British Grand Prix LIVE: Sebastian Vettel wins as Lewis Hamilton recovers from last to second after first-lap crash
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Your support makes all the difference.Lewis Hamilton missed out on a record-breaking sixth British Grand Prix as Sebastian Vettel won at Silvestone to clinch his fourth win of the season and extend his championship lead to eight points.
After a first-lap accident with Kimi Raikkonen, Hamilton found himself last but mounted a superb comeback drive to put himself back into contention and finish second, limiting the damage as best as he could, by finishing just two seconds behind his championship rivals - albeit with the help of two safety car interventions.
Raikkonen served a 10-second penalty for taking out Hamilton at the start, but recovered well himself to overtake both Red Bulls and come home in third, with Valtteri Bottas slipping from first to fourth in a handful of lap. Re-live the action below.
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What time does it start?
The British Grand Prix begins at 14:10 BST on Sunday 08 July.
Where can I watch it?
The race will be shown live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event from 12:30 BST, and Channel 4 from 13:00 BST.
Starting grid
1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1min 25.892secs
2 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:25.936
3 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:25.990
4 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:26.217
5 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:26.602
6 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1:27.099
7 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:27.244
8 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:27.455
9 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.879
10 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Force India 1:28.194
11 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:27.901
12 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:27.928
13 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 1:28.139
14 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:28.343
15 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.391
16 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Renault 1:28.456
17 Stoffel Vandoorne (Bel) McLaren 1:29.096
18 Sergey Sirotkin (Rus) Williams 1:29.252
19 Lance Stroll (Can) Williams No Time
20 Brendon Hartley (Nzl) Scuderia Toro Rosso No Time
Lap 20: Leclerc's out! The Sauber comes in for his normal stop, but when he emerges from the pits he's going incredibly slowly and it appears as though the right-rear isn't on properly. That's a massive shame for Leclerc and ends his run of points finishes when he was looking very handy.
Lap 21: Vettel pits from the lead and reports a large blister on his front left. Bottas takes the lead, but Vettel has enough time to get out in front of Hamilton giving him more than a pit stop advantage over his championship rival.
Lap 22: Bottas pits from the lead next time around and Vettel retakes the lead comfortably, with Hamilton also going through to take second without taking his stop yet. Bottas was quick off the limiter there and nearly ran into the end of the pit wall on his exit.
Lap 23: Bottas is catching Hamilton quickly and he gets the message to let the Finn through. Between them they've caught Vettel, with his lead now only 3.8s after that cycle of stops. Once Hamilton pits, he still doesn;t have enough to clear either Red Bull, but he'll be mighty close to the back of Ricciardo.
Lap 25: Hamilton gets call to box, but he decides to put in one more lap in an attempt to try and catch the Ricciardo and Raikkonen battle. Now he pits, where will he come out?
Lap 26: It's a slow stop for Mercedes and means that Hamilton comes out 11.6s behind Raikkonen. He's got a fresh set of tyres though and it's time time get the hammer down, as third place is only 15 seconds down the road.
Spinning around
Lewis Hamilton spins after contact with Kimi Raikkonen
Lap 29: Hamilton's doing what he needs to as he takes 1.6s out of Raikkonen and 1.4s out of the leader Vettel. The gap is down to eight seconds.
Lap 30: It's fastest lap after fastest lap for Hamilton, but you do wonder if he's taking too much out of the tyres. There's still 22 laps to go on those mediums, although both Raikkonen and Ricciardo pitted earlier. What's this? Ricciardo stop again and puts the soft tyres on. That's a strange call.
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