British Grand Prix build-up after heavy rain at Silverstone
Date: 13:59 BST
Title: How many penalty points does Bearman have?
Content: It's only his rookie season in Formula 1 but Oliver Bearman has gone second in the penalty points table after his practice punishment on Saturday.
The 20-year-old is now has eight points on his licence for the 12-month period, four points away from a one-race ban. Two of Bearman's points, which were issued for a collision with Franco Colapinto during last year's Sao Paulo Grand Prix, will expire on 2 November.
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Date: 13:55 BST
Title: Who has grid penalties at Silverstone?
Content: Kimi Antonelli already had a grid penalty in his hand luggage from Austria for his early collision with Max Verstappen, so following his seventh place in qualifying yesterday, the Mercedes rookie moves down to 10th spot.
The big drop on Sunday goes to Oliver Bearman, who made it into Q3, finished the session in a fantastic eigth place but has to shift all the way to P18 because of a 10-place grid penalty - and four penalty points on his licence - for going too fast when red flags were shown in final practice (that's when he crashed in the pit lane).
There's quite a lot of movement on the grid because of Antonelli and Bearman, but the main three to benefit are Fernando Alonso, Pierre Gasly and the Williams of Carlos Sainz, who are now P7, P8 and P9 respectively.
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Date: 13:50 BST
Title: Is it raining at Silverstone?
Content: Lewis Hamilton walked into the paddock looking sharp as ever earlier on but even a seven-time world champion needs a giant umbrella when the weather turns nasty.
It's been chucking it down at Silvertone this morning - one of the Sauber team had to dry out his socks using equipment from the garage - and the rain has continued throughout the feature races.
Light showers and a gentle breeze are forecast for lights out at 3pm.
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Date: 13:47 BST
Title: Listen: British GP qualifying review
Content: Dutch commentator Nelson Valkenburg joins Jennie Gow and Harry Benjamin on the podcast to review yesterday's qualifying at Silverstone. Have a listen as we go along this afternoon.
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Harry is joined by Jennie Gow and Nelson Valkemburg to look back at qualifying
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Date: 13:45 BST
Title: Race day: Silverstone
Content: Lorraine McKennaBBC Sport Journalist
Hello, folks. Summer has arrived in Britain, so it's coats on, hood up and brollies to hand, as the weather is looking pretty grim for today's British Grand Prix. At the moment, we're heading for another wet-dry race, so guessing what strategy teams will opt for is going to be a head-scratcher.
Last year, Lewis Hamilton's memorable win - a record ninth on home turf - in similar conditions was achieved with a medium-intermediate-soft combination of tyres.
Lights out is at 15:00 BST.
Did we get a home driver on pole position yesterday? Sadly, no. The Dutch and the Aussie contingent booked out the front row, with Max Verstappen putting in a sublime final lap in Q3 to pinch pole away from the McLaren of Oscar Piastri.
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