In comes the Williams of Franco Colapinto, the only car left for the British team after Alex Albon's retirement early doors. The Argentine is back out in P15 ahead of the red Bull of Sergio Perez.

Sam Bird
Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

That was two successive fastest laps for Lando Norris and he will want that extra point because every point does matter in both world championships available to McLaren as we go into the final four races.

The crowd enjoyed Sergio Perez's pass on the Sauber of Zhou Guanyu, but sadly, the position is only P16.

Carlos Sainz is over six seconds clear of Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, as Lando Norris banks another fastest lap.

Harry Benjamin
BBC F1 Commentator

There was a 20% chance of rain at the start of this race so has that increased a little, the teams have some of the best radars in the world, they will be able to see exactly where the rain is coming from.

The radar on the pit wall says no rain is expected in the next 15 minutes. Phew.

Lando Norris clocks a fastest lap but the McLaren driver is still around 11 seconds behind race leader Carlos Sainz.

Harry Benjamin
BBC F1 Commentator

Max Verstappen is saying he's got "no grip" on the radio, his day is not panning out the way he would want to but he's still bagging decent points.

Oscar Piastri is moving through the field quickly. The McLaren has just cleared Valtteri Bottas and next up is Pierre Gasly. The Alpine driver knows he hasn't got the pace to challenge the McLaren, so instead, he lets the Australian go by to take P10.

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Spoke too soon. George Russell reckons he can feel small spot of rain. It's staying dry for now, so maybe it's just a delicate bead of sweat on the Mercedes man's brow.

Out on track, Oscar Piastri has overtaken the Sauber of Valtteri Bottas for P11.

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Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent

Max Verstappen is half a second or so a lap slower than Lewis Hamilton at the moment so while you might expect for him to be closing on Hamilton who is not happy in his new upgraded Mercedes, he doesn't appear to be doing that at the moment.

"It's getting darker"

Max Verstappen has turned weather forecaster, telling his Red Bull pit wall "it's getting darker". An unexpected shower would throw the cat among the pigeons, no doubt, but as it's 9pm at night here in the UK, let's hope it stays dry.

1. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)

2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

3. Lando Norris (McLaren)

4. George Russell (Mercedes)

5. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

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Oscar Piastri and Liam Lawson finally make their stops, with the McLaren rejoining the action in 13th and the RB of Lawson in 17th spot behind the Red Bull of Sergio Perez.

Jeremiah Kariuki: Wonder if McLaren will keep Piastri for a longer while to hold Verstappen. Could be a tactic.

"Something's wrong with the steering wheel"

Franco Colapinto is also highlighting issues over at Williams, telling the pit wall he is experiencing problems with his steering. The Argentine is in ninth, but hasn't pitted.

Is Max Verstappen struggling? It's been a miserable day for the Dutchman so far. He's already served a 20-second penalty and is now running in seventh place, but he has flagged to Red Bull his hard tyres are feeling a bit iffy...

Sam Bird
Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Even after having a 20 second penalty Max Verstappen is only six and a half seconds behind Lewis Hamilton in fifth place.

There are a couple of drivers in the top 10 who haven't come into the pits yet: Piastri being one of them, Liam Lawson and Franco Colapinto being the others.

Carlos Sainz has pulled out a seven-second gap on his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, with Lando Norris staying put in third spot.