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

  • Get involved: #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

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

    Oscar Piastri made that [move on Yuki Tsunoda] look very easy.

    It will be frustrating for the Red Bull team to have given that instruction but there was literally nothing he could do which highlights that pace deferential between the McLaren of Piastri and the Red Bull of Tsunoda.

  2. Piastri overtakes Tsunoda

    Lap 18/63

    Well, job done for Oscar Piastri. The faster McLaren needs no invitation on the straight to make a move and he zooms past Yuki Tsunoda to take the Japanese driver's 10th place.

  3. Lap 17/63

    Yuki Tsunoda has been given his first instruction as Max Verstappen's team-mate: hold up Oscar Piastri as much as you can. The Australian has pitted and is climbing his way back up the field quickly from P11.

  4. Team radio - Tsunoda

    Engineer: "The car behind is Piastri. Do your best to hold him up."

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

    Charles Leclerc has set the fastest lap of the race and that car seems to be working better on the hard tyre than it was on the medium tyre earlier on in the race.

  6. Top five

    Lap 16/63

    1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

    2. Lando Norris (McLaren)

    3. Alex Albon (Williams)

    4. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)

    5. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

    Max VerstappenGetty Images

  7. Lap 15/63

    Lance Stroll is next to be called in by Aston Martin but it's a slow stop for the Canadian and he's now rejoined the track down in P17. Max Verstappen is still leading this Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix - the Dutchman has stayed out - from Lando Norris and the Williams of Alex Albon, who have also yet to change their boots.

  8. Team radio - Piastri to McLaren

    "I think Plan A is very ambitious."

  9. 'Pace from Verstappen is impressive'

    Ben Edwards
    F1 commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    The pace that Max Verstappen is doing on the medium tyre is very impressive and Lando Norris does not seem to have that pace.

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

    Maybe these [medium] tyres are not hanging on as well as everyone predicted they might. We might see some early pit stops and we may even see some two-stops happening.

  11. Lap 14/63

    Fernando Alonso also headed in to change his tyres but as the Spaniard exited the pits, there were flames on his left-hand wheel. His back out in P15 and doesn't to be too affected by that small incident.

  12. Piastri pits

    Lap 13/63

    Charles Leclerc has come out in 13th place, George Russell is lower down the order in 14th. Oscar Piastri pits from second and rejoins the action just ahead of Ferrari's Leclerc.

    Charles LeclercGetty Images

  13. Russell and Leclerc pit

    Lap 12/63

    George Russell comes in after that overtake to dump his medium tyres and bolt on the hards - Charles Leclerc for Ferrari has also paid a visit to the pits to do the same thing.

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    Matt: You know for a fact that if the Verstappen move on Piastri had been the other way round Max would have run Oscar off the track. There's a difference between hard but fair racing & driving dirty...

    Ashic: Commentators going crazy about Verstappen's late braking but I think Piastri messed up... Braked too early protecting from Russell. Russell's message on the radio suggests that as well.

  15. 'Good move from Norris'

    Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That was a really good move from Lando [Norris] and he had to get it done quickly. He's got a seven-second gap to his team-mate, it sounds like a lot but it's not the end of the world with a long way to go in this grand prix.

  16. Norris overtakes Russell

    Lap 11/63

    The final podium place has changed hands. Lando Norris goes to the inside, then the outside and finally he blasts past the Mercedes of George Russell just after the Villeneuve chicane. Norris is third, Russell, who now comes under pressure from Fernando Alonso, is fourth.

    Lando Norris and George RussellGetty Images

  17. Lap 10/63

    Well, they exit the first chicane but Lando Norris can't complete the move. This is going to be a long old day for George Russell.

  18. Team radio - Russell to Mercedes

    "I'm not sure how I am going to make it to the target lap, pushing like this."

  19. Lap 9/63

    George Russell is pushing hard but with Lando Norris the cat and him the mouse, his target lap time is becoming a chore to hit. The pair are at the end of the lap, so Norris spies the opportunity when the two eventually reach the Tamburello chicane, to strike.

  20. 'Crucial for Norris to get past Russell'

    Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It's crucial for Lando Norris to try and find a way past that Mercedes [of George Russell] as it's a little off the pace of the front two, and Norris does not want to get caught up for too long behind Russell.