As it happened - Carlos Sainz won F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone

Carlos Sainz won a thrilling and chaotic F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Guanyu Zhou was earlier involved in a terrifying crash on the opening lap.

03 Jul 2022
16:31

Hamilton puts in another fastest lap of the race as he cuts Leclerc's lead to 2.0s.

16:31
16:30

Bottas is now OUT of the race with reliability issues.

16:29

Sainz pits for new hard tyres - he rejoins in third.

16:27

Sainz remains in the lead ahead of Leclerc and Hamilton.

16:26

ANOTHER fastest lap from Hamilton. 

16:26

Ferrari to Sainz: "You need to push more, you need to push more."

 

16:25

Another fastest lap of the race from Hamilton.

16:24

Leclerc tells Ferrari: "I can go faster guys."

He wants team orders.

16:23

Hamilton is the fastest man out on track at the moment. Could he?

16:21

Ferrari are letting Hamilton close up at the front.

16:20

Verstappen reports: "Something is not right, check the rear. The car is 100% broken."

16:19

"Bodywork damage, not critical, you can continue," Red Bull tell Verstappen.

16:17

Fastest lap of the race from Leclerc, who is now in DRS range of Sainz.

16:17

Verstappen pits for new tyres and rejoins in sixth. Advantage Ferrari.

16:15

A puncture for Verstappen? Sainz now leads the British Grand Prix ahead of Leclerc.

16:14

Replays show the two AlphaTauri's colliding... disaster. 

16:14

Verstappen now has a 1.4s lead at the front over Sainz. Leclerc is in DRS range.

16:13

Fastest lap of the race from Lewis Hamilton in fourth...

16:12

A mistake from Sainz... Verstappen now leads on Lap 10 into the Hanger Straight.

16:11
16:10

Perez sets the fastest lap of the race after rejoining the race down in 16th with a new front wing.

16:09

The order on Lap 8: Sainz, Verstappen, Leclerc, Hamilton, Norris, Alonso, Gasly, Tsunoda, Ocon and Latifi.

16:08

Verstappen is now in DRS range of Sainz at the front of the field. 

16:05

Hamilton moves up to fourth in the Mercedes as he makes the most of the DRS on Norris.