Summary

  • Verstappen wins Imola classic as Norris makes podium

  • Race suspended after Bottas & Russell suffer huge crash

  • Hamilton recovers to second after spin

  • Furious exchange between Russell and Bottas

  • Verstappen leads after robust overtake on Hamilton during wet start

  • Latifi crashes out, Schumacher crashes under safety car

  • Penalties for Perez and Vettel

  1. 'Hamilton was brave'published at 14:10 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

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

    Hamilton was very brave. You have to expect you are going to be bundled over that exit curb. Ijolyon have never seen Hamilton fight that hard into Turn One. It meant a lot to him.

    I thought it had crash written all over it.

  2. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    #bbcf1

    Deanna Troi: I do love a wet start to a grand prix! It gets spicy!

    Nick Hughes: Schumacher is ahead of Alonso at Imola, it only took 16 years...

  3. How they standpublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    1. Verstappen (up from third)
    2. Hamilton (down from first)
    3. Leclerc (up from fourth)
    4. Perez (down from second)
    5. Ricciardo (up from sixth)
    6. Gasly (down from fifth)
    7. Stroll (up from 10th)
    8. Sainz (Up from 11th)
    9. Norris (down from seventh)
    10. Bottas (down from eighth)

    We're under safety car conditions.

  4. Team radio - Hamilton to Mercedespublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Hamilton: "Car doesn't feel great."

    Mercedes: "Looks like we have damage to the front end wing. We'll keep you updated on the balance shift."

  5. yellow flag

    Yellow flagpublished at 14:07 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    To get rid of Nicholas Latifi's car.

  6. Postpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

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  7. Postpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Wow! What a start!

  8. Latifi and Mazepin collidepublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Latifi, who had just spun, is involved in a collision with Mazepin and the Canadian is into the wall.

    That's his race done inside two minutes.

  9. Team radio - Hamiltonpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    "I don't know if I've got damage. He pushed me right wide into Turn One."

  10. Postpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

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

    Hamilton fought too hard. He had barely any space. I think something came off his car.

  11. Latifi spinspublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

  12. Sainz offpublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    He's run wide, but gets back on the track.

  13. Postpublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Something flew off Hamilton's car with that Verstappen coming together, the Dutchman leads.

  14. Verstappen into the lead, Hamilton on the grass with potential damagepublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Max Verstappen moves on the inside, they're three wide, he bangs wheels with Hamilton, who is sent over the grass.

  15. Go! Go! Go!published at 14:03 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Here we go!

  16. 'Leclerc got away with it'published at 14:03 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

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

    Leclerc got away from that one! It shows how slippy it is on the inters.

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  17. Postpublished at 14:03 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Andrew Benson
    BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer

    First sector very wet still, all the way to Piratella, then progressively drier. Leclerc spins at Acque Minerali. That really is like Prost. He only loses a couple of places; and is back in his fourth grid slot.

  18. Postpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    It's inters or full wets out there.

  19. Leclerc spins on formation lappublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    He manages to rejoin and get back in time, so he starts in fourth as he should be doing.

  20. Postpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Formation lap time. Sergio Perez conked out on this lap in Bahrain, but then recovered to finish fifth.