You have to feel so, so bad for Charles Leclerc, his power is dropping, his lead is fading fast.

Hamilton is closing all the time.

Hamilton was 20 seconds off the lead, that has drastically dropped to seven seconds.

Wait a minute! Wait a minute!

"Something strange with the engine," says Leclerc.

In all the Hamilton-Vettel carnage, let's not forget that Charles Leclerc is closing in on his first ever win, in only his 23rd race. What a talent.

Will Ferrari live to regret not letting him attack Vettel in Australia when Leclerc was told to hold fifth and not attack the German, who had been fourth at the time?

Sebastian Vettel is in damage-limitation mode and is doing a good job, bolting himself up to fifth from ninth.

Nico Hulkenberg is sixth, after starting 17th. It's a good points haul for Renault, despite both of their cars hitting each other as Ricciardo is currently seventh.

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Reece: Oh Vettel......that is so poor. How many times does he spin it when he's under pressure? Threw away a podium. He's just bottled it all.

Euan: I was thinking that if Leclerc was ahead or nipping at his heels by the halfway stage of the season, Vettel would start to crumble. I didn't expect it at halfway through the second race.

• Leclerc leads for the majority of the race, despite dropping to third on the opening lap
• Hamilton and Vettel go wheel-to-wheel, Vettel spins, flat spots his tyres and loses his front wing.

• Leclerc also sets the fastest lap - not forgetting there is one point on offer for the fastest lap
• Renault drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo go wheel-to-wheel, and Ricciardo has minimal damage, but Hulkenberg takes the position to go P5
• Carlos Sainz has damage with his front wing after a nudge with Max Verstappen early in the race
• Grosjean retires after contact with Lance Stroll at the beginning of the race.

1. Leclerc
2. Hamilton +10.4
3. Bottas +36.7
4. Verstappen +42.7
5. Hulkenberg +68.9
6. Vettel +69.7
7. Ricciardo +71
8. Norris +72
9. Raikkonen +73
10. Albon +82

"What was that, he hit me, I gave him so much space," says Renault's Nico Hulkenberg as his team-mate Daniel Riccardo gave him a tap.

So Charles Leclerc's lead is now nine seconds over Lewis Hamilton, with Valtteri Bottas third and Max Verstappen fourth.

Vettel's spin, front wing coming off, pit stop carnage has left him ninth, but he has since gone past former team-mate Kimi Raikkonen and Lando Norris so that's seventh for Vettel.

Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

Team-mates colliding is not what Renault team principal Cyril Abiteboul will need!

Jack Nicholls
BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

This is another fascinating inter-team dynamic that we were looking at at the start of the year.

Rule 1: Don't hit your team-mate. Don't hit your team-mate. Don't hit your team-mate.

The Renault pair of Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo touch. Amazingly they both seem to have got away with it.

Both are still in the race, lucky, lucky boys.

Vettel: "Ohhh my tyres, box."

Yes, and your front wing!

We've seen Vettel's car lift off the ground and a huge amount of sparks from his car as his front wing rips off. Back to the pits to get another one. Vettel was second, now he is down to ninth.

Jack Nicholls
BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

It's a rookie mistake for Vettel - Monza, Suzuka, USA they're all similar mistakes.

Hamilton gets past on the outside, Vettel tries to hold on to the place, he spins, he rips his tyres apart as well. The front wing is off as well. Disaster for Vettel.

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