Summary

  • Verstappen wins, Ocon 2nd, Gasly 3rd

  • Verstappen carved through field from 17th on grid

  • Red flag after heavy Colapinto crash during torrential rain

  • Russell overtook Norris off the line; both lost out as heavy rain falls during pitstops

  • Hulkenberg disqualified; Sainz out

  • Start had been aborted after Stroll spun out on formation lap

  • Norris earlier took pole during chaotic delayed qualifying

  • Albon did not compete in grand prix after crash

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Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

  1. 'Norris needs ten points at least this race'

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Lando Norris has to be taking points, from a race where he starts on pole and Verstappen is 17th, it had to be ten points at least.

    If Norris doesn't do that this weekend, let alone Verstappen adding points to him, then it's Verstappen's title, not mathematically but there will be nothing more that McLaren can really do beyond sheer luck in the last three races.

  2. Top 10

    1. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)

    2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

    3. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

    4. Lando Norris (McLaren)

    5. George Russell (Mercedes)

    6. Yuki Tsunoda (RB)

    7. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

    8. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

    9. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

    10. Liam Lawson (RB)

  3. If you want a cup of tea - I do, but no-one is here to make me one - then go now. You've got eight minutes to make it to the kitchen and back.

  4. red flag

    Lap 33/69

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    Teams have been informed by Race Control the restart will be a rolling start, but the weather conditions still need to improve at the moment.

  5. Hulkenberg disqualified

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    Nico Hulkenberg has been disqualified from the race! The Haas driver has been given a black flag for receiving assistance to rejoin the action after his off.

    The marshals came over to the German and pushed the car back towards the track.

  6. 'Verstappen absolutely out of this world'

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    Let's take a moment to appreciate the overall quality of Verstappen and Red Bull's performance today. Verstappen absolutely out of this world from 17th on the grid, making up so many places so quickly.

  7. Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

    The tyres will be changed and it's a complete re-start, we are not even halfway through the 69 laps we are scheduled to have.

  8. red flag

    Russell rage

    Lap 33/69

    Naughty George. The Mercedes driver dropped a few fruity words on the team radio when he was told the red flag had been brought out for Franco Colapinto's crash.

    "I said it!!" cried Russell (after his swears). "We should've stayed out!!"

  9. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    If it were to end like this in terms of the points and we get a full race, Alpine would jump up to sixth in the constructors' championship, whereas Williams would fall down to ninth.

  10. red flag

    Red flag

    Lap 33/69

    Oscar Piastri collision was with the RB of Liam Lawson. The two McLaren clipping the side of the New Zealander, sending him off the track. Piastri has just been to visit Lawson now that everyone is out of the car to say sorry.

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  11. 'Paid off massively for Ocon and Verstappen'

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Now Ocon is a legitimate race winner and Verstappen is in second and they have a free pit-stop to change tyres, they can put whatever they want on when this race gets resumed. It's paid off massively.

  12. red flag

    Colapinto out

    Lap 33/69

    "I guess everyone can just change tyres for free now?" asks Lando Norris. "They can," is the reply from the pit wall.

    More admin to alert you to: Mercedes are under investigation for adjusting tyre pressure before the restart.

  13. 'It's all down to the flags'

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Whilst Ocon, Verstappen and Gasly have taken a big gain, if the race is red flagged right now, they could put on new tyres for free and that is a legitimate position.

    If it's not, the whole rest of the field is going to close up and if they need to make a pit-stop for fresh tyres they are going to fall right to the back. It's all down to the flags.

  14. red flag

    Red flag

    Lap 32/69

    Franco Colapinto climbs out of the Williams and looks to be OK. The car is badly crunched on the left hand side. It's been a busy day for the mechanics.

  15. Colapinto crashes

    Lap 32/69

    The Williams of Franco Colapinto has crashed! The red flag is out - again!

  16. Ocon leads from Verstappen

    Lap 31/69

    The visibility is terrible at certain parts of the track. Esteban Ocon, with one race win in his career, is leading this Sao Paulo Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen and his team-mate Pierre Gasly.

    Ocon is told the rain is decreasing in one to two minutes.

    Oscar Piastri has also picked up a 10-second penalty for causing a collision, but I don't think we saw that on the telly?

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  17. Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

    This has paid off wonderfully for Max Verstappen, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly. Alpine and Red Bull have called this perfectly.

  18. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    Within a lap it's almost like a monsoon on the track, can these intermediates tyres continue to clear the water at this stage?

  19. Norris overtakes Russell

    Lap 30/69

    Lando Norris overtakes George Russell for fourth place - just before the safety car is deployed.

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  20. Top five

    Lap 30/69

    1,. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)

    2. Max Verstappen (Max Verstappen)

    3. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

    4. George Russell (Mercedes)

    5. Lando Norris (McLaren)

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