Lap 77/78published at 14:57 British Summer Time 29 May 2016
"It is starting to rain, get ready," says Carlos Sainz.
Spots are indeed appearing on the cameras. Nervous finishing for Lewis Hamilton?
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"It is starting to rain, get ready," says Carlos Sainz.
Spots are indeed appearing on the cameras. Nervous finishing for Lewis Hamilton?
Four and half minutes to go. Lewis Hamilton is almost there...
Paul Terry: Lewis Hamilton a brilliant drive. Lewis has thought this through. Very clever use of his tyres and he is in tune with his car.
Javel Bleach: This could get hectic in the last laps as tyres get shredded.
Nico Rosberg had a fairly lengthy tussle with Fernando Alonso for fifth but that's now over with the McLaren 2.7 seconds ahead of the Mercedes.
Sean Harrison: Penny for Rosbergs thoughts if Hamilton wins after having to have let him through
Paul Terry: A brilliant drive. Lewis has thought this through. Very clever use of his tyres and his is in tune with his car.
JavelBleach: Looks like Lewis is taunting Ricciardo, regularly letting him approach then opening up another second lead.
Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter
The dark cloud is definitely coming our way - I don't think it's going to get here in time.
Lewis Hamilton is pulling away from Daniel Ricciardo, three seconds between them now.
Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel is keeping third-place Sergio Perez honest with the Ferrari one second behind.
Fastest lap of the race from Lewis Hamilton with a 1:17.939. He's in control and, barring any drama, the win is his, and a big win it will be for the reigning world champion.
"Drops of rain on the visor," reports Fernando Alonso.
Victory is within touching distance for Lewis Hamilton. He's got that advantage back up to two seconds and Daniel Ricciardo is running out of time and laps.
Jack Nicholls
Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator
If Ricciardo is going to push, the push has to start soon.
A super short outing of the virtual safety car as that debris is swiftly dealt with.
We are approaching the two-hour limit for the race, 13 minutes to go.
Ten laps to go and the virtual safety car is deployed once again because there is a bit of debris on the start-finish straight.
Lewis Hamilton continues to keep Daniel Ricciardo at arms length but he is into somewhat unknown territory now. He's done 36 laps laps on the ultra softs, considerably more than anyone else.
Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter
As I look over the racetrack towards the mountains, there are a lot of clouds and they are getting lower and lower.
Oof! Sebastian Vettel almost does a Verstappen into Massenet, locking up and just preventing himself from going into the barriers. Good save.
A personal best for Lewis Hamilton with 1:18.337 and he hikes that gap up over Daniel Ricciardo to two seconds.
Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentator
Either Hamilton's tyres need to fall away or that rain shower has to come.
This has been an excellent race for McLaren. Not only is Fernando Alonso up in fifth but they have the prospect of both drivers finishing in the top 10 with Jenson Button ninth.