Summary

  • Verstappen wins home race amid huge celebrations and flares

  • Hamilton takes fastest lap point after Bottas defiantly tries to take it away late on

  • Mazepin, Tsunoda out

  • Get involved: #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. By the way, both Hamilton and Verstappen moved from soft tyres to mediums.

  2. 'Surprising'

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Really surprising call from Mercedes to pit Hamilton there.

    It was a sort of pit stop to noting because he wasn't close enough to undercut and Verstappen had the free pit stop on the next one just to cover hime off.

  3. Verstappen is now two seconds ahead of Lewis Hamilton, with his tyres one lap fresher. That tactic of an undercut from Mercedes has not worked, so what have the Mercedes strategists got up their sleeves now?

  4. It's a stop of 2.7 seconds for Verstappen, so an advantage of 0.9 seconds in the stops.

    Valtteri Bottas inherits the lead. Keep him out as long as they can and hope for a safety car?

  5. Hamilton only drops one spot, with Valtteri Bottas now second. Next in... the leader.

  6. Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Max Verstappen is nearly lapping up to the drivers in the points - in the first 21 laps of this grand prix!

  7. In comes Lewis Hamilton. It's a stop of 3.6 seconds, which is a bit slower than they would've wanted. It's medium tyres and an attempted undercut.

  8. A routine first 20 laps, but how many times have we said that in the past and then things go crazy. Fifty-two laps still to go.

  9. Team radio - Mercedes to Bottas

    "OK Valtteri. At this pace we are not going to interact with the leaders."

  10. The pressure is going to be on the Red Bull tyre crew later on. They're normally the best of the best at the tyre changes. Mercedes will be hoping they slip up today.

  11. Team radio - Mercedes to Hamilton

    Engineer: "Dash position six."

    Hamilton: "Repeat man?!!"

    Engineer: "Dash position six. Dash position six."

  12. How they stand

    1. Verstappen
    2. Hamilton +3.3
    3. Bottas +10.7
    4. Gasly +27.4
    5. Leclerc +30
    6. Sainz +36.5
    7. Alonso +47
    8. Ocon +49.9
    9. Ricciardo +52.9
    10. Giovinazzi +55

  13. 'Flying start'

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  14. Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    The gap from Verstappen to Gasly - first to fourth - is now 22 seconds, so Verstappen can now pit and emerge in third.

    That means if Mercedes are thinking of doing something on strategy, force the issue on Red Bull and Verstappen, they are getting towards a window now were they can up the pace, try and shut down a gap and then pit and see if Verstappen and Red Bull cover them or not.

  15. Stat attack

    Always like a good stat, and this is a nice one.

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  16. Get Involved

    #bbcf1

    Phil: Another "race" that will be decided in the pits

    Nulla Pax: It is settling into a Pit Stop Strategy race folks. Time to discuss cheese and stuff?

    Toby PT: Hamilton seems to be maintaining the gap and we know who is the better at looking after tyres and brakes.

    Still a long way to go. Keep the faith.

  17. The lead at the front is slowly inching wider and Verstappen's advantage is now at 3.4 seconds. Valtteri Bottas miles away, 10 seconds off the lead.

  18. A lovely move around the outside from Nicholas Latifi to pass Nikita Mazepin. The wheels almost bang together, but both men keep it clean and that's 16th for Latifi, 17th for the Russian.

  19. Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Fernando Alonso is very slow and he is bunching everyone up in the midfield behind him.

  20. Team radio - McLaren to Norris

    "OK Lando. We still think Plan B. Be patient. Our time will come."