Summary

  • Max Verstappen wins from Lando Norris

  • Piastri third, Leclerc fourth, Russell fifth, Antonelli sixth

  • Hamilton seventh and Bearman 10th

  • Norris complains that Verstappen forced him on to grass at pit-lane exit

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Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. George Russell is the first of the front runners to pit as he goes in from fifth. A 2.3s stop and he's back out in 13th on the hard tyres.

  2. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I knew Lando Norris wasn't going to box, Red Bull are not that stupid. That was just trying to pull the wool over their eyes and make them box, but good effort.

  3. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    The undercut being that if you pit first that allows you to put on the fresh tyre sooner than your competitor and maybe that disparity allows you to make up speed on the circuit.

  4. Shenanigans from McLaren as they tell Lando Norris to box, seemingly hoping to lure Red Bull into blinking first. The pit crew come out, but Norris stays out and Max Verstappen doesn't take the bait.

  5. I think we're going to have to be patient for a bit of action with everyone having pretty comfortable gaps from the drivers behind them.

    Only Yuki Tsunoda is looking capable of an overtake any time soon as he continues to loom large on Pierre Gasly's mirrors.

  6. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Looking generally down the grid the majority of drivers are setting personal bests at the moment so they've been saving that tyre and managing it, the track will be improving as well.

  7. Jack Doohan gets 16 laps out of his softs but pits now for a set of hards. He is back out in 19th.

    Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton's gamble to start on the hards continues to look good. He remains seventh, with those ahead of him going to see their tyres drop off sooner than him.

  8. Charles Leclerc has fended off the possible attack from George Russell for now as the Mercedes driver drops back a bit to manage his tyres. Leclerc's advantage is around 1.5s.

    Charles LeclercGetty Images

  9. Lando Norris isn't getting closer to Max Verstappen with the Red Bull's advantage continuing to hover around the two-second mark.

    Lando NorrisReuters

  10. Yuki Tsunoda could be making a move on Pierre Gasly soon in the battle for 12th with the gap between the two dropping to half a second.

  11. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Oscar Piastri is really starting to ramp up the pace, he's set another fastest lap.

  12. Charles Leclerc has to keep an eye on George Russell in his mirrors with the Mercedes seven tenths of a second behind him in fifth. Russell hasn't quite been in the window yet for an attack down the main straight.

    Charles Leclerc ahead of George RussellGetty Images

  13. The red flags in practice really limited the teams' opportunities to do long runs so they are heading into a bit of the unknown here.

    Now Oscar Piastri finds a bit more pace as he does the fastest lap of the race. He's 1.5s behind Lando Norris, who remains second.

  14. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Alex Albon could mean that [the shifts] are not smooth on the upshift or he could be talking about the downshifts.

    Sometimes in these F1 cars they are changing so late down into the corner that if it does snatch that will rotate the rear and not help you.

  15. Team radio - Albon

    Albon: "These shifts are so bad. What have we done to them?"

  16. Alex Albon, currently ninth, is having gear shift issues like Max Verstappen and sounds very frustrated over the radio.

    It looks like Lando Norris might be finding a bit more pace as he clocks the fastest lap so far.

  17. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    George Russell is looking fairly strong tucked up behind Charles Leclerc.

    Lando Norris has just set the fastest lap of the race but the gap has not really come down between him and Max Verstappen, it's still two seconds.

  18. That rain McLaren reported is only expected to be light and last for one lap.

    Meanwhile, Lance Stroll's run on softs lasts for just 10 laps as he pits to swap for hards. He's back out in last place.

  19. Jennie Gow
    F1 pit-lane reporter

    Max Verstappen knows how to win around this track, he's won the last three races, he will be feeling mighty confident that he has managed to keep that first place out there.

    He will just hope that by the time they get to the pit-stops he's in a position where he can't be undercut or overcut.

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    Rachel T: Lewis has done well to maintain position on hard tyres. Playing the long game…

    Josh Earl: yes Lewis, let's go!!