Tough challenge for Vettelpublished at Lap 41 of 71
Jack Nicholls
Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator
Vettel has an awful lot of ground to make up if he is keep this championship alive.
He is 60 seconds behind second.
Summary
Hamilton takes fourth world title - making him most successful British driver of all time
He joins Vettel and Alain Prost on four championships
Briton finishes ninth after colliding with Vettel on opening lap
Verstappen wins race, Vettel battles back to 4th
Ricciardo, Hulkenberg, Hartley, Ericsson, Sainz out
Tough challenge for Vettelpublished at Lap 41 of 71
Verstappen well out in frontpublished at Lap 40 of 71
At the front, Max Verstappen holds an 11-second lead ahead of Valtteri Bottas, with Kimi Raikkonen a further 23 seconds behind in his Ferrari.
Vettel's next target is Sergio Perez's Force India, who is currently sixth.
"Alright, son, I'll take it easy," says Verstappen as he is told to try to just match Bottas' pace.
Image source, Getty ImagesHamilton questions Ferrari's strategypublished at Lap 38 of 71
"Are the ultras going to go all the way?" Lewis Hamilton asks about his title rival Sebastian Vettel's new tyre strategy.
"It is likely he will get to the end," he is calmly told.
Hamilton is on the super-softs, while Vettel is now on the ultra-softs, which, in theory, should be quicker.
Image source, Getty ImagesVettel now seventhpublished at Lap 38 of 71
Sebastian Vettel dives in the inside of Kevin Magnussen and that is another place done for Vettel, who sits seventh now. Hamilton, meanwhile, jumps past Pascal Wehrlein in 14th.
Image source, Getty ImagesHamilton will want a points finishpublished at Lap 37 of 71
Allan McNish
Formula 1 analyst on BBC Radio 5 live sports extraThere is absolutely no way Hamilton will want to win the world championship by finishing out of the points.
What drama in the first halfpublished at Lap 36 of 71
We are at the halfway point of this race, a race no-one could have predicted. It is thrilling, edge-of-the-seat stuff.
Vettel, on the ultra-softs, has half of the race to go from eighth into the top two or Lewis Hamilton, down in 15th, is the world champion.
Hartley fine after fire scarepublished at Lap 35 of 71
Brendon Hartley walks back to the garage, and luckily he managed to haul himself out of his on-fire Toro Rosso extremely quickly and he looks unhurt.
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Peter Wanyonyi: Heartbreak for Brendon Hartley, terrible weekend for him though he's worked so hard. Well done and all the best next race.
'Hamilton takes advantage'published at 19:50 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2017
Allan McNish
Formula 1 analyst on BBC Radio 5 live sports extraNormally you lose 21.5 seconds for a pit stop if it is at full speed.
Under the virtual safety car you lose half of that.
Hamilton took advantage to get on to the alternative strategy. He was struggling on the soft tyre and is now on the super soft which is six or seven tenths quicker.
Ultra-softs for Vettelpublished at Lap 33 of 71
Sebastian Vettel also comes in, it is ultra-softs for him. Will it help him get up to second?
If Vettel comes second, the title race moves on to Brazil if Hamilton comes 10th or worst.
Hamilton into the pitspublished at Lap 33 of 71
Lewis Hamilton comes in to the pits and now has super-soft tyres on to his car, which might make him a bit happier.
Remember, no overtaking at the moment under the virtual safety car following that fire to Brendon Hartley's Toro Rosso.
Image source, Getty ImagesHartley's car on firepublished at Lap 33 of 71
"I'm losing a lot of power."
"Stop the car in a safe place."
Brendon Hartley's Toro Rosso is on fire.
We are under a virtual safety car situation.
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End of twitter postVettel up to eighth, Hamilton 16thpublished at Lap 32 of 71
Sebastian Vettel is on a surge, he has just moved ahead of Fernando Alonso down the start-finish straight up to eighth.
It won't be enough for the German as he needs a minimum finish of second.
Lewis Hamilton has managed to finally get past Carlos Sainz and also Pascal Wehrlein to sit 16th out of the 18 running.
Image source, Getty ImagesLeader Verstappen worried at tyre conditionpublished at Lap 30 of 71
Race leader Max Verstappen says he can see 'blistering on his left tyre', but the Red Bull team are not worried.
He is just under eight seconds clear of Valtteri Bottas, while Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari is now third, ahead of Lance Stroll, Esteban Ocon and Kevin Magnussen.
Home favourite Sergio Perez is seventh.
Image source, Getty Images'The tyres are not going to last'published at Lap 29 of 71
"This far behind, the tyres are not going to last."
Lewis Hamilton may end the day as world champion. It's fair to say he's not enjoying this race one bit though.
How they standpublished at Lap 27 of 71
These are the top 10, but the real story today is what is happening with Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.
Vettel has hauled himself up to 10th, Hamilton is the last running in 18th with Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg out of the race.
Image source, .'Did he hit me deliberately?'published at Lap 27 of 71
Listen again to Lewis Hamilton's angry team radio message after being hit by Sebastian Vettel on the first corner.
Media caption, Lewis Hamilton isn't happy with his championship rival Sebastian Vettel.
'The car is not safe' - Hulkenberg out of the racepublished at Lap 26 of 71
A chance for points has slipped through the fingers of Renault's Nico Hulkenberg. He was eighth, but has to pull over to the side of the track.
"Stop the car please Nico, the car is not safe, you need to get out," says a very worrying message from Renault.
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End of twitter postNo grip for hamiltonpublished at Lap 25 of 71
Allan McNish
Formula 1 analyst on BBC Radio 5 live sports extraHamilton just doesn't have the grip.
'I can't get close'published at Lap 25 of 71
"I can't get close to a car." Lewis Hamilton again on the team radio, as the Brit now has to get out of the way of team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who is running second.
Remember, Hamilton has only finished outside of the top five once this season, when he came seventh in Monaco.
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