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How the wild final laps of the British Grand Prix unfolded

The British Grand Prix had been a fairly routine affair until the final handful of laps, when a series of tyre failures blew the contest wide open.

Max Verstappen crossed just five seconds behind Lewis Hamilton at the finish, with the world champion's car operating on just three wheels after a dramatic late tyre failure. But his hadn't been the only one.

Here's how the dramatic final few laps unfolded.

Lap 48: Kimi Raikkonen's Alfa Romeo slows down the Hangar Straight with what appears to have been a front wing failure, with chunk of it missing on the left-hand side.