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British GP

2016 Formula 1 British GP

United Kingdom
Jul 7, 2016 to Jul 10, 2016
Silverstone, GB
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Formula 1 British GP

British Grand Prix - Race

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The German gets going, but that's not a good advert for slicks at the moment.
Pit Stop
Ricciardo has pitted as well.
Vettel has spun at Farm!
Verstappen leads with both Mercedes in for dry tyres.
Pit Stop
Hamilton pits. Mediums for him.
Problems for Palmer in the pits. The Briton is missing the rear left tyres and needs to be pushed back.
The fans enjoyed Verstappen's move too. It's just what Hamilton needs for the championship - assuming, of course, he isn't passed by the 18-year-old...
Pit Stop
Bottas and Kvyat pit too. And Massa, and Nasr, and...
Pit Stop
Raikkonen in the pits as well. Mediums for him as well. Ferrari going for broke.
Applause for the Dutchman here in the media centre, and with good reason. But can he make any inroads into Hamilton's 5-second lead?
And Verstappen goes around the outside of Rosberg at Becketts for second! Incredible move!
Pit Stop
Vettel pits for slicks! Mediums for the German. It will be fun...
Verstappen flying, he's on Rosberg's tail in the fight for P2.
Massa is clearly holding both up, though. Sainz is two seconds up the road in seventh.
Alonso has a go around the outside of Hulkenberg at The Loop, but he doesn't quite manage to find a way through.
Massa, Hulkenberg and Alonso all nose-to-tail in positions 8 through 10.
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"It's getting drier now. No slicks yet, but it's getting closer," reports Verstappen.
Perez in P4 is now 10 seconds behind Verstappen in third.
Raikkonen runs off track at Turn 1, and the Finn takes a very scenic route back to the track at Village.
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"You have the same pace as Hamilton. Everybody else is a second slower," Verstappen is told.
He was on the wet inner part of the track through the fast right-hander, and had a huge twitch as he tried to draw alongside Massa.
Hulkenberg has a major moment attacking Massa at Woodcote!
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Fastest lap by Hamilton: 1:51.474.
Hamilton now leads by 5.1s, a much better lap that time. Verstappen has Rosberg's advantage down to 1.4s.
Lap 13/52:

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Nico Rosberg 4.923
3. Max Verstappen 6.539
4. Sergio Perez 16.335
5. Daniel Ricciardo 18.269
6. Kimi Raikkonen 27.627
7. Carlos Sainz 29.680
8. Felipe Massa 35.336
9. Nico Hulkenberg 35.863
10. Fernando Alonso 37.114
11. Sebastian Vettel 38.169
12. Daniil Kvyat 39.904
13. Valtteri Bottas 45.377
14. Jenson Button 45.918
15. Felipe Nasr 47.560
16. Romain Grosjean 48.375
17. Jolyon Palmer 52.355
18. Kevin Magnussen 54.906
19. Esteban Gutierrez 55.672
20. Rio Haryanto 66.111
Hulkenberg now putting the other Williams of Massa under pressure in the fight for P8.
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Ricciardo is told he needs to save these tyres until they can switch to slicks.
Not a good lap by Hamilton that time, his lead is down to 4.2s.
Mechanical problem
And so Ericsson retires.
The Finn got it all wrong at Vale, he drops to P13. Hulkenberg moves into P8.
Stopwatch
Verstappen sets the fastest lap now: 1:51.848.
Speaking of spins, Bottas just spun away a bunch of positions.
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Ericsson reports engine problems.

"Something wrong with this engine," he says.
Haryanto has had a spin but has got going again, unlike Manor teammate Wehrlein.
Alonso right behind the German as well, trying to make this a three-way fight.
Wheel-to-wheel action between Bottas and Hulkenberg for P8, the Williams man stays ahead for now.
Rosberg just can't live with Hamilton in these conditions, the gap between the pair is up to 5.2s.
Stopwatch
Fastest lap by Hamilton: 1:52.310.
The Brit is 4.8s up on Rosberg, who is three seconds ahead of Verstappen.

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