Formula One British Grand Prix live blog, race updates

So only a 7 day gap between now and the next time we race at this very circuit and as some of you have already pointed out, the different tyre compounds we will see and potentially hotter weather might cause for more tyre issues. Until then however thanks for tuning in for this live blog on The Roar for the British Grand Prix. Plenty to talk about as always and I look forward to coming back next week for the very special 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. Bye for now.

-------- DRIVER'S -------- 88 -- Lewis Hamilton 58 -- Valtteri Bottas 52 -- Max Verstappen 36 -- Lando Norris 33 -- Charles Leclerc 26 -- Alexander Albon 22 -- Sergio Perez 20 -- Lance Stroll 20 -- Daniel Ricciardo 15 -- Carlos Sainz 12 -- Esteban Ocon 12 -- Pierre Gasly 10 -- Sebastian Vettel 2 --- Antonio Giovinazzi 1 --- Kevin Magnussen 1 --- Daniil Kvyat 0 --- Kimi Ráikkönen 0 --- Nicholas Latifi 0 --- Romain Grosjean 0 --- George Russell

----- CONSTRUCTOR'S ----- 146 - Mercedes AMG 78 -- Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 51 -- McLaren Renault 43 -- Scuderia Ferrari 42 -- Racing Point Mercedes 32 -- Renault 13 -- Scuderia AlphaTauri 2 --- Alfa Romeo Racing 1 --- Haas Ferrari 0 --- Williams Mercedes

Hope we don't get an exact repeat of 2013. That was properly chaotic.

RACE REPORT It was seventh heaven for Lewis Hamilton who won his seventh British Grand Prix at Silverstone, after an incredible finish to the race which saw Valtteri Bottas lose second with a tyre blowout. Up until the final laps of the race it was ‘smooth sailing’ for the Mercedes drivers out the front, as Hamilton led away from Bottas with the Red Bull of Max Verstappen behind in third. Lap 50 saw Bottas run wide and ultimately his tyre delaminated from there which invited the Red Bull into second place, whilst the Finn plummeted down the order to eleventh. Hamilton’s front tyre also deflated in similar fashion, though having had enough of a lead he was still able to limp home on three wheels to the chequered flag, while as a precaution Verstappen was pitted with a lap to go and was able to set the fastest lap too. As a result of the Bottas failure, the lonely Charles Leclerc who was consigned to fourth was handed a surprise visit to the podium in third, to provide a boost to Ferrari who endured another difficult weekend. The race started with an incident between Alexander Albon and Kevin Magnussen which saw the Red Bull make contact with the Haas and send the Dane into the gravel and out the race. A Safety Car was deployed, while Albon was penalised 5-seconds. Another Safety Car was deployed on Lap 12 when Daniil Kvyat endured a massive crash at the high-speed Maggots corner. The Russian was uninjured thankfully and during this second Safety Car, all the drivers made a switch to the hard tyre. The only one not to stop was Romain Grosjean who was sitting as high as fifth and made it difficult the midfielders to pick him off. The Frenchman was handed a black and white flag for his movements in defence against Carlos Sainz and then Daniel Ricciardo – before he pitted on Lap 38. Unfortunately for Sainz, he suffered from the same tyre delamination as Hamilton and Bottas at the front and lost what was likely a guaranteed top six finish. This benefitted Ricciardo who secured Renault’s best finish of the year in fourth. Double delight too for Renault with Esteban Ocon too benefitting from the tyre failures up front, with the Frenchman finishing sixth behind Lando Norris. Racing Point would have been disappointed with their race, especially with their substitute driver Nico Hulkenberg unable to start the race with a power-unit related gremlin. Lance Stroll meanwhile lost ground at the start and then was unable to race his midfield rivals, losing out to an excellent Pierre Gasly and Albon following his penalty.

Definitely will need to two-stop as a minimum next week then if they've got softer compounds!