Hamilton wins after overtaking Bottas at start - Mercedes' 5th one-two victory in a row
Vettel damages tyres challenging for lead at start
Norris and Stroll out after collision
Lap 8/66
Fastest lap for Lewis Hamilton, who extends his lead to 2.6 seconds. Max Verstappen is 4.7 seconds back. Vettel is fourth 0.8 seconds ahead of Leclerc, whose tyres are in better condition.
Vettel to be told to get out of the way?
Image source, Getty ImagesLap 7/66
Engineer: "Ricciardo close this time, half a second."
Sainz: "Yeah, I have no pace and don't know why."
Lap 7/66
Antonio Giovinazzi is in the pits to come on to hard tyres. That is only seven laps in. Mavericks.
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Patrick McLaughlin: Hoping we don’t get the usual Barcelona formation finish after lap 1. Circuit doesn’t benefit from being a testing venue.
Josh Earl: yes Lewis, perfect start!!
Chris Doherty: Good to see Gasly had a solid qualifying session, can't be easy being compared to Max
Lap 6/66
Race 5/66
Kimi Raikkonen was sent off into the gravel on the opening lap. That will cheer him up. He is still in the race, although down to 18th from 14th. The Williams pair are 19th and 20th. Yet again.
Lap 3/66
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
We know Verstappen has raced incredibly well and now he's in third and has a chance to get in amongst the Mercedes. He's done the Ferrari work immediately.
Hamilton said he was "too nice" last time out, but brilliant driving and a brilliant start today and already this race is his to lose.
Lap 3/66
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
It's really backfired, he's flat spotted hes behind Verstappen, but the longevity of that tyre is not going to be comfortable. He was going for the lead but went down to fourth.
Image source, ReutersLap 3/66
Hamilton's lead is 1.7 seconds, but Bottas has just sent in the fastest lap.
Lando Norris started 10th, but went wide at Turn Three to drop down to 16th.
Sebastian Vettel nearly took the lead on the outside, instead is now down to fourth and probably going to have to head to the pits soon to change those tyres.
Image source, ReutersLap 1/66
Hamilton got the lead he desperately wanted. He's the big winner.
Sebastian Vettel says he has a "flat spot" on the front right. He attacked, as hard as he could, but may be paying the price for that aggression.
Image source, Getty ImagesHamilton wheel-to-wheel with Bottas, Sebastian Vettel goes wide, Hamilton into the lead. They were three-wide off the start! Amazing!
Image source, Getty ImagesWe're off!
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Formation lap time. Not long now.
Image source, F1 TwitterSo will Hamilton get an opening lap tow and zoom ahead of his team-mate?
Will Vettel and Verstappen be involved in some opening lap fireworks?
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Image source, Getty ImagesThe midfield battle has been convincingly led by Haas this weekend, upgrades on their car, combined with long corners removing the problems they had generating tyre temperature in China and Baku have moved them clear of the midfield again.
One stellar lap by Romain Grosjean in final practice suggested they might be able to compete with Red Bull in this race. Whether they can remains to be seen, but it was encouraging for Haas, nonetheless.”