Hello and welcome to ESPN's live coverage of the 2017 British Grand Prix.

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13:03 Palmer stops on the Hangar Straight after reporting brake and hydraulics issues. A disaster for the Briton at his home race! The start has been aborted and there will be an extra formation lap.

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13:00 The formation lap is underway. We are just moments away from lights out!

12:57 Just a few minutes to go now until the start of the race! Will Hamilton take his fifth British GP win, or can Ferrari hit back in the race? Keep it with ESPN here to find out.

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12:55 Magnussen, Wehrlein and Ericsson round out the top 18, before the out-of-sequence duo of Ricciardo and Alonso prop up the back of the grid -- following their respective grid penalties.

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12:52 Palmer is another driver yet to score this year -- the Briton starts his home race from 11th. Next up come the Toro Rossos of Kvyat and Sainz, ahead of the Williams pair of Massa and Stroll.

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12:50 Vandoorne, who starred in qualifying to out qualify a McLaren teammate for the first time this year, will be bidding to score his first points of the season from eighth. The Belgian has Bottas' Mercedes just behind, while Grosjean's Haas rounds out the top 10 starters.

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12:48 The Force Indias are next up line-a-stern headed by Perez in sixth, with Ocon alongside. Another chance for the team to score another double points finish and continue its impressive start to 2017, at what is Force India's home race.

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12:46 It's time for the British national anthem!

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12:45 Salman says: "Race prediction Lewis P1 Seb P2 Verstappen P3.. first points for Palmer. Cant see Mclaren finishing in top 10.. Ricciardo will not see complete race distance today."

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12:42 Bottas qualified fourth but drops back to ninth following his five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change. That promotes Red Bull's Verstappen up to fourth, while Hulkenberg has a great opportunity to record Renault's best finish of the season as he starts from fifth -- the best starting position for the French manufacturer since it returned to F1 as a full-blown works team.

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12:38 Hamilton is in need of a win today too, having fallen 20 points behind main title rival Vettel in the championship standings. Vettel was out qualified by Raikkonen for the third successive British Grand Prix, with the German lining up from third. Worth keeping an eye on how Ferrari manage its intra-team battle...

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12:35 Hamilton, who took his fifth pole position at Silverstone yesterday, is going for his fifth British GP victory today. If he is successful, he will equal Jim Clark and Alain Prost's record of wins at the British GP. Victory today would also see Hamilton become the first driver to take four consecutive wins here.

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12:30 The pit lane is open! All 20 drivers will now complete installation laps before heading to their respective grid positions.

Lap 1

Lights out! Hamilton makes a good start and leads the way from Raikkonen and Verstappen, who gets ahead of Vettel.

A clean start from everybody so far, as Bottas makes up ground in seventh.

Sainz is out of the race at Becketts!

Lap 2

The Safety Car is deployed.

It was Kvyat who tagged his teammate heading into Becketts, as both drivers went off. A nightmare start at Toro Rosso.

Kvyat is still circulating but is right at the back of the field in 18th.

Lap 3

Hamilton had pulled over a second clear with a lightning quick first lap, though the gap has now been negated by the Safety Car.

Another brilliant start from the Williams pair. Massa is already into 10th, with Stroll two places further back in 12th.

Ricciardo has also made up some ground, as he sits in 14th.

Lap 4

Wehrlein has pitted for medium tyres. Could he be going all the way to the end? Safety Car is coming in on this lap.

Lap 5

We are racing again at Silverstone!

Ricciardo passes Stroll and moves into 12th place.

Ricciardo has suddenly dropped down the field and lies 18th.

Lap 6

Replays show that Ricciardo ran wide at Luffied, perhaps helped by Grosjean's Haas.

Bottas is already up to sixth, as he sweeps past Ocon at Stowe.

Lap 7

DRS is enabled on this lap.

Hamilton leads by 0.2 from Raikkonen, who is a further 2.4s clear of Verstappen.

Bottas blasts past Hulkenberg at Stowe to move into fifth.

Lap 8

Vettel has moved to within DRS range of Verstappen.

Vettel tries a move at Stowe but is too far behind Verstappen, who remains in third.

Lap 9

Ricciardo has recovered once more and is up to 14th having passed Magnussen.

Kvyat has been handed a drive-through penalty for rejoining the track in an unsafe manner.

Lap 10

Hamilton has a 2.4s advantage over Raikkonen at the start of this lap. The Briton is 8.5s clear of Vettel.

Lap 11

There was a 60 percent chance of rain ahead of the race, and while the skies look grey overhead, no rain has fallen as yet.

Bottas is currently 2.6s behind Vettel but is lapping faster than the Ferrari driver.

Lap 12

Ricciardo dives down the inside of Alonso at Stowe to move up to 13th. This is the Australian's second recovery drive through the field today.

Lap 13

New fastest lap from Hamilton on a 1:32.895s, while Vettel continues to close in on Verstappen but is unable to get by at Stowe.

Ricciardo uses DRS to surge past Stroll down into Brooklands.

Lap 14

What a scrap between Vettel and Verstappen!

Vettel lunges down the inside with a mega move into Stowe, but Verstappen hangs it around the outside and holds onto the position at Club as Vettel runs wide.

Lap 15

Vettel tries another move at Stowe but Verstappen keeps the German behind again.

"Does he want to play bumper cars?" asks Verstappen over team radio.

Lap 16

Bottas has now closed in on Vettel -- the gap stands at just over 1s. Raikkonen is keeping Hamilton honest, just 4s behind the Mercedes driver.

Lap 17

Vettel is back within DRS range of Verstappen, just 0.8s behind.

Raikkonen reports rain at Turn 7!

Lap 18

Verstappen stays in front of Vettel into Stowe, by covering off the inside line.

"That was another move under braking," reports Vettel.

Vettel pits.

Lap 19

Another new fastest lap from Hamilton, as Vettel returns out in sixth.

Ricciardo moves into the points thanks to a move on Massa at Stowe.

Lap 20

Verstappen pits. It's a slow stop for the Red Bull driver, as Vettel jumps the Dutchman to move into fifth.

"What happened there in the stop," asks Verstappen.

Lap 21

Vettel posts a new fastest lap on a 1:32.225s.

Lap 22

Vettel eases past Hulkenberg into Stowe to move into fourth.

Lap 23

Hamilton leads by 9.6s on Lap 23. Verstappen is the next man to pass Hulkenberg at Stowe, as the German drops to sixth.

Ricciardo surges past Vandoorne under braking at Stowe -- the Australian moves into eighth as he continues his recovery drive.

Lap 24

Bottas sets a new fastest lap of the race on a 1:32.166s.

Lap 25

Raikkonen pits from second -- he only had a 10s buffer to Bottas. Raikkonen returns to the track in third, comfortably ahead of teammate Vettel.

Hamilton is told to pit at the end of this lap, with a 19.3s lead over Bottas.

Hamilton heads into the pits.

Lap 26

Hamilton returns to track just ahead of Bottas!

Lap 27

A super out-lap from Hamilton, who pulls clear from Bottas by 1.8s.

Hamilton had been told to let Bottas through if he was unable to pull a gap -- he answered that in convincing style.

Lap 28

New fastest lap from Hamilton, who posts a 1:31.529s.

Lap 29

Bottas is now 3.4s behind Hamilton in second, but 9.4 clear of Raikkonen.

Lap 30

Ocon is closing in on Magnussen's eighth place, while Ricciardo is now up to sixth.

Lap 31

20 laps to go at Silverstone -- with the race distance shortened by a lap due to the extra formation lap -- as Hamilton leads by nearly 5s.

Lap 32

Despite being on 32-lap old softs, Bottas is still able to match Vettel's pace on the super-softs. This race is not really going to plan for Vettel so far.

Bottas pits from second.

Lap 33

Bottas returns to the action on super-softs, behind Vettel in fourth. A mega pit stop from the Mercedes crew at 2.1s.

Bottas has already got past the backmarker of Ericsson and has just Kvyat -- and a 5s gap -- between him and Vettel's Ferrari.

Lap 34

Alonso reports no power and is told to box into retirement. His eighth DNF (or DNS) in 2017....

Lap 35

Ricciardo sweeps around the outside of Perez into Brooklands to move into ninth.

Bottas, on fresh super-softs, posts the new fastest lap of the race on a 1:31.122s.

Ricciardo then picks off Ocon at Stowe to snatch eighth.

Lap 36

Ricciardo goes wheel-to-wheel with Magnussen and takes seventh place before Copse!

Lap 37

Raikkonen is 12s behind Hamilton and 4.5s clear of teammate Vettel, who in turn is being caught by Bottas -- who is just 3s behind the German.

Lap 38

Hamilton reports his latest set of tyres are blistered.

Lap 39

Magnussen finally pits after a mega first stint. Despite complaining about his tyres, Hamilton has managed to pull a further 0.5s clear of Raikkonen.

Lap 40

Bottas is gaining on Vettel lap-by-lap. Just 2.6s separates the pair at this stage.

Lap 41

Bottas is now under 2s behind Vettel.

Lap 42

Perez is just 0.5s behind Force India teammate Ocon, meanwhile Massa is rapidly closing in on the pair. What will Force India do here?

Bottas takes a second out of Vettel on that lap, and moves closer to being within DRS range.

Lap 43

Bottas tries a move into Stowe but is forced to go round the outside.

Vettel suffers a massive lock up into Club and holds his lead, but only just.

Lap 44

This time Bottas does get around the outside of Vettel into Stowe! He's up to third. That received a big cheer all around Silverstone, as Vettel gets demoted down the order and, as things stand, will drop further points to Hamilton in the championship.

Lap 45

"I have no more fronts," reports Vettel. He is really struggling after that lock up and has already fallen 5s behind Bottas.

Lap 46

Grosjean and Ericsson come together into Brooklands as Grosjean is forced wide. He is not a happy man with that.

"So stupid, unbelievable," he bemoans over team radio.

New fastest lap of the race from Bottas, who sets a 1:31.007s.

Lap 47

Just five laps remaining here. Hamilton is enjoying a comfortable 10s lead over Raikkonen, while Bottas is closing in rapidly. Bottas is just 5.6s behind his fellow countryman.

Lap 48

Hamilton sets a fast lap -- though not a outright fastest -- as he extends his advantage to over 11s.

Ricciardo is closing in fast on Hulkenberg's sixth-placed Renault.

Lap 49

On his next lap, Hamilton does set a new fastest lap on a 1:30.621s.

Raikkonen has a puncture and loses second place to Bottas!

Lap 50

That will also promote Vettel into third. Verstappen also pits.

Vettel has a puncture! The crowd erupts around Silverstone.

Lap 51

Hamilton starts his final lap.

Ricciardo has got past Hulkenberg and is up to fifth.

Hamilton wins the 2017 British Grand Prix!

Bottas comes home to complete a Mercedes one-two as Raikkonen takes third!

Verstappen finishes fourth, ahead of Ricciardo and Hulkenberg.

Vettel limps home in seventh, ahead of Ocon, Perez and Massa, who pips Vandoorne for the final point.

That's Hamilton's fifth British Grand Prix victory, drawing him level with Prost and Clark. Meanwhile just one point separates Vettel and Hamilton in the title fight!

Hamilton leaps out of his Mercedes car in celebration, before going over to hug Billy Monger and his mechanics.

What a dramatic race that turned out to be! Thanks for joining us -- that wraps up our coverage from Silverstone.