Summary

  • Hamilton wins, Verstappen 2nd, Bottas 3rd

  • Leclerc out with engine issues

  • Get involved #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. New fastest lap of the race by Lewis Hamilton as a 1:23.618 increases his advantage over Max Verstappen to 1.7 seconds.

  2. Alex Albon is just seven tenths behind Sergio Perez and will be in a position to make a move for fifth soon.

  3. Albon closing on Perez

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

    Alex Albon, in the second Red Bull, is catching Sergio Perez and might have a shot at the Mexican soon.

  4. The meat in a Mercedes sandwich is not a very pleasant place to be. Free from being behind Lance Stroll, Valtteri Bottas is gaining on Max Verstappen.

    The Finn does a 1:24.266 and is 3.2 seconds behind Verstappen but the gap is coming down by around two tenths per lap.

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  6. Team radio - Verstappen

    Engineer: "Gap is starting to close to Hamilton."

    Verstappen: "I know, but he's diving super slowly."

  7. Lewis Hamilton was wary about the Red Bulls race pace before the race and he will be a bit anxious about Max Verstappen behind him. The youngster has just put in the fastest lap of the race.

  8. Get Involved #bbcf1

    Hamilton leads from Verstappen and Bottas

    Inderan: It speaks volumes that Max Verstappen has more wins than Valtteri Bottas who has had the bullet Mercedes car since 2017. He just makes up the numbers sadly. Give that seat to someone worthy methinks.

    loekieprivat: Perhaps Bottas should now focus on tyre management and opt for a one-stopper (but then, I usually get it wrong)

  9. Pit window opening soon

    Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    We are expecting the pit window to open about lap 15. If you are going for a two-stopper that is when we could see the first of the pit-lane action.

  10. Sebastian Vettel wants to get into the top 10 but he's got some serious defending to do with Daniil Kvyat right on his tail. The Russian is one second behind.

  11. Actually it was done easier than it was said for Valtteri Bottas as he breezes past Lance Stroll down the main straight and up into third.

  12. 'Park the bus'

    Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    You need a pace advantage of about 1.5 seconds here to get an overtake on this track and for a lot of the teams the plan for this stage of the race was to 'park the bus' - get sat in behind a faster car and hold what they have.

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  14. Further down the field Daniil Kvyat sweeps past Daniel Ricciardo down into Turn 4 and he is 12th. Sebastian Vettel remains 11th.

  15. Get Involved #bbcf1

    Hamilton leads from Verstappen

    Becky: Was Valterri sleeping or something?

    Nulla: I'm not a fan of the entire "Stroll" situation but Lance is a monster starter - I'll give him that.

    Chris Lord: Bottas bottles it again!

  16. That will be easier said than done for Valtteri Bottas, but he is gaining on the Racing Point and DRS has been enabled.

  17. Team radio - Bottas' engineer

    "Important to get past Stroll - we can still have a race."

  18. 'Bad news for Mercedes'

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

    It is bad news for Mercedes because they have Lance Stroll blocking Valterri Bottas from getting back involved with the front runners.

  19. Lewis Hamilton keeps well out of the drama behind him and is cracking on with building up his advantage - he is 1.5 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen.

    "We can still have a race," Valtteri Bottas is assured.

  20. 'Disasterous'

    Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    It is a disasterous start from Valtteri Bottas!