Live Coverage: F1 2022 British Grand Prix

16:44 UTC  And now we will leave you with the champagne celebration. See you in Spielberg for the Austrian Grand Prix in one week.

16:40 UTC  These are the race results of the 2022 British Grand Prix.

16:39 UTC  Carlos Sainz is thrilled. After this victory, he is now in an elite group of F1 race winners.

16:30 UTC  As everyone expected, Leclerc is very upset with Ferrari. It's another race where the Monegasque could have won, but the team's decisions made him fall to P4.

16:27 UTC  Meanwhile, Zhou Guanyu is back at the track looking very good.

16:25 UTC  A maiden pole position yesterday, and it's a first ever victory in F1 today. What a performance from Sainz.

Schumacher is on the back of Verstappen all the way to the line, but the Red Bull driver shuts the door at the final corner. What a race we had here at Silverstone.

16:23 UTC  Aaaaand Carlos Sainz wins in Silverstone. On his 150th race start, he gets his first race victory. Perez is in second while Lewis takes another podium.

16:21 UTC  Sainz is currently extending his lead to Perez, as Hamilton attempts to close the gap to the Red Bull driver. Schumacher still has DRS but he still cannot make his way past Verstappen. Alonso is still within the DRS zone of Leclerc heading into the final lap.

16:19 UTC  Mick Schumacher is very close to Verstappen. Meanwhile, Sainz is heading to his first-ever race victory.

16:16 UTC  Brilliant moments between Leclerc and Hamilton, as they attack each other on every possible occasion.

16:14 UTC  While Sainz is getting away in the lead, Perez, Leclerc, Hamilton, Alonso and Norris are still in a crazy fight.

16:13 UTC  Leclerc goes wide at Luffield. The Red Bull driver makes a move at the last corner and forces Leclerc wide.
Hamilton then makes a move past both and briefly goes into second place, but both drivers fight back, and get back ahead at Turn 3 in a brilliant show.
Alonso now is looking to make a move on Hamilton.

16:12 UTC  Incredible battles between five cars. Perez, Leclerc, Hamilton, Alonso and Norris are fighting like crazy.

16:10 UTC  The team again abandons Leclerc. Another possible win was lost because of Ferrari's "genial thinking."

16:08 UTC  At the restart, Sainz overtook Leclerc, while Perez got past Hamilton quickly.

16:07 UTC  Ferrari engineers told Sainz to let ten car lengths between him and Leclerc. Surprised by the decision, Carlos immediately said that this was wrong as Hamilton would overtake him.

16:05 UTC  Lap 42/52- The Safety Car exists the track. Let's see if Leclerc can defend from Sainz and Hamilton.

16:04 UTC  Norris came in for a late pit stop, changing from hard tires to soft ones.

16:02 UTC  The safety car has worked out beautifully for Perez, who had been running in fourth and now comes into the pit lane for a free stop. Hamilton is not convinced that pitting is the right decision, as Verstappen also comes in.

16:01 UTC  Lap 40/52 - Leclerc is in the lead, but he is on hard tires. Meanwhile, Sainz, Hamilton and Perez are on soft tires. Is that another mistake by Ferrari that will cost Leclerc one more race?

15:59 UTC  While Leclerc stayed on the track, Sainz and Hamilton stopped for softs. As a result, Carlos and Lewis are favorites to win the race.

15:57 UTC  And it is a safety car that could help Hamilton to win the race.

15:57 UTC  Ocon has a problem with his car. The Alpine A510 has stopped on the old start/finish straight.

15:56 UTC  Daniel Ricciardo has a DRS problem and he is told to not use the system.

15:54 UTC  The British crowd goes wild as Ocon overtakes Verstappen for P8.

15:54 UTC  Ocon is right on the back of Verstappen for P8. At the front, Leclerc has just set another fastest lap and is now nearly three seconds clear of his team mate. Hamilton seems to have got his tires up to temperature and is closing on Sainz now.

15:53 UTC  Hamilton slow pit stop made him lose important time.

15:52 UTC  Leclerc and Sainz are told to stay on that one-second gap so that Sainz will have DRS and he will be protected from Hamilton. Ferrari is playing a dangerous game.

15:50 UTC  While Leclerc is going very fast, Mick got past Latifi for P10.

15:48 UTC  Lewis Hamilton enters the pits for his stop. He put on the hard tires.

15:48 UTC  Ocon has got past Latifi and has taken ninth place, and the Williams driver is now under threat from the two Haas drivers behind him. Will Mick Schumacher finish in the top ten?

15:47 UTC  Good news off the track: Zhou has been declared fit and released from the medical centre after that huge crash.

15:46 UTC  Ferrari made the switch. Is incredible that Leclerc with a damaged front wing is faster than Carlos.

15:45 UTC  Another strategic decision at the red Italian team. If Sainz is not getting any faster they need to switch the two cars. Leclerc is much faster than his teammate.

15:43 UTC  Lap 30/52 - If Hamilton stops now, he will enter the track between the two Ferrari cars.

15:41 UTC  The Mercedes driver is very close to overcutting at least one of the Ferrari drivers behind him. Sainz and Leclerc are told they are free to fight.

At the same time, Gasly has been pulled into the pits with a black and orange flag for damage.

15:40 UTC  Sainz's laps are not good on brand new hard tires, as while he is going faster than his team mate, he is still slower than Hamilton.

Leclerc has now come into the pits, putting Hamilton into the lead.

15:37 UTC  On the opposite, Lewis Hamilton said that his tires were still good.

15:37 UTC  Max is still complaining about the performance of his car and that he has no grip.

15:36 UTC  Lewis is setting fastest lap after fastest lap. He is getting closer and closer to Leclerc. Meanwhile, Vettel overtakes Verstappen.

15:34 UTC  Max Verstappen is again at the pit stops. He opted for the hard tires.

15:33 UTC  Hamilton is absolutely flying now. He is now under two seconds to Leclerc, as he sets another fast lap of the race. Remember, he has won a race in every year of his F1 career. He told his team that the tires are still strong. Imagine if he will again in Silverstone...

15:32 UTC  Bottas retires in Lap 22. Both Alfa Romeo cars are out, and it's a weekend they will want to forget as quickly as possible.

15:29 UTC  Carlos Sainz is brought up to the pits to change the tires. Let's see how the strategy will work out.

15:29 UTC  Meanwhile, Hamilton is closing the gap, and if the two Ferrari cars continue like that, Hamilton has a real chance to win this race.

15:27 UTC  "Do something, please, I'm not trying to influence the result - I'm trying to go faster," told Leclerc to the team.

15:25 UTC  The tension rises between Leclerc and Sainz. Let's see how Ferrari will handle this tricky situation.

15:24 UTC  While Tsunoda has a five-second penalty, Leclerc is closing in on Sainz and has DRS on his teammate, but the Ferraris have to watch out for Hamilton, who has just set the fastest lap.

15:23 UTC  Verstappen is not happy at all with the car performance. He will do everything to keep his position.

15:20 UTC  Now the difference between the two Ferrari's is only 0.3 seconds.

15:19 UTC  Christian Horner told Max that the bodywork is damaged. He will have a loss in performance.

15:18 UTC  Making contact with your teammate is the worst thing in F1.

15:18 UTC  Now the two Ferrari drivers are fighting for P1. Meanwhile, Max tells his crew that the car is feeling weird at the back.

15:16 UTC  Sainz overtakes Verstappen after the Dutchman has a puncture. It seems like he ran over some pieces of carbon.

15:14 UTC  Yuki Tsunoda tried to overtake his teammate Pierre Gasly, but they spun each other out.

15:12 UTC  Carlos Sainz made a rookie mistake. As a result, Max is now the leader of the race.

15:12 UTC  Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton is in free air so he begins his hunt of Leclerc in third. No further investigation for that Turn 1 incident between Leclerc and Verstappen.

15:10 UTC  From almost two seconds, Vertsappen cut the lead to just 0.7 seconds. He is getting closer and closer to Sainz.

15:09 UTC  However, Sergio entered the pits for a new front wing. Norris no longer had DRS and Hamilton overtook him easily.

15:07 UTC  The piece that was hanging off Perez's front wing must have fallen off but he seems to manage without it for the moment.

15:07 UTC  Leclerc was a little too ambitious and had contact with Sergio Perez. Perez has a damaged front wing, while Leclerc went aggressively over the kerbs.

15:03 UTC  Sainz is now getting away from Max Verstappen after keeping his ground in Turn 1.

15:01 UTC  Carlos Sainz kept his P1. Sergio Perez and Leclerc had contact, and it seems Perez has a broken front wing.

14:59 UTC  The grid is forming now for the second start.

14:57 UTC  The drivers are out from the pit stops behind the safety car.

14:55 UTC  Charles Leclerc is ready to attack for P1.

14:54 UTC  With less than two minutes until the start, the spirits are better than half an hour ago.

14:47 UTC  In less than ten minutes we will have racing again. Thank God everyone is alright.

14:45 UTC  Alfa Romeo told to Bottas through radio that "Zhou is conscious, he's talking, there is no fracture and considering the circumstances, he's pretty good".

14:43 UTC  This is the view from Magnussen's car, showing the other incident that involved Vettel, Ocon and Albon.

14:40 UTC  We've had confirmation that the race will restart with a standing start - the grid set to return to its starting order.

14:38 UTC  Zhou Guanyu was hit by Russell, who was hit by Gasly. Basically, a chain reaction that made the Alfa Romeo flip at high speed.
Besides, Albon, Vettel, and Ocon were involved in a separate incident.

14:30 UTC  Russell's car has been recovered and returned to the pits with Mercedes' mechanics trying to get his W13 ready for the restart. Zhou is at the medical center, where he is conscious.

14:17 UTC  Zhou Guanyu is feeling alright. We still don't have any images from the incident.

14:06 UTC  Hopefully, everyone involved is alright, we don't have any images for now.

14:06 UTC  Russell has climbed out of his car after a frightening crash that saw him roll at high speed at the start. Tsunoda, Ocon, Albon and Zhou have been involved in this first lap incident.

14:05 UTC  For the moment we don't know what happened. We are waiting for replays.

14:04 UTC  The red flag is out. A huge accident happened at the back.

14:04 UTC  The green lights are out. Verstappen overtook Sainz, while Hamilton overtook Leclerc.

14:02 UTC  The drivers are lining up on the grid.

14:01 UTC  The drivers started the formation lap. Most of the drivers are on the medium tire, but Verstappen, along with Vettel, Latifi, Magnussen and Albon, are on softs. Only George Russell is on hards.

14:00 UTC  The drivers are all but seated in their cars, as we are just minutes away from getting going here for another exciting chapter of this 2022 season.