Postpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
So, so cruel luck for Valtteri Bottas. He is three laps from his fourth race win, he runs over some debris, his tyre explodes and Bottas is out.
Summary
Hamilton wins epic race, Raikkonen 2nd, Perez 3rd, Vettel 4th
Red Bulls crash out following collision on straight
Grosjean crashes out under safety car
Several first-lap collisions; Ocon, Sirotkin, Hulkenberg, Bottas out
Postpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Postpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 liveBottas had the race in his pocket and through no fault of his own he is going to score a zero.
Leader Bottas has a puncturepublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Lewis Hamilton leads!
Postpublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Lap 48/51
Now it is a Mercedes one-two, with Bottas leading Hamilton. Raikkonen edges Vettel in third.
Team radiopublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Sebastian Vettel: "Big flat spot."
Postpublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 liveIt was an opportunistic do or die move. Instead of taking the lead, Vettel is down to fourth!
Postpublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Lap 48/51
Hamilton attacks Sebastian Vettel, Vettel responds by diving inside Valtteri Bottas, Vettel locks up badly and goes wide.
Vettel had the lead and is now fourth. Great drama.
Postpublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Lap 47/51
Can Bottas hold off Sebastian Vettel?
'We will see fireworks'published at 14:49 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 liveWe have four laps left. This restart when it happens is going to be mad. I think we will see fireworks down at Turn 1.
Image source, Formula 1 TwitterPostpublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Lap 47/51
The safety car is coming in. A four-lap sprint to end a sensational Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Team radiopublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Lewis Hamilton: "Tell [race director] Charlie [Whiting] that he should have stopped the race. The back corner of that recovery truck could easily be smashed into."
Six gone..published at 14:49 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Twenty started, 14 remain.
The men out: Grosjean, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Hulkenberg, Ocon, Sirotkin.
Postpublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Lap 47/51
The mangled Haas of Romain Grosjean is now on the back of the recovery truck. Lewis Hamilton wants us to get going again.
Postpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Lap 46/51
Sounds like Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen are in for a real telling off later...
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Lap 46/51
Now only a potential five laps to go. Will it finish under the safety car? If it does Valtteri Bottas has the win, Sebastian Vettel will be second, Lewis Hamilton third and Kimi Raikkonen fourth.
What has happened so far?published at 14:45 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Lap 46/51
- Red Bulls crash into each other, bringing out a second safety car.
- Romain Grosjean then crashes under the safety car.
- Sebastian Vettel had led for 41 laps. A lock up forced Lewis Hamilton to pit earlier than expected but safety car could help Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.
- Safety car also came out on first lap after clashes through the field.
- Fernando Alonso suffers puncture after being hit by Sergey Sirotkin. Alonso limps back without one of his tyres but manages to get back on circuit. He's currently 12th.
- Sirotkin, Esteban Ocon, Nico Hulkenberg, Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo and Grosjean out of the race.
Postpublished at 14:44 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
Lap 45/51
Sergio Perez, with no points this season, is in fifth. Carlos Sainz is sixth, Charles Leclerc seventh in his Sauber, on course for his first points finish ever.
Lance Stroll eighth, Fernando Alonso ninth after a huge puncture on lap one and Kevin Magnussen 10th.
Still no action on the track other than the Grosjean rescue mission.
Postpublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
The lap tally goes up to 44, out of 51. We now have a safety car as Grosjean's Haas has to be picked up out of the wall.
At the moment, Valtteri Bottas has the lead. Will that be it?
Get involved #bbcf1published at 14:42 British Summer Time 29 April 2018
IG: WHY HAS GROSJEAN RUINED THIS RACE! This better not end under SC.
Reece Young: That's a sackable offence that. Losing it under safety car. Shocking stuff