British GP result:

1. L Hamilton (McLaren)

2. N Heidfeld (BMW)

3. R Barrichello (Honda)

4. K Raikkonen (Ferrari)

5. H Kovalainen (McLaren)

6. F Alonso (Renault)

7. J Trulli (Toyota)

8. K Nakajima (Williams)







The race starts in spectacular fashion as Hamilton (left) leaps from fourth to second and almost overtakes McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen on lap one





Red Bull's Mark Webber (centre) who began on the front row suffers a poor start and drops back the field





Briton Hamilton attempts to take McLaren team-mate and race leader Kovalainen on the outside..





... and the man from Stevenage manages to do so opting not to break in the wet while taking a corner





BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld holds off Renault's Fernando Alonso and eventually finishes second