British Grand Prix (1300 BST) - grid positions:

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2. M Webber (Red Bull)

3. K Raikkonen (Ferrari)

4. L Hamilton (McLaren)

5. N Heidfeld (BMW)

6. F Alonso (Renault)

7. N Piquet Jr (Renault)

8. S Vettel (Toro Rosso)

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James aka curly wurly hot choco loving hungover Hamilton fan! (see below)
(You see people - I really do make dreams come true. I'm like the Jimmy Saville of the sports commentary world. Ish - SL)

"I was bull racing last night (see below)... Red Bull and Tequila!"
Callum via text

"The Red cars doesn't seem to have the pace coming to the race, But i think it was gutsy for Raikkonen to be on the podium... and especially to be ahead of his 'main' rivals."
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1152: "Celeb update - celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, England cricketer Kevin Pietersen and TV presenter Tess Daly have all turned up in the paddock. As has Top Gear's mysterious 'tame racing driver' The Stig."
BBC Sport's Andrew Benson at Silverstone
(That's right folks - AB knows The Stig. Brilliant - SL)

"Either Lewis is just a big kid or he's resorting to desperate measures now to jump ahead of Heikki at the start - being high on sugar!"
Anon via text
(Come on people, don't by shy - if you're texting in leave a name and/or moniker. One big happy family, yeah? SL)

"I think the Curly Wurly-hot chocolate combo could go down well. A potential hangover cure! Lets do it!"
Anon via text

"Don't want to put a spoiler on your hols Sam, but here in beautiful Krakow most Brits are banned from pubs, as they drink their own bodyweight in beer even before they've finished their Sugar Puffs... and by tea-time they're well up the creek without a paddle..."
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(I don't know - some people just don't have staying power - SL)

1144: "The celeb count at Silverstone is usually pretty high, but so far they're a bit thin on the ground. Maybe it's the rain; maybe us journos just got up a bit earlier - after all, we have to drive in while they get helicopters.

"Anyway, the prize for first arrival appears to have been won by Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick, who was spotted arriving in the paddock at not long after 1000.

"Having been to Monaco already this year, Carrick seems to be quickly approaching the stature of proper fan.

"In case these things are important to you, he was Mark Webber's guest at Monaco. Here, I'm reliably informed that BMW Sauber beat Toyota in the battle to be his host."
BBC Sport's Andrew Benson at Silverstone

"I hope Heikki manages to at least score a podium, if not win the race, he deserves a break, and as much as I would love to see a Brit win today, I think Hamilton mania has blinded many from the fact that the McLaren team does indeed contain 2 brilliant race drivers."
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1135: "Bruno Senna - Ayrton's nephew - won the GP2 race in treacherous wet conditions on Sunday morning, and the Brazilian is increasingly being talked about as a contender for a Formula One drive next season.

"Senna - whose progress is all the more impressive because his family stopped him karting after Ayrton was killed in 1994 and he did not start racing again until taking part in Formula BMW in 2004 - is strongly tipped for a drive at Red Bull junior team Toro Rosso.

"The squad is co-owned by Gerhard Berger, who was a close friend of Ayrton, and their leading driver Sebastian Vettel is expected to be promoted to the Red Bull senior team alongside Mark Webber next season."
BBC Sport's Andrew Benson at Silverstone

"If the GP2 race is anything to go by, then we are in for a stormer. I was impressed by Kobayashi who drove a near perfect race (as did Bruno) from the last row to sixth and ended up being in a non-avoidable incident. And did anybody see the marshal fall over the barrier at the start of the race? Brilliant."
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1128: By the way, our man Andrew Benson - who has been on fire with his updates this morning, the utter legend - tells me he had breakfast at McLaren this morning and can reliable inform everyone that "Lewis Hamilton likes quite a lot of sugar on his Sugar Puffs". What on earth is that about?! For starters - are Sugar Puffs really the food stuff of choice for professional athletes? Secondly - why add sugar to a bowl of what is effectively sugar anyway?! It's like an eight-year-old sticking a Curly Wurly into a cup of hot chocolate and calling it 'an energy drink'. Actually, I bet that's rather good, but you know what I mean.

"Sitting on Stowe - its windy, horrible and I got no sleep last night thanks to some crazy Dutch partying until 4am. But I have beer and I'm setup for an amazing race!"
Dazza via text

"Thanks for keeping us updated - we are in Marbella and they are only interested in Bull running today. Don't think there is one person other than us 14 brits on a stag weekend interested in F1."
Anon via text
(Ah, the classic stag do abroad - brilliant stuff. Sun, sea, sand, drinking your own body weight in alcohol... man I need a holiday - SL)

"Should be a cracking race for spectators, with a host of changing positions throughout, but it's going to be awful to judge and improvise on strategies for teams during the race."
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1121: "Less than two hours before the race and the weather is showing no signs of improvement. In fact, if anything, it's getting worse.

"It's really quite windy, and the rain is, if not pelting down, at least looking like it's settling in for a long lunch. It reminds me a little bit of 1988, when I sat in the middle of the covered grandstand at Copse with my dad, and still ended up with soaking wet trousers, because the rain was being blown in from the side."
BBC Sport's Andrew Benson at Silverstone

"Any chances of rain or is it raining now? People from Silverstone plz update."
veetrag on 606
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1114: "Mark Webber was genuinely surprised to qualify second in the Red Bull. The team have made some improvements to the car's aerodynamics recently, and they are showing for the first time at Silverstone,.

"But they know they are not in a position to challenge Ferrari, McLaren and BMW Sauber.

"Problems for Robert Kubica and Felipe Massa, the mistakes made by Lewis Hamilton, and Kimi Raikkonen's subdued performance left the door open for Webber, but he still produced a great lap to be where he is.

"As he put it though, 'We'll lose positions to the McLarens and Ferraris at the pit stops, but we're not racing those guys. And we have a bit of a gap over the guys we are racing.'

"Red Bull's target is to beat Renault - and everyone else - to fourth place in the constructors' championship this season. It would be quite an achievement - and it is looking increasingly likely as the races go by with Webber continuing to put in these strong performances."
BBC Sport's Andrew Benson at Silverstone

"It will rain and this will suite Ferrari as they have followed the weather forecast and set up the cars for the wet. Disregard the qualifying times, yes Kovaleinen is fast, but Webber will be in for fuel after 20 minutes at most!"
fellicarolo on 606

"Hamilton, DC and Button should be OK if it rains as they should be used to it. Should be an interesting race if it's going to be like the qualifying yesterday!"
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1107: "It's been raining overnight - and it was still coming down quite hard as I came into the track at 0800 - and the prospects for an exciting race look good.

"Silverstone in the wet often produces the goods. If it's dry, the Ferraris, which are lower on the grid than their true race competitiveness, will be faster than they were in qualifying, when they struggle to get their front tyres up to ideal temperature.

"At the same time, the McLarens work their tyres harder than the Ferraris and while that is an advantage in qualifying, it is a disadvantage in the race.

"The rain will have washed the rubber off the track overnight, further bringing the conditions towards the red cars.

"Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton will be desperate to get ahead of Mark Webber's Red Bull as soon as possible, as they could easily be out of the running if they are stuck behind him for a few laps. Equally, Webber is as hard as they come, and is in no mood to make things easy for them.

"And then there is Ferrari's Felipe Massa and BMW's Robert Kubica, in ninth and 10th places through no fault of their own, who will themselves be in no mood to hang around.

"Delicious."
BBC Sport's Andrew Benson at Silverstone

1102: The usual blurb today - we have our F1 guru Andrew Benson trackside, we have David Croft and Maurice Hamilton on Radio 5 Live, we have my good self pulling it all together and providing my own unique/alternate take on things, and I want you to get involved as much as possible via 606 or text on 81111.
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1100: Hello there race fans, how we doing? I do hope you're bang up for a massive, massive day of Grand Prix action from Silverstone?

(BBC)

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