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

  • Get involved #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

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

    All of the top five have come through but there is an opportunity behind to dive into the pits.

    Oscar Piastri is the first to do so and from seventh place - it's a bit of a cheap pit-stop for the second McLaren.

  2. Lap 29/69

    Those pit stops have dropped George Russell to fourth and Lando Norris to fifth place. Esteban Ocon stayed out under the VSC and now leads this Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

    The rain is belting it down.

  3. Virtual safety car ending

    Lap 29/69

    Lando Norris and George Russell have both pitted! Esteban Ocon takes the lead of this race with Max Verstappen now second.

    george russell and lando norrisGetty Images

  4. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    The conditions have absolutely worsened in the last few minutes.

  5. Virtual safety car

    Lap 28/70

    The Haas of Nico Hulkenberg is waiting to be rescued. The pit lane is packed now, with Oscar Piastri coming in for more intermediates.

    Sergio Perez has gone for the full wet-weather tyres.

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

    Lando Norris is right on the tail of George Russell into Turn Ten, Russell is struggling as the rain is intensifying.

  7. yellow flag

    Yellow flag

    Lap 27/69

    George Russell is keeping Lando Norris at bay but the McLaren is getting closer and closer as the pair reach the back straight. The rain is chucking it down and is in the spray of Russell's Mercedes.

    Norris is told Charles Leclerc has come out into traffic and is now stuck there.

    Nico Hulkenberg is beached! And Esteban Ocon has passed Yuki Tsunoda for third!

  8. Get Involved

    #BBCF1

    Sam: The car Mercedes have given Lewis is nothing short of a disgrace. You can see it bouncing all over the place. He deserves so much better, a sad end to a great partnership.

    Andrew: What’s going on at Mercedes? George Russell is leading the race and doing so in a comfortable manner, meanwhile Lewis Hamilton in the sister car is calling it undrivable and lapping at the rear of the pack.

  9. Lap 26/69

    Lando Norris is starting to question his pit wall now about when to come in to the pits. Liam Lawson runs off the track but avoids any yellow flags.

    Charles Leclerc is sent out in 12th place, behind the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, who gained a place when Carlos Sainz went wide.

  10. Leclerc pits for more inters

    Lap 25/70

    So Charles Leclerc comes in, but the Monegasque driver is fitted with another set of intermediates by Ferrari. Will he survive on these green tyres with the rain coming down heavier?

  11. 'Dark skies overhead'

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Very dark skies overhead and the rain is intensifying, these intermediates are hanging on, but we are seeing more and more cars suffering.

  12. Here comes the rain

    Lap 24/69

    The dark clouds have arrived and the rain is here. George Russell is leading from Lando Norris and the RB from Yuki Tsunoda.

    Charles Leclerc tells his pit wall he'll come into box now...

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

    These intermediate tyres are worn beyond their best and the rain is still coming down, the spray is getting more and more as well.

  14. Lap 23/69

    Max Verstappen is still the fastest man on track, but he has to stay on the P6 position after also experiencing a little lock-up following his battles with Charles Leclerc.

    Over in the other Ferrari, Carlos Sainz runs wide and drops below Franco Colapinto and is now P15.

    Charles LeclercGetty Images

  15. Team radio - Verstappen

    "He was squeezing me onto the white line, not leaving a car's width."

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

    That's some proper defence from Charles Leclerc! He is proving that he is up to the fight with Max Verstappen.

  17. Leclerc defends against Verstappen

    Lap 22/69

    Max Verstappen is trying to defeat Charles Leclerc in his latest fight to get to the front. The Ferrari driver swats away two attacks from the Dutchman to stay in fifth place.

  18. Lap 21/69

    Franco Colapinto has already held off the attack of Lewis Hamilton: can he do the same with the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz? Yes he can. The Williams man stays in P12.

    George Russell, the race leader, has highlighted an issue with his brakes to his pit wall.

    Franco ColapintoGetty Images

  19. Team radio - Hamilton

    "The cars not drivable, locking up and bouncing everywhere."

  20. Lap 20/70

    Carlos Sainz started in the pit lane after his shunt in qualifying, but now the Spaniard has made his way through the field and is now running in 13th place.

    Lewis Hamilton is done with this car, as once again the seven-time world champion flags that the Mercedes is "undriveable".