Jennie Gow
F1 pit-lane reporter at Lusail Circuit

Really impressive from Lando Norris and his pit stop team, bearing in mind they have the same pit stop crew for both Oscar Piastri and Norris.

Norris was already revving as soon as he touched the ground and he was away.

Lando Norris is behind his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in fifth place but the Australian's attention is fixed towards the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli for third spot. Can he make his overtake stick?

The safety car coming out early on in this race saw everyone but the McLarens come into to pit, so in four laps' time, we'll see a hive of activity in the pit lane. Oscar Piastri is once again banking fast laps on his fresh mediums as he tries to climb the field from fourth place.

1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

2. Carlos Sainz (Williams)

3. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

4. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

5. Lando Norris (McLaren)

Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

McLaren have got to get the cars out ahead of Fernando Alonso otherwise they will get caught up in that in that horrendous train.

That relies on a good solid pit stop, they've got time to do it and if all things going well it won't be an issue, but things don't always go well and you can imagine the pressure ramping up on the people in that pit lane.

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Oscar Piastri's stop was about three seconds - not the quickest. He comes out in fourth place, just as team-mate Lando Norris heads in.

The Briton takes some medium rubber and now it's a battle to fend off the Aston Martin Fernando Alonso - and he does it! Norris rejoins in fifth, Alonso stays sixth.

Oscar Piastri hands over the lead to team-mate Lando Norris and comes in to make his madatory stop. The Australian takes another set of mediums, which leaves him with the option of the hard or soft to finish.

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McLaren are getting ready in the pit lane. Who is coming in? It's race leader Oscar Piastri...

Engineer: "And Lando, for the next tyre, we'll come down one. Happy?"

Norris: "Yep. I think so. I'm just struggling."

Jennie Gow
F1 pit-lane reporter at Lusail Circuit

I'm just looking over the McLaren pit wall and all of the engineers standing and sitting there nervously twitching.

The phone is ringing in Lando Norris' cockpit. His engineer Will Joseph is taking through the next tyre step but the Briton, who leads the championship by 22 points, seems to be in a bit of difficulty.

Good shout, Dan and Graham. We could see mayhem in the pit lane around the lap 32 mark. The front four are untroubled in this race but the rest of the cars are all following the Aston Martin Pied Piper, Fernando Alonso.

The TV cameras are fixed on the pit walls of McLaren and Red Bull. Oscar Piastri's advantage is 3.6 seconds over Lando Norris but it's Fernando Alonso who the papaya team need to thank at the momet. The Aston Martin is the conductor on a very long DRS train, which should allow the McLarens to come back out of the pits in clear air.

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent

Oscar Piastri is making his life very comfortable at the moment, he's already got a 3.3 second lead over Lando Norris. That's more than enough for him to get in and out and do a pit-stop and not worry about Norris behind him.

At the moment he's in total control of the race, Norris is going to have to work out what he can possibly do about that.

Alex Albon and Gabriel Bortoleto were both noted for yellow flag infringements but the pair have been cleared quickly by race control. Albon is 13th and Brazilian Bortoleto is 15th.

The gap out in front for Oscar Piastri is three seconds to his team-mate Lando Norris and just under eight seconds to third place Max Verstappen. The Australian is the quickest car out on track and is keeping things cool for now.