Summary

  • Hamilton wins, Bottas 2nd, Ricciardo 3rd, Vettel 4th

  • Verstappen breaks down after superb start to 2nd

  • Sainz and Massa out after crash with Grosjean

  • Kvyat out

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. Wow!

    Fireworks were always coming with these Force Indias and Sebastian Vettel right up behind them and here they are.

    Sergio Perez holds off Esteban Ocon again, the two running briefly side by side, and Sebastian Vettel makes a move as the Force Indias fight, diving down the inside of Ocon into Turn 1. There's almost contact and Ocon runs wide!

    Vettel up into fifth.

  2. Sergio Perez and Esteban OconRex Features

    Esteban Ocon attacks Sergio Perez but the latter holds off his team-mate at Turn 1. Sebastian Vettel tries to take advantage of the tussling Force Indias but can't find the gap.

  3. Plenty of pink ahead of Sebastian Vettel now. The German is eyeing the double scalp of Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez...

  4. John Watson
    5 live pundit and former F1 driver

    I did say before this race started, some of these cars may have brake problems on this circuit and that seems to be what's happened to Kimi Raikkonen there.

    Does that throw the conspiracy theories out of the window.

  5. Kimi RaikkonenGetty Images

    Crikey, BIG problems for Kimi Raikkonen. He's lapping SIX seconds slower than everyone ahead of him. A frantic message on the radio tells the Finn that Ferrari are looking into it. Time is against them.

  6. Eight laps to go and Fernando Alonso is in the points! The McLAren is currently 10th. What a result this will be for the Spaniard on his return to Formula 1. Romain Grosjean is behind him.

  7. "OK, Kimi you know the score. The front of this group is the podium so push on," Kimi Raikkonen is told.

    Disaster though! He goes straight on at the final chicane and Sebastian Vettel pounces, taking sixth from his team-mate.

  8. Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    F1 is a team sport. It's the constructors points Force India are supposed to be fighting for.

    However, Ocon is starting to threaten the established player in the team - remember Sergio Perez brings much needed finance to the team so he probably thinks, perhaps rightly, he is the unofficial number one driver.

    There may be some intense conversations after this race.

  9. Ten laps to go

    Into the business end of this race now. Surely a Mercedes one-two is in the bag so the big question mark is who will finish third? Daniel Ricciardo has it for now.

  10. Daniel Ricciardo is chased by the Force India carsGetty Images

    Sergio Perez moves to within 0.7 seconds of Daniel Ricciardo but Esteban Ocon was a tenth of a second quicker than his Force India team-mate on the last lap.

  11. It's only a brief return to the track for Daniil Kvyat. He pits and is wheeled back into the garage. Race over.

  12. Sergio Perez and Esteban OconGetty Images

    Mutiny at Force India. Sergio Perez is asked to let Esteban Ocon pass so he can attack Daniel Ricciardo for third, but Perez is having none of it.

    "Leave me alone, give me the chance," says Perez.

  13. Daniil Kvyat finally has some softs bolted on and is back out on the track but he's dead last and two laps down on the field.

  14. Out in front, Lewis Hamilton will be thinking about what to have to tea. He's cruising to a comfortable win here, 13 seconds ahead of Valtteri Bottas.

    This is just the race he's needed to put the pressure back on Sebastian Vettel.

  15. Daniil KvyatGetty Images

    Daniil Kvyat reports "strange vibrations" and pits. He serves the 10 second penalty he was given... but there's further problems. They appear to be struggling to swap the tyres.

    "Stop the engine, Daniil, stop the engine."

    Dreadful stop.

  16. Team radio

    Sebastian VettelReuters

    Vettel: "How are we doing?"

    Ferrari team radio: "You are the fastest on track. Keep pushing".

  17. Sebastian Vettel bangs in the fastest lap of the race with a 1:15.114. He'll catch Kimi Raikkonen soon. This could be interesting...

  18. Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    The only way we are gong to be convinced there are no team orders in Ferrari is if they allow Kimi race the Force India's rather than Vettel.

    They may have to orchestrate something like a "puncture" on Kimi's car...

  19. Sergio Perez and Esteban OconRex Features

    Daniel Ricciardo, in third, is lapping at around the same time as Sergio Perez, who is fourth. The gap between them is one second.

    In fact, Esteban Ocon appears quicker than Perez. Will he let him by?

  20. The two Force Indias now have two Ferraris behind them on the faster and fresher rubber. Interesting times ahead.