00:00Best drivers in the world, on the grid at Silverstone, and it slides down and away we go once again, Max Verstappen gets a decent start, not as good as yesterday, Hamilton is right with him, Leclerc is already ahead of Bottas, Verstappen's ahead of Lewis Hamilton, going through the second turn, it's the Red Bull but Hamilton's coming back, into village we go, it is Verstappen from Hamilton, the Leclerc, Bottas and Riccardo ahead of his team mate down at Lando Norris.
00:25Verstappen's going to have to weave like crazy, Hamilton's got a better drive up for Lewis, he will be faster, down the Wellington straight into Brooklyn, he's not going to get a chance to weave because already Hamilton is within the almost touch, they go into Brooklyn, Verstappen stays ahead, the crowd roar their approval for this, the two championship contenders giving it everything.
00:45It's not over yet because Hamilton gets another slipstream all the way down the old pit straight, into Cox Corner, these are critical corners for this Grand Prix.
00:54Hamilton's going to try and get this up on the inside, it comes in touch, Verstappen is out of the race and that's a big crash, into Cox, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen coming together, Hamilton continues.
01:06First lap accidents, we've seen in the past, the Stuarts have let a lot of them go but we did see last time out in Austria, Sergio Perez and Lando Norris coming together and Norris picking up a penalty.
01:17Yeah, because maybe the team were thinking there would be a red flag for Mercedes-Benz because they could sort any damage out under a red flag but I think they will say.
01:28If they decide that Hamilton could not move that apex, he's going to be a penalty.
01:32If they feel Hamilton is going to make the apex and there's a stop and not getting the next day that's contact, then it's obviously instant and Hamilton is going to be a penalty.
01:39Just to add some things there, we're looking at the replay of course and it's interesting to see that Verstappen, I don't know, was he off the track at Turn 1?
01:51I mean, just to highlight the intensity of that battle between them and yet, you know, they were both absolutely on the limit of everything really and I tend to agree with what you're saying.
02:03I think here, Lewis is very, very determined because when Max basically clunges the door, he left just about past Rick, if you're going to see it now, and Lewis dummied and went up on the inside very close.
02:14As you say, as you say, perfect, you look at it there, Max left just enough room, but I don't think Lewis was going to get to the apex, it's difficult to say it's not me.
02:24If you miss it by a millisecond, that's it, you're way wide and you're not going to be able to put some more on the glass from the outside, it's one of those thread in the eye of the middle point.
02:33And Hamilton was right on the inside, he was from the point of view.
02:36So where it slides out, and on the way we go, even Steve works for the front two, with a little ready line.
02:41Lando Moris is closing down on Valtteri Bottas, as Charles Leclerc leads them into Abbey.
02:46From Hamilton, ahead Lando Moris, Valtteri Bottas, Daniel Ricciardo and Fernando Ports are down.
02:51The inside goes Ricciardo on Valtteri Bottas, late braking from the Australian, Leclerc leads them through a loop, and on to entry of the Wellington Strait.
02:59And the Mercedes now back ahead of the McLaren, down the Wellington Strait we go, with Charles Leclerc leading this race then, from Lewis Hamilton.
03:08Then comes Lando Moris, the foul to Bottas, then Daniel Ricciardo on the inside, Sebastian Pedlo and Fernando on the outside.
03:16Easy stop, Hamilton getting DRF, went through the detection zone, Hamilton was obviously within the second.
03:22Seven there, according to the screen, so yeah, now he's got the extra 12, 13 kilometers per hour.
03:30And Gasly already getting a warning flag for track limits.
03:34We are trying to solve it, we think we...
03:36Moris is pushing hard, Sergio Perez down the Hamilton Strait, Kimi Raikkonen, round the outside it up and manages to stay ahead.
03:44This is a tasty little battle, Perez late on the brakes, can he squeeze past the help from Romea?
03:50No he can't, Kimi Raikkonen once again keeps his car and set in the front, and Sergio Perez will break it now.
03:57Surely Perez will have the advantage.
03:58Yeah, Perez now will have a much cleaner exit from the loop, and DRS will have time to pull back in for the racing line of Brooklyn.
04:05So Sergio Perez finally does get past Kimi Raikkonen, and up into the 13th race for Perez on the medium half-pound tyre, don't forget, Raikkonen...
04:15Copy the message.
04:17Right.
04:18What's defend, do you say?
04:21Hard to make it to the end.
04:22Make it to the end, okay.
04:23Well, Lewis is closing on him very, very quickly.
04:27But this morning, Crofty, that Ferrari that Pepe Gonzales won in 1951, round here in Silverstone, that Ferrari 375 was displayed.
04:37It was won, wasn't it?
04:39Yeah.
04:39By Charles Leclerc.
04:40And do you know the last time that car was displayed at Silverstone in 2011, and who won the race that day, David Croft?
04:47Fernando Alonso.
04:48In the Ferrari, I rest my case, there you go.
04:50Symmetry, numbers, it all comes together.
04:52I prefer a lucky, portentous car.
04:55That Ferrari 375, whoever drives that before the British Grand Prix, who's racing for Ferrari, might win the race.
05:01Thanks ever so much, David, Ted Brannis.
05:04...to handle over, Max Verstappen's been taken to a lot of the hospital for a check-up, lots of pride.
05:08Brett Russell, Joe Balazzi, all gone past Sergio Perez, back out again, behind Latifi, and behind Sebastian Vettel, who, after that earlier spin, had been running at the rear of the building.
05:20I think that puts him, er, 16th net.
05:23Sergio Perez, that's a lot of work to do, isn't there, between now and the end of the race to score some points.
05:28He's going to be able to have a second, I should say, a second sprint race, or Sergio, a first sprint race, because he didn't last the full sprint race before.
05:37He's on Brittany, having a go.
05:39Yeah, Sebastian Vettel, it doesn't affect that one.
05:42Didn't see much weight, because Perez on my sprint race.
05:45And as I was mentioning, Lewis has been on the radar saying, I'm already hurting.
05:49...did on that last lap, but it was just to charge up the battery back a little bit more, to go through a real fast pushback this time around.
05:56He's gone fastest in the first sector.
05:58He's often prepared to see that.
06:02So, signed Tom Ricciardo, and one of the better scraps out there at the moment there, less than a second of drift, that's why the rear wing wide open on the Ferrari.
06:10But, Gasly's pretty close to the stroll as well.
06:13Occon's right in there. Perez is going to struggle to get into Queens.
06:17He's gaining on Tsunoda, here you can see Art Village, trying to get past the young Japanese driver.
06:26Tsunoda's not exactly going to be good in that one, I think they might have got a bit of contact.
06:31DRS, though, because as they went through the detection zone, Tsunoda was behind Perez.
06:36He's got a bit of DRS, but Perez, does he get that?
06:39Yeah, I thought about it instead.
06:40Will he know that a gleaning Ferrari is behind him? Obviously not.
06:44So, Kimi back into the race.
06:47Charles Leclerc goes past Kimi Räikkönen and Lambson.
06:50Ted Kravitz down to you.
06:51Yeah, this is where we miss the crowd.
06:53Every time Hamilton comes past, they're on their feet, screaming, the flags are out.
06:57Go Hamilton, it's Hammer time, 44.
06:59Arise Hamilton, I can see in front of me, they're cheering him on.
07:03Can he make it? 140,000 behind the Mercedes driver.
07:06Did Perez and Räikkönen make contact?
07:09I think if they didn't, Räikkönen certainly ran out of space, went over the curve,
07:13and that caused the spin.
07:15There it is.
07:16Right.
07:17Remember what happened at Cooks on lap one.
07:19Here goes Hamilton on lap 54.
07:22And he tried to get Boston clear and goes off the track.
07:25Has Hamilton gone through?
07:26Yes, he has.
07:27He's into the lead by a time they get into Baggett.
07:30It was almost another Cooks collision.
07:32Deadly for second spot.
07:34And Hamilton gives the British fans some British cheer.
07:37Yeah.
07:38Well, there's the answer that did that contact with Verstappen upset Hamilton.
07:41Twice more this afternoon.
07:43This one was pretty punchy.
07:45Well, look at this.
07:47How close were we to another Cooks collision?
07:50Hamilton was behind.
07:51They ran wide and then just got onto a bit of asthma.
07:54For precautionary checks.
07:56But Hamilton has picked on the reins since the restart.
07:59He's chased down the passing horse.
08:01He chases the chicken flag.
08:03He wins the British Grand Prix for an eighth time here at Silverstone.
08:08And Hamilton is back in the championship hunt.
08:12OK.
08:13That's a big takeaway.
08:14Hospital for precautionary checks.
08:16We'll see how he comes back to this day.
08:19Hamilton raises a lot for the trophy.
08:22British sporting superstar born in England on this Sunday.
08:27England did bring it home.
08:29And it was on penalties.
08:31What a win.
08:32That was quite literally an emotional ride on the coast of the air for Lewis Hamilton.
08:56Kicked it off in style on Friday, a bit of a slug yesterday, and this major disaster.
