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Formula 1 boss Ross Brawn is confident a new deal will be struck out to secure the future of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone beyond next season but admits frustrations at the public negotiations.

Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene says Sebastian Vettel’s British Grand Prix victory is “all the more special” at the home round of its major Formula 1 rivals as the Italian manufacturer reached the top step of the rostrum at Silverstone for the first time since 2011.

While Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has backed the FIA race stewards’ consistency with race penalties following the clash between Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton, he wants discussions by rule-makers on 'certain incidents' having feared it had a direct impact on the battle for victory.

There are few things finer than a British sporting summer.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has questioned Ferrari’s racing tactics during the British Grand Prix as ‘deliberate or incompetence’ after seeing one of his drivers hit by a Ferrari for the second time in three races.

Kimi Raikkonen says he fully accepts his 10-second time penalty for clashing with Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix but was content with his fightback to take third place and maintain his rostrum run.

Pierre Gasly has lost 10 th place at the British Grand Prix after being handed a post-race five-second time penalty for colliding with Sergio Perez, which sees the Force India driver pick up the final points place.

Valtteri Bottas says he believed his tyres would maintain their working life until the end of the British Grand Prix and trusted Mercedes’ call to stay out and not pit under the late Safety Car in order to gain track posit

Current Formula 1 world championship standings after the British Grand Prix, the tenth round of the 2018 F1 season at Silverstone, Great Britain. 1. Sebastian Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari 171 points

Sebastian Vettel’s fourth win of the 2018 F1 campaign sees him push out his championship lead to eight points on Lewis Hamilton but there was plenty of action up and down the grid.

Full race results for the British Grand Prix, the tenth round of the 2018 F1 season at Silverstone, Great Britain. Formula 1 British Grand Prix – Full race classification Q3 1. Sebastian Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari 52 laps

Fernando Alonso feels he maximised McLaren’s potential in qualifying for the British Grand Prix and despite being down in 13 th  he's confident of targeting a points finish at Silverstone.

Kimi Raikkonen feels there is no need to alter his first lap tactics despite a difficult run of races struggling to gain positions on the opening lap, while he looks to attack from the second row of the grid at the British Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton has rated his British Grand Prix pole position effort as ‘one of the best laps’ of his Formula 1 career to fend off the Ferrari attack at Silverstone.

Sebastian Vettel is confident a neck injury won’t hamper his efforts in the British Grand Prix despite suffering with pain which impacted his final practice session and qualifying at Silverstone.

2018 was meant to be the year that McLaren were unleashed from the shackles of Honda and begin to push for race victories, but instead find themselves in total disarray as to why they are struggling and has ultimately led to heads rolling.

Brendon Hartley will take no part in Formula 1 qualifying for the British Grand Prix following his high-speed crash during final practice at Silverstone on Saturday morning, caused by a suspension failure.

Valtteri Bottas is wary of Mercedes suffering with overheating its tyres due to the high track temperatures at Silverstone but is content with his progress after Friday practice.

Lewis Hamilton has compared the new bumps in the Silverstone circuit to the Nordschleife but has credited the recent resurfacing making the track ‘the fastest it has ever been’.

Romain Grosjean says chassis damage suffered in his FP1 off forced him to miss the afternoon practice session at Silverstone after a DRS issue triggered his early crash.

Kimi Raikkonen says he’s confident Ferrari can produce an edge over its Formula 1 rivals in the hot conditions forecast for the British Grand Prix this weekend at Silverstone.

Stoffel Vandoorne believes McLaren’s Formula 1 management reshuffle comes as no big surprise following the team’s disappointing start to 2018.

Daniel Ricciardo has backed Formula 1 retaining Silverstone as the home of the British Grand Prix but revealed he’d relish racing at Brands Hatch if a deal fails to materialise.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has backed his squad’s reaction to its nightmare double DNF at the Austria Grand Prix and is confident of targeting a fightback at Silverstone this weekend.