* Pre-race: Scott Speed has an off-track moment at Farm during formation, but is able to take up 15th place on the grid.

* Lap 1: On pole position for the fourth straight race, world championship leader Fernando Alonso makes a clean start to lead fellow front-row qualifier Kimi Räikkönen into Copse. Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa settle into third and fourth ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella, the fast-starting Nick Heidfeld (up from ninth), Juan Pablo Montoya and Rubens Barrichello. At Becketts, Scott Speed edges Ralf Schumacher wide and the German slews across the track into the path of Mark Webber, putting both cars. Speed pits to retire at the end of the lap and the Safety Car is deployed. Stewards later announce that they will investigate the incident post-race. Behind Barrichello, Nico Rosberg runs ahead of Jacques Villeneuve, David Coulthard, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Jarno Trulli (who started last after an engine problem denied him the chance to complete a flying lap in yesterday’s qualifying session), Jenson Button (up from 19th), Tiago Monteiro, Christijan Albers, Takuma Sato and Franck Montagny.

* Lap 4: Race restarts. Montoya tries in vain to usurp Heidfeld on the approach to Copse. Michael Schumacher tries with Räikkönen at Abbey, but that doesn’t work either. Alonso leads by 0.5s.

* Lap 5: Button passes Trulli for 13th.

* Lap 6: Button and Trulli pass Liuzzi and move up to 12th and 13th.

* Lap 7: Alonso is edging away and leads by 0.7s.

* Lap 9: Alonso is the first driver to break 1m 23s: 1m 22.997s. He leads by 1.4s. Michael Schumacher is a similar distance behind Räikkönen in third. Button spins off to retire amid a cloud of engine smoke.

* Lap 12: Alonso posts the latest in a string of fastest laps – 1m 22.448s – to extend his lead to 2.1s. The top five are well clear of sixth-placed Heidfeld, who still has Montoya right on his tail.

* Lap 14: Another new fastest lap for Alonso: 1m 22.114s.

* Lap 17: Trulli makes the race’s first scheduled stop.

* Lap 18: Alonso starts to lap slower traffic. Michael Schumacher pits and drops to seventh, just in front of Barrichello.

* Lap 19: Räikkönen, Massa and Barrichello pit. Alonso laps in 1m 21.873s.

* Lap 20: Montoya pits. Alonso leads Fisichella by 10.5s.

* Lap 21: Alonso laps in 1m 21.573s. Fisichella and Sato pit. Fisichella gets out ahead of Massa.

* Lap 22: Alonso pits and retains his lead. Heidfeld runs second. Monteiro pits.

* Lap 23: Heidfeld and Michael Schumacher – third and fourth – lose a little time in lapped traffic. Montagny pits.

* Lap 24: Alonso leads Heidfeld by 5.5s.

* Lap 25: Heidfeld pits and is delayed rejoining. He slips to eighth, behind Montoya. Rosberg, Coulthard and Albers also stop.

* Lap 26: Alonso leads Räikkönen by 12.6s. Michael Schumacher, Fisichella, Massa, Villeneuve, Montoya and Heidfeld complete the top eight.

* Lap 27: Villeneuve, Liuzzi and Klien stop for fuel and tyres.

* Lap 30: Half-distance. Alonso is 12.7s clear of Räikkönen, who has Michael Schumacher just 1.3s behind him. Fisichella, Massa, Montoya, Heidfeld, Rosberg, Villeneuve, Barrichello, Trulli, Coulthard, Klien, Liuzzi and Albers are on the lead lap. Monteiro, Sato and Montagny are one adrift.

* Lap 33: Räikkönen is edging closer to the leader, but only slightly: his deficit is 11.2s.

* Lap 36: Michael Schumacher has closed to within 1.0s of Räikkönen.

* Lap 37: Trulli makes his second stop.

* Lap 38: Klien passes Coulthard for 11th.

* Lap 40: Alonso leads by 11.1s. Only the top 10 remain on the lead lap. Monteiro pits.

* Lap 41: Michael Schumacher pits, as does Klien.

* Lap 42: Räikkönen pits. Michael Schumacher sets “purples” in sectors two and three, despite a fresh fuel load. Barrichello pits.

* Lap 43: Räikkönen emerges from the pits behind Michael Schumacher.

* Lap 44: Alonso pits and Fisichella leads.

* Lap 45: Fisichella, Massa, Montoya, Rosberg and Coulthard pit. Alonso is 12.4s clear of Michael Schumacher.

* Lap 46: Heidfeld pits.

* Lap 47: Michael Schumacher is fractionally faster than Alonso, but remains 12.2s adrift.

* Lap 48: The gap between the first two comes down to 11.7s. Villeneuve pits.

* Lap 49: Alonso ups his pace and laps at the same pace as Michael Schumacher.

* Lap 50: With the main stops over, Alonso leads by 12.3s from Michael Schumacher, Räikkönen, the closing Fisichella, Massa, Montoya, Heidfeld, Villeneuve, Rosberg, Barrichello and the lapped Trulli, Coulthard, Liuzzi, Klien, Albers, Monteiro, Sato and Montagny.

* Lap 53: Michael Schumacher laps in 1m 21.934s – a personal best – but remains 11.1s in arrears.

* Lap 54: Fisichella closes to within 1.0s of Räikkönen.

* Lap 56: Fisichella is 0.9s adrift of Räikkönen.

* Lap 60: Alonso wins by 13.9s from Michael Schumacher. Räikkönen, Fisichella, Massa, Montoya, Heidfeld and Villeneuve complete the scorers.