British Grand Prix F1: Verstappen crashes out after Hamilton shunt – live!

10.57am EDT 10:57

Lap 10/52 Hamilton won’t want to open up his front tyres chasing Leclerc, but has to chase Leclerc; I daresay both will be satisfied with their drive since the restart.

10.56am EDT 10:56

Lap 9/52 A 10-second penalty is the second most lenient Hamilton could’ve received, so he’ll be relieved it wasn’t worse. He’s cut Leclerc’s lead to 1.375s now, and will be desperate to get in front and start making up the time he’s not yet lost.

10.54am EDT 10:54

Lap 8/52 Leclerc’s Ferrari has gotta bitta pace, 1.41s in front now. Hamilton is pulling away from Norris a bit, the gap 4.004s. Perez, meanwhile, is up from last to 13th.

10.53am EDT 10:53

Lap 7/52 Norris, Bottas and Ricciardo have all been ordered to stay within 10 seconds of Hamilton.

10.52am EDT 10:52

Lap 6/52 Leclerc still leads, and this is a great chance for him now. Hamilton is still second, 1.519 behind, thenit’s Norris, Bottas, Ricciardo.

10.50am EDT 10:50

Hamilton is given a 10-second penalty for his role in the crash!

Lap 5/52 That might be it for his chances of winning too! Harsh, but you can see why, so he has to pit as normal, wait 10 seconds, then have his tyres changed.

10.49am EDT 10:49

Lap 4/52 Vettel makes a mistake trying to pass Raikkonen (I think), spins, and he’s at the back now!

10.48am EDT 10:48

The race restarts!

Lap 4/52 Out go the lights on the safety car and Leclerc leads from Hamilton!

Charles Leclerc leads after a chaotic start to the British Grand Prix. Photograph: Phil Duncan/REX/Shutterstock

Updated at 10.50am EDT

10.46am EDT 10:46

Lap 3/52 Tom Cruise has done pretty well in the ballots to get tickets for this, the men’s Wimbledon final, and the Euro 2020 final.

10.45am EDT 10:45

Lap 3/52 If Mercedes take a 1-2 and Perez doesn’t score, they’ll join Red Bull at the top of the constructor championship.

10.44am EDT 10:44

Lap 3/52 The drivers follow the safety car out of the pit lane, it’s lights will go out, and we’ll have a standing start.

Updated at 10.44am EDT

10.41am EDT 10:41

Lap 3/52 Verstappen is walking about and will now be checked over by the experts. He’s done pretty well to be in such good nick.

10.39am EDT 10:39

Lap 3/52 Right, we’re nearly there. I guess Hamilton and Verstappen will make their protests later on, whereupon the stewards will give us a verdict.

10.37am EDT 10:37

Lap 3/52 The Hamilton/Verstappen rivalry has been pretty cordial until now. I wonder if this’ll change things, especially if Hamilton avoids punishment.

10.34am EDT 10:34

Lap 3/52 Damon Hill reckons that half-lap was more exciting than anything that happened in qualifying yesterday. He’s surprised Hamilton was so aggressive, but though he comes down on the racing incident side of things, he thinks Hamilton will get a penalty because he could’ve stopped the crash from happening.

10.32am EDT 10:32

Lap 3/52 The cars are lined up in the pit lane. We’re off again in around 10 minutes.

10.31am EDT 10:31

Lap 3/52 Otmar Szafnauer of Aston Martin reckons the crash was a racing incident, likewise Sky’s expert team. I think that’s a fair verdict – both men were having at it and Verstappen, as we see, turned slightly in front of Hamilton when he didn’t have to, just as Hamilton poked him when he didn’t have to.

10.29am EDT 10:29

Lap 3/52 Hopefully we’ll be away again in not too long. The counter has increased from lap three to lap two, and we’re just told that in 13 minutes, we’ll be off again.

10.28am EDT 10:28

Lap 2/52 Tell you what, though, that was one immense start. I’m sad for Versatappen that he’s gone, and for the race too, but two brilliant drivers absolutely going for it, what a buzz.

10.26am EDT 10:26

Lap 2/52 They’re now covering the car in tarpaulin like it’s dead, which I suppose it kind of is.

10.25am EDT 10:25

Lap 2/52 They’re winching Verstappen’s car away, and it’s in a right two-an, I can tell you. Expensive hobby, this.

10.24am EDT 10:24

Lap 2/52 Jonathan Wheatley of Red Bull is also well vex, and in his entirely impartial opinion, his man was not to blame.

10.23am EDT 10:23

Lap 2/52 Looking at the collision frame by frame, we can see that Verstappen offers Hamilton the inside, but Hamilton never gets in front. It seems both drivers expected the other to back out of the corner, I’ve no idea why, neither did, and there you go.

10.20am EDT 10:20

Lap 2/52 “He was never anywhere near level,” says Horner, blaming Hamilton entirely. He tosses in his relief at Verstappen walking away, doing all he can to have the race director think serious harm was avoided by chance, and trusts he’ll do the right thing. Clever clever, he’ll never see through the recommendation of Red Bull’s preferred verdict as a moral fait accompli.

10.17am EDT 10:17

Lap 2/52 Jensen Button thinks Versatappen gave Hamilton room to overtake, but notes that he didn’t hit the corner’s apex. Christian Horner is telling the race director that Hamilton was never in front and that the mistake was his alone.

Updated at 10.22am EDT

10.16am EDT 10:16

Lap 2/52 The general sense seems to be that in order to win, Hamilton had to get in front at the start, but I don’t think he went too hard. Stewards are investigating, we’ve just learnt, so I guess we’ll find out.

10.15am EDT 10:15

Lap 2/52 This is now a huge chance for Hamilton and Mercedes, but it looks like the repair of the tyre barrier is going to take a while.