The British GP race live | The safety car's second appearance in the race

Carlos Sainz enters the points

Fernando Alonso enters the points

Esteban Ocon takes advantage of the safety opportunity to change tires. He'll start last, but he'll be better off in these conditions.

Esteban Ocon has entered the pits, taking 3 seconds and occupying 16th position after his new exit on track

Isack Hadjar has had an accident and is leaving the race.

SAFETY CAR! Hadjar crashes into the crash barriers! Car completely destroyed! The French driver is fine.

HADJAR HAS GONE OUT BEFORE TURN 9!

Charles Leclerc overtakes Yuki Tsunoda without any opposition.

Yellow flag + Safety Car

Lewis Hamilton overtakes George Russell without any opposition.

George Russell overtakes Lewis Hamilton without any opposition.

SAFETY CAR RETIREES THIS LAP!

Ocon is the only one who hasn't changed intermediates. He's in 7th place, but the French rider will struggle when the restart takes place.

Another lap behind the Safety Car. We'll see when the race resumes.

We'll see what race direction decides. We'll see if the Safety Car lasts a few laps to see if the intensity eases off, or if a red flag is issued until it's less dangerous to race.

SAFETY CAR ON TRACK! It's coming out in the rain! Too much spray, and driving is starting to get risky!

Too much water spray! There may be a red flag!

Yellow flag + Safety Car

Torrential rain on the track! Everyone on intermediates is back on track! Piastri has a big lead at the front!

Oscar Piastri dominates the race

VERSTAPPEN TAKES ADVANTAGE OF A POOR SAVE BY NORRIS! He comes out ahead!

Lando Norris has entered the pits, taking 3 seconds and occupying position 4 after his new exit on the track

Max Verstappen has entered the pits, taking 3 seconds and occupying position 3 after his new exit on the track

The pit stop carousel begins

Oscar Piastri has entered the pits, taking 5 seconds and occupying position 1 after his new exit on the track

MAX GOES OUT ONTO THE GRASS! He doesn't control the car and Norris passes him!

IT'S RAINING HARD NOW! The intermediates from the beginning will have to come in and put in new intermediates so we can run normally!

Charles Leclerc has entered the pits, taking 3 seconds and occupying 14th position after his new exit on the track

Stroll comes in! Leclerc too!

George Russell has entered the pits, taking 3 seconds and occupying 12th position after his new exit on track

Nico Hulkenberg pitted, taking 3 seconds to complete and occupying 15th position after his new outing on track.

Antonelli struggles! Leclerc passes him easily, and the Mercedes driver struggles!

Andrea Antonelli entered the pits, took 3 seconds and is in 17th position after his new exit on track

IT'S STARTING TO RAIN ON THE CIRCUIT AGAIN! Russell protests ironically!

PIASTRI PASSES HIM ON THE MAIN STRAIGHT!

Oscar Piastri overtakes Max Verstappen and leads the race

Verstappen stays ahead with Piastri right behind him, but without DRS he can hold off the McLaren!

THE VIRTUAL ONE IS OVER! THE RACE RESUMES!

The virtual race gives life to the intermediate tires, and takes it away from those who switched to slicks. When the rain comes, they'll have to stop again.

Lance Stroll pitted, took 3 seconds and is in 12th position after his new outing on track.

Rain is expected to come in 10 minutes.

Virtual Safety Car again!

Gabriel Bortoleto retires from the race due to a breakdown

There are pieces of Bortoleto's car lying around the track. We'll see if the Brazilian driver can retire to a safe place.

BORTOLETO TO THE GUARDS! He went off on the medium tire at Turn 3! He's back on track, but the car will be damaged!

VSC RETIRES! The race resumes!

The VSC continues on track. Lawson had a collision with Ocon as a normal racing incident.

ANTONELLI'S IN! We'll see if it works out for Mercedes!

Andrea Antonelli entered the pits, took 3 seconds and is in 13th position after his new exit on track

Liam Lawson retires from the race due to a breakdown

VIRTUAL SAFETY CAR! The slick drivers struggle in the final sector, which is quite wet!

Pierre Gasly's dazzling start

LAWSON HALFWAY THROUGH THE SECOND STRAIGHT!

Franco Colapinto has not taken the start

Clean exit, without incidents

RUSSELL, LECLERC, HADJAR, BORTOLETO AND BEARMAN ENTER TO START ON SLIM TIRE BEFORE THE START!

The pilots are already in their positions

The reconnaissance lap has begun

Everyone on intermediate! We'll see how they go! It'll probably rain again on the track in half an hour!

10 minutes until the race start! Everything's ready at Silverstone for an exciting race! We'll be waiting for you!

On this day in 2008, the British Grand Prix also took place. Lewis Hamilton scored his seventh Formula 1 victory on the day Heikki Kovalainen started from the only pole position of his racing career (he finished 5th).

Carlos Sainz (Williams) arrives in Great Britain after another retirement at the Austrian Grand Prix. He is the driver with the third most retirements on the current grid (40, behind Fernando Alonso (80) and Nico Hulkenberg (42). He has retired in Great Britain three times (2015, 2017, and 2018).

Mercedes has seen at least one of its drivers on the podium in each of the last 12 races at the British Grand Prix, although it was Lewis Hamilton (now at Ferrari) who was the only one not to fail to get on the podium in each of the last 11. George Russell has never made it onto the podium at this Grand Prix, and it is also the one in which he has retired the most times (2, in 2022 and 2024, as many as in Australia, Emilia-Romagna and Singapore).

Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) has missed out on the podium in each of the last 13 Formula 1 races. He has surpassed his worst run without a podium in his racing career: 12 between Sao Paulo 2023 and Canada 2024.

Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) has been on the podium in three of the last four Formula 1 races (one second place and two third places), the same number of times as in his previous 11 starts (one second place and two third places).

Max Verstappen (Red Bull) is fresh off a retirement at the Austrian Grand Prix. He hasn't done so in two races in a single Formula 1 season since 2022 (Australia and Bahrain). The last time he retired in two consecutive races was in 2020, at the Italian and Tuscan Grands Prix.

McLaren has achieved four one-two finishes this season in Formula 1 (Austria, Spain, Miami and China), double the number it has achieved in the last 14 years (Hungary 2024 and Italy 2021). They have not achieved five in a year in the competition since 1998 with Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard (5).

It's expected to rain heavily in the next few minutes, which will cause flooding on the track. It's been raining on the circuit all day. We'll see how it develops when the race starts.

Oscar Piastri (McLaren) has finished each of his last 39 Formula 1 races. If he crosses the finish line in Great Britain, he will become the third driver in the entire history of the competition to finish 40 Grands Prix in a row after Lewis Hamilton (a run of 48 ending in 2020) and Max Verstappen (43 in 2024).

The winner of a Formula 1 race at Silverstone has started from the front row on 40 occasions (22 from pole and 18 from second position, 68.96% of the time), including in each of the last 10 at the British Grand Prix (Max Verstappen finished 4th at the 70th Anniversary GP). Verstappen and Piastri start from these positions today.

The Silverstone circuit will host a Formula 1 race for the 60th time – 58 of those already held have been the British Grand Prix and one the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix in 2020. Only Monza (74) and Monaco (71) have held more.

Good afternoon, and welcome to the British Grand Prix race report! Experience the historic Silverstone circuit in the spotlight for a truly thrilling race!