. No need to worry about penalties from now on. He will still fancy a win here. He has 24 laps to get those ahead of him.

  17. Team radio - Ferrari to Leclercpublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Engineer: "How many laps can you do at this pace? 32.0?"

    Leclerc: "For now I don't see any drop off."

  18. Postpublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    Hamilton pits. And now has to serve his 10-second penalty before the tyres can go off/on.

  19. Postpublished at 16:22 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

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

    The engine cut clearly isn't sorted for Charles Leclerc and there are reliability concerns.

    This is really hard stuff for Leclerc...

    But the Ferraris are looking really quick here on race pace.

  20. Team radio - Alonsopublished at 16:22 British Summer Time 18 July 2021

    "Problem!"