Summary

  • Verstappen wins; Leclerc 2nd; Piastri 3rd

  • Norris handed penalty for not slowing under yellow flags

  • Norris close to taking lead after safety car restart

  • Hamilton and Sainz suffer punctures from broken wing mirror on track

  • Verstappen took lead from Russell off line

  • Norris up to second by first corner

  • Ocon, Colapinto out after first-lap collision

  • Stroll, Perez, Hulkenberg out

  • Get involved #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    This is where the fight is brewing, less than a second between Oscar Piastri just behind George Russell with the two Ferraris tucked in neatly behind.

  2. 'Piastri has pace over Russell'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It certainly seems that Oscar Piastri has the pace over George Russell and his Mercedes car right now. This battle I think is going to go all the way to the end.

  3. Oscar Piastri making that swift move on Ferrari could be crucial in the constructors' title battle. He is fourth with team-mate Lando Norris second.

    Oscar PiastriGetty Images

  4. Max Verstappen clocks the fastest lap as he increases his advantage over Lando Norris to 1.477s.

  5. Race marshals remove Alpine's French driver Esteban Ocon's carGetty Images

    Both Esteban Ocon and Franco Colapinto are out of the race after that first-lap collision.

  6. 'Exactly what McLaren wanted'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That's great news for McLaren fans, both McLarens now ahead of both Ferraris, that's exactly what they wanted from the race this evening.

  7. It was Liam Lawson who went off as he tried to get past Valtteri Bottas but no major drama and he's back on the track in 18th.

    Further up the field and Oscar Piastri made a good start after the restart, producing a great move down the outside of Charles Leclerc to go fourth.

  8. Go! Go! Go!

    We're back racing again with the debris all cleared up.

    Max Verstappen is able to fend off any attack from Lando Norris and opens up a bit of a gap, but already we've got cars off the track again!

    Max VerstappenGetty Images

  9. Rosanna Tennant
    5 Live F1 reporter in Qatar

    This is going to be a critical getaway for the two McLaren drivers, Lando Norris needs to be right there with Max Verstappen.

  10. Race control has noted the incident involving Nico Hulkenberg, Esteban Ocon and Franco Colapinto.

  11. 'Shocking getaway from Hamilton'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It was a shocking getaway from Lewis Hamilton [at the race start], a really really slow getaway, it looks like a really under engaged mapping there that caused that.

  12. Team radio - Albon

    "I got massively hit by Stroll."

  13. Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, started sixth but is down in ninth after a poor start.

  14. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    Nico Hulkenberg perhaps involved in that incident, he's got a puncture on his rear left tyre.

  15. Looks like Nico Hulkenberg, who started on hard tyres, just lost the rear of his car and ended up hitting Esteban Ocon, who then clipped Franco Colapinto.

    Lance Stroll and Alex Albon also made contact in that chaotic start.

    Nico HulkenbergGetty Images

  16. 'Verstappen fought back brilliantly'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Amazing start from Lando Norris, we thought he'd done it going through Turn One but Max Verstappen fought back brilliantly. Who said that the dirty side of the grid was going to hold him back? It certainly didn't.

  17. Safety car

    The safety car is out after both those two cars collided.

  18. Lando Norris almost snuck into the lead himself but Max Verstappen just managed to defend his position going through Turn Two. The McLaren is into second but hang on! Esteban Ocon and Franco Colapinto have collided!

    Williams' Franco Colapinto and Alpine's Esteban Ocon crash after starting the raceReuters

  19. Go! Go! Go!

    It is lights out!

    Great start by Max Verstappen, he gets through the inside of George Russell and he is into the lead!

    Max VerstappenGetty Images

  20. Everyone is lined up in their place on the grid. We are all good to go.

    Almost time for lights out...