Summary

  • Max Verstappen wins Emilia-Romagna GP

  • Lando Norris passes Oscar Piastri to take second

  • Piastri third, Hamilton fourth and Albon fifth

  • Antonelli retirement brought out late safety car

  • Verstappen overtook pole-sitter Piastri at start

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Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

  1. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    There will be some questions over McLaren and how they played out this race but they will analyse that themselves.

  2. Lewis Hamilton crosses the line to finish fourth in front of the Italian crowd. He jumps on the Ferrari team radio and says this one is for the fans.

    Alex Albon adds to his and Williams' tally of points this season with his P5 finish. Double points again for the team, as Carlos Sainz finishes in eighth.

  3. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It was textbook stuff from Max Verstappen and Red Bull, they executed everything perfectly.

  4. chequered flag

    Chequered flag

    It's Max Verstappen and Red Bull who will celebrate in the Imola sunshine!

    The Dutchman wins the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix thanks to that early overtake from P2.

    Lando Norris finishes second and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri comes home in third.

  5. Final lap

    Lap 63/63

    Charles Leclerc gives us his second furious radio communication of the day. He feels he did nothing wrong in that scrap with Alex Albon. The Monegasque driver is overtaken by the Williams and will finish this race in sixth.

    Out in front, four-time world champion Max Verstappen is about to cross the line...

  6. Lap 62/63

    Another lap goes by and Alex Albon remains frustrated. Race control flash the message the scuffle between Albon and Charles Leclerc is now under investigation.

  7. 'Crucial from Hamilton'

    Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That was a crucial move from Lewis Hamilton to get past his team-mate.

    He's got two laps to try and close down the McLaren of Oscar Piastri and see if he can do the unthinkable and get Ferrari on the podium after that disaster qualifying yesterday.

  8. Lap 61/63

    It's Williams versus Ferrari as Charles Leclerc is finding it difficult to shake the blue car. Lewis Hamilton has pulled away from his team-mate and is now aiming for a possible podium.

  9. Team radio - Albon to Williams

    "That wasn't fair"

  10. Albon goes wide

    Lap 60/63

    Alex Albon is on the gravel! He comes alongside Charles Leclerc and the battle ends with the Williams on the gritty surface at Tamburello and off the track. As he runs wide, that opens the door for Lewis Hamilton to pass both drivers! Albon is sixth, Leclerc is fifth and Hamilton is fourth.

  11. Lap 59/63

    Charles Leclerc looks in his mirrors and see the Williams of Alex Albon smiling back at him. The Thai-Brit driver is hustling the Ferrari but can't make his attack stick for that P4 place. Maybe on the next lap?

  12. Norris overtakes Piastri

    Lap 58/63

    This was a fair fight! Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri square up for that P2 place and with DRS and the aid of a slipstream, Norris gets his team-mate on the outside of Tamburello.

    Oscar Piastrig

  13. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Lewis Hamilton is looking equally racy on the hard tyres, so maybe it's the lighter car that is really helping him and the characteristics of that Ferrari.

  14. Lap 57/63

    He can. Lewis Hamilton makes light work of passing George Russell and now the Ferrari man is up to sixth place. Max Verstappen, meanwhile, is now four seconds ahead of Oscar Piastri.

  15. Lap 56/63

    The battle may be between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. The Briton is on better tyres but his team-mate leads the championship by 15 points. Lewis Hamilton fancies his chances against his old Mercedes buddy George Russell. Can he grab another place? ...

  16. Lap 55/63

    Max Verstappen is 2.6 seconds ahead of Oscar Piastri and pulling further away from both the McLaren drivers.

    Max VerstappenGetty Images

  17. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    There is such an offset of different pace in the top 10 cars that there is no way they are going to finish in this order.

  18. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Charles Leclerc had such a good restart that it made it difficult for McLaren to do anything about swapping their drivers early, if that is indeed their intention.

  19. Green flag

    Lap 54/63

    Max Verstappen waits... and away he goes! The Dutchman gets a solid jump and leads the field through the Tamburello chicane ahead of the two McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.

    Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda caught Nico Hulkenberg napping on the restart and has made his way into the final points position. From starting in the pit lane, the Japanese driver can at least recover something out of this weekend.

  20. Safety car ending

    Lap 53/52

    The message flashes that the safety car is coming in at the end of this lap. Max Verstappen leads, Oscar Piastri, on older hard tyres, is second and Lando Norris, on fresher hards, is third. The likes of Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Carlos Sainz are also on tyres older than the rest running in the top 10.