as hamilton and sebastien vettel we re as hamilton and sebastien vettel were ina as hamilton and sebastien sergio perez forest esteban go against the wall. the safety car closed everything up. sebastien vettel had his best opportunity to pass his rival, he had the best tyres and the slipstream, he has not quite enough power to make it stick. this was hamilton's 200th race and he knows how to win them by now. he closes the gap to sebastien vettel at the top of the standings to seven points and with the races coming thick and fast, and little chance to relax now. andrea dovizioso now leads the moto gp championship after winning the british moto gp at silverstone. marc marquez lost his place at the top of the standings when his honda broke down with seven laps to go. dovizioso took the lead from fellow italian valentino rossi with just three laps left and held on to take the chequered flag. britain's cal crutch—low was fourth, while scott redding was eighth. chris froome won stage 92 extend his lead over his nearest rival to 36 seconds. he made his breakfor victory with a few hundred yards to

lewis hamilton and sebastien vettel started first and second and that continued for much of the race., the force india car somehow avoided a major shunt on the opening lap as hamilton and sebastien vettel were in a class of their own, the pair behind fancied round two, sergio perez forced este ba n round two, sergio perez forced esteban against the wall. prayer is punctured, the safety car closed everything back up. at the restart, sebastien vettel had his best opportunity to pass his rival, he had the best towers and the slipstream, he had not quite enough power to make it stick. this was hamilton's 200th race and he knows how to win them by now. he closes the gap to sebastien vettel at the top of the standings to seven points and with the races now coming thick and with the races now coming thick and fast, little chance to relax from here on end. andrea dovizioso now leads the moto gp championship after winning the british moto gp at silverstone. (00v) marc marquez lost his place at the top of the standings when his honda broke down with seven laps to go. dovizioso took the lead fro

lewis hamilton and sebastien vettel started first and second and back continued for much of the race.rgio perez forced this driver against the wall. the safety car closed everything back up. sebastien vettel had his best opportunity to pass his championship rival, he had the best tyres and the slipstream, he has not quite enough power to make it stick. this was hamilton‘s 200th race and he knows how to win them by now. he closes the gap to sebastien vettel at the top of the standings to seven points and with the now coming thick and fast, little chance to relax from here on in. lewis hamilton understandably delighted with his work this weekend, he has been faultless from start to finish. sebastien vettel was more circumspect in the postrace press co nfe re nce was more circumspect in the postrace press conference but we have not got to wait long for this battle to reserve. it is the italian grand prix just next week, the home of ferrari, how can sebastien vettel bounceback? andrew leads the motogp championship after winning the motogp at silverstone. marc marquez lost his place at the

formula 1 returns after is mid—season break and lewis hamilton has sent an earlier message to sebastien vettelin second practice today before the customary belgian weatherboard early end to proceedings. tom clarkson was watching. formula 1 sprung back into life here. and as befits a bank holiday weekend in the uk, the weather is playing its part. bright sunshine this morning saw kimi raikkonen for ferrari fastest of eve ryo ne raikkonen for ferrari fastest of everyone and then this happens. rain this afternoon but there were some dry laps at the start of the second practice session, during which lewis hamilton was fastest of everyone, which bodes well, head of a weekend in which he needs to close the gap to sebastien vettel at the job of the world championship. chris froome continues to lead the file to es pa nyol after continues to lead the file to espanyol after 11 seconds after 11 stages. it was a day for the breakaway today as the team emirates rider took the victory. chris froome finished alongside his main rivals in the peloton eight minutes later. he is aiming to do the double for the f

the belgian grand prix the british mercedes driver is starting ahead of championship leader sebastien vettelcher has more. it's pure wafer in wales of the belgian drivers give a friendly reminder of how it all works. everyone aiming for pole position. it has been just about two men, lewis hamilton and sebastian vettel. you could barely get a cigarette paper between them. before the happy times in the pole position shoot out, britain bars makro palmer went up out, britain bars makro palmer went up in smoke. hamilton scored in his way to his fastest ever. and effort he described as a dream. only one driver could dent that dream. sebastian vettel wrung all he could from his ferrari, still nearly a quarter of a second try of his main rival. that is pole position. nice job. the may only be one in belgium today, but tomorrow there will be plenty time to wrestle that spot from hamilton. there'll be a briton on the front row for tomorrow's british motogp as well, after cal crutchlow qualified third at silverstone championship leader marc marques was the only rider to dip under the two minute mark, n

lewis hamilton has trimmed the gap to championship leader sebastien vettel after winning the belgianth race of the season, holding off a late challenge from the german driver's ferrari to win on his 200th formula one race. chris froome has extended his lead in cycling's vuelta a espana after winning stage nine. the team sky rider attacked with 500 metres to go. he now leads the race by 36 seconds with 12 stages remaining as he looks to win both the tour de france and vuelta in the same year. and details of the day's other sports stories are on the bbc sport website. now it is time for the news where you are. have a very good night. this is a picture from cornwall. we have seen some cloud that running into parts of scotland and northern ireland has been cloudy throughout. parts of north—west england and wales as well. plenty of very warm sunshine. a fine evening out there. we will see overnight some outbreaks of rain from west to east. could be one or two mist and fog patches. temperatures lower in rural spots. everyone keeps the fine weather for monday. fine weather from the atlantic

belgian grand prix — the mercedes of the british driver starting ahead of championship leader sebastien vettel a friendly reminder of how it works. 20 drivers, ten teams, allaiming reminder of how it works. 20 drivers, ten teams, all aiming for position. this season has been about just two men, lewis hamilton and sebastien vessel. you could barely get a cigarette paper between them. before they had a chance, britain's strongest weekend went up in smoke. this cleared the way for hamilton to light up the laps, scorching his way to the fastest ever. an average to described as a dream. only one driver could and that dream. championship leader sebastien patel got all he could but still nearly a quarter of a second shy of his main rival. there may only be one in belgium today but tomorrow there will be plenty trying to wrestle that spot from hamilton. there'll be a briton on the front row for tomorrow's british motogp as well after cal crutchlow qualified 3rd at silverstone championship leader marc marques was the only rider to dip under the 2 minute mark, narrowly ahead of valentino rossi and crutc