Silverstone 2014 race – Hamilton recover

Three-quarters of an hour until the start of the British Grand Prix.

A look at the overhead conditions and there are plenty of clouds in the sky and it is a bit chilly, but we should have a dry race.

In case you were wondering about the rich and famous who have turned at Silverstone – we don’t mean the drivers – here are some names for you. Prince Harry and Jude Law are in attendance today.

Williams took a conservative approach to the last race in Austria, choosing to guarantee third and fourth placed finishes rather than fight with Mercedes to convert a front-row lockout of the grid into a possible victory. Felipe Massa had pole for that race, but will start 15th today after yesterday’s nightmare.

“We have a very good car in race trim, and the way it uses its tyres I think that can help us,” Smedley told, “we have a car that can overtake, and touch wood, we’ve been doing good starts, so all of that can definitely play into our favour. By the end of the first lap we could be in the points and the game’s completely changed.”

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 52 Winner 6 25
2 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 52 +30.1 secs 14 18
3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 52 +46.4 secs 8 15
4 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 52 +47.3 secs 3 12
5 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 52 +53.8 secs 2 10
6 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 52 +59.9 secs 16 8
7 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 52 +62.5 secs 5 6
8 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 52 +88.6 secs 4 4
9 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 52 +89.3 secs 9 2
10 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 51 +1 Lap 10 1
11 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 51 +1 Lap 7
12 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault +1 Lap 11
13 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari +1 Lap 13
14 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari +1 Lap 12
15 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault +2 Lap 22
16 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari +2 Lap 17
17 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault +3 Lap 20
Ret 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes +24 Laps 1
Ret 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault +41 Laps 21
Ret 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari +43 Laps 19
Ret 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes + secs 15
Ret 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari + secs 18