Summary

  • Hamilton wins, Verstappen 2nd, Bottas 3rd

  • Verstappen took 2nd early on from Hamilton as Bottas led before champion fought back

  • Raikkonen out after Alfa Romeos collide

  1. Thanks and goodbyepublished at 17:36 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    That's all for this live page as Lewis Hamilton takes the 97th win of his career.

    Thanks for joining us and for your comments. Don't miss the Chequered Flag Podcast on our F1 pages later on and hopefully you can join us again for Spain next weekend.

    First practice in Barcelona starts at 10:30 BST on Friday, 7 May so we'll be up and running at 10:00 BST.

    Have a nice Sunday evening and until next time, bye for now.

  2. Hamilton fights back to win in Portugal - read the reportpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Andrew Benson
    BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer

    Lewis HamiltonImage source, Getty Images

    Lewis Hamilton fought back to pass both Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen for a brilliant victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix.

    The seven-time champion fell to third as Verstappen's Red Bull overtook him at a restart after an early safety car.

    But he passed Verstappen four laps later and then hunted down and did the same to his Mercedes team-mate before moving on to control the race.

    The win gives Hamilton an eight-point championship lead over Verstappen.

    It was a statement race for Hamilton, who has moved on to 97 career Grand Prix victories, and a clear demonstration of his unquenched desire to secure a world record eighth world title this year.

    But he missed out on the point for fastest lap after both Verstappen and Bottas pitted for fresh tyres to chase it in the closing laps.

    The Dutchman, bidding to minimise the damage in his fight with Hamilton for the title, thought he had taken it - although his time was deleted for going beyond track limits, and so the point went to Bottas instead.

  3. Where next?published at 17:26 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    We don't have to wait long before we go again. It's Barcelona next week in the first back-to-back of the season.

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  4. 'Happier with my driving'published at 17:19 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, who finished sixth: "I did a good job today, happier with my driving, happier than I have been all weekend. Overall we have been struggling with the medium. We really need to understand what is happening there."

  5. 'Difficult but fun'published at 17:12 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    McLaren's Lando Norris, who finished fifth: "The race was a mixture. The first half was tough but a lot of racing and a lot of wheel to wheel action. There was a very long stint on the mediums with a fast Ferrari behind me. It was very difficult but also a lot of fun.

    "From my side I was happy and it was good to see Daniel [ninth] back up there in the points. He is getting there and nice to see him get points from his side too. A good weekend for us, as good as we could do."

  6. A good day for Mercedespublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    It was first, third and fastest lap for Mercedes and that leaves them with an 18-point advantage in the Constructors' Championship.

    Constructors championshipImage source, .
  7. Hamilton extends lead to eight pointspublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Lewis Hamilton started the day with a one-point lead over Max Verstappen in the Drivers' Championship and now the gap is eight points after 25 points for Hamilton and 18 for Verstappen.

    Drivers championshipImage source, .
  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

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    Chris: Hamilton outclassed Bottas and Verstappen today.

    HamiltonImage source, Reuters
  9. 'I didn't have the pace in the first stint'published at 16:59 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Verstappen, Hamilton and Bottas stand on the podiumImage source, Reuters

    Valtteri Bottas, who finished third: "I don't really know what happened in the first stint. I didn't have the pace for unknown reasons. After that the second stint was pretty good but there was some issue with a sensor or something.

    "We've had a strong package overall today so I don't really know why in the first stint it didn't work."

  10. 'We lacked a bit of pace'published at 16:56 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Max Verstappen, who finished second in the Red Bull: "My race was pretty decent. I had a good restart and then of course, I tried to put the pressure on Valtteri.

    "At the end, I think we just lacked a little bit of pace but overall, Lewis got by again and once after the pit stop, the warm up is super hard on this tyres.

    "Around here we were lacking a bit if pace compared to Mercedes but still, second and fastest lap...

    Verstappen is then told the lap time has been deleted at the end...

    "Really? OK. That's a bit odd because they were not checking track limits at Turn 14. Whatever.

    "This was an odd weekend in terms of grip. We were not on top of it here but we'll see what we can do in Barcelona."

  11. 'Tough race'published at 16:53 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Race winner Lewis Hamilton: "That was such a tough race, physically and mentally, keeping everything together. I didn't quite get as good a start as Valtteri and then lost out at the restart which was not good.

    "I had to try and reposition myself best I could, I think Max made a mistake at some point and that was perfect. With Valtteri I had to make the move early on before the tyres were destroyed and I just managed to get him at Turn one. Right on my limit. Great race.

    "There's a lot to download from today, improvements we can make. It wasn't all perfect so we will look at those points."

  12. Postpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Right, let's hear from the top three finishers...

  13. 'Love to see it'published at 16:50 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    Really good drive from Hamilton, overtakes on merit on Verstappen and Bottas. You love to see it.

    Mercedes crew wall celebrate Hamilton's win as he dries pastImage source, Reuters
  14. Postpublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Paul di Resta has the tough job of telling Max Verstappen he has lost the fastest lap bonus point, which he thought he had bagged.

    The Dutchman sounds truly fed up at that news. Don't shoot the messenger.

  15. Bottom 10published at 16:47 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    • 11. Sainz (Ferrari, +78.955)
    • 12. Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo, one lap)
    • 13. Vettel (Aston Martin, one lap)
    • 14. Stroll (Aston Martin, one lap)
    • 15. Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri, one lap)
    • 16. Russell (Williams, one lap)
    • 17. Schumacher (Haas, one lap)
    • 18. Latifi (Williams, two laps)
    • 19. Mazepin (Haas, two laps)
    • DNF - Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo)
  16. Top 10published at 16:45 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    1. Hamilton (Mercedes)
    2. Verstappen (Red Bull, +29.148)
    3. Bottas (Mercedes, +33.530 and fastest lap)
    4. Perez (Red Bull, +39.735)
    5. Norris (McLaren, +51.369)
    6. Leclerc (Ferrari, +55.781)
    7. Ocon (Alpine, +63.749)
    8. Alonso (Alpine, +64.808)
    9. Ricciardo (McLaren, +75.369)
    10. Gasly (Alpha Tauri, +76.463)
  17. Team radio - Verstappenpublished at 16:43 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Red Bull: "Nice one, purple lap. Job done."

    Verstappen: "Oh ha ha! That was not easy!"

    This was before Verstappen's last lap time was deleted!

  18. Team radio - Hamiltonpublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Mercedes: "Get in there Lewis! Awesome race! Fantastic race pace!"

    Hamilton: "Whooooohoooo! Thanks Bono. And thanks to all the team. Let's keep pushing. There's a lot of work to do."

  19. 'Brilliant wheel-to-wheel racing'published at 16:42 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Hamilton is so invigorated in wheel to wheel fights this year. He hasn't had to absolutely put it on the line for the last few years because he has had no championship threat but, passing Verstappen, holding him off, passing Bottas, he was brilliant in wheel to wheel combat in that race and it won it for him.

  20. Verstappen's last lap time deleted - now Bottas gets fastest lap pointpublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    At least a tiny bit of good news for Valtteri Bottas as Max Verstappen's last lap time has been deleted for a track-limits infringement.

    Bottas now gets the point instead of Verstappen.