Safety carpublished at 06:41 British Summer Time 10 April 2022
Ah. It's Sebastian Vettel. His and Aston Martin's horror weekend continues.
He bounces over a kerb, loses control and crashes into the barrier.
Debris everywhere.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc wins his second race of season to extend championship lead to 34 points
Red Bull's Sergio Perez P2, George Russell of Mercedes completes podium with team-mate Lewis Hamilton P4
Red Bull's Max Verstappen retires from second place
Sebastian Vettel spins Aston Martin into wall to bring out safety car
Ferrari's Carlos Sainz retires on lap two after high-speed spin
Follow BBC Radio 5 Live commentary via tab at top of page
Get involved via #bbcf1
Matthew Henry
Ah. It's Sebastian Vettel. His and Aston Martin's horror weekend continues.
He bounces over a kerb, loses control and crashes into the barrier.
Debris everywhere.
Warm-up is bad on this tyre, just do what you can.
The latest to stop is Lewis Hamilton. He comes out ahead of Sergio Perez but a few laps later the Mexican flies by on warming tyres. That's him back into effectively third.
Oh. Yellow flags are waving...
#bbcf1
Amit Mandalia: Mercedes may not have ultimate pace but definitely have good race pace today
In comes Charles Leclerc.
Meanwhile, Daniel Ricciardo is released from the pit lane into a battle between Stroll and Albon. He has to use all of his experience to keep them behind on cold tyres.
Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live
Barring any difficulties for Charles Leclerc, he seems to have the race completely under control right now.
Perez limits the damage and comes into the pits before Hamilton can pass. That leaves Hamilton in second, 17 seconds behind leader Charles Leclerc.
Lando Norris has pitted and dropped into 12th. Sergio Perez comes out in ninth.
Hamilton took more than a second out of Perez on the last lap which has given us this tussle.
Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live
Max Verstappen was almost forced into that pitstop with the tyre problems he was suffering. This wasn't some kind of gamble to overcome Charles Leclerc - he is too far back. Crucially, they are going to struggle with warm-up now. This is no threat to the Ferrari of Leclerc - he is out front on his own and can do what he wants.
Where has this come from?!
Lewis Hamilton has closed right up on Sergio Perez...
Verstappen emerges in seventh but he's got Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly right behind him. He's going to have to get heat in those tyres quickly to keep them behind.
Red Bull and Max Verstappen blink first. Into the pits he comes. A good stop and onto the hard tyre.
Fourth-placed Lewis Hamilton looks to have wriggled free of danger from his team-mate George Russell for now at least.
At the front Charles Leclerc is cruising. He's 8.6 seconds clear.
Team: "OK Kev?"
Magnussen: "Yeah, my bad. Sorry."
Kevin Magnussen's heart leaps out of his mouth and is rattling around his helmet as he tries to take on Alfa's Zhou Guanyu but ends up skidding across the grass.
He holds it. Just.
Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live
Another example of overtaking at Albert Park. It has not dramatically changed to the point where overtaking is easy, but it is possible.
Plan A plus five sounds like a good thing to me...
The pit stops are starting among those further back. Fernando Alonso, currently 10th, is the only one in top 10 on the hard tyre. The rest are on the mediums.
Valtteri Bottas gets the job done on Yuki Tsunoda for 11th.
We are going Plan A plus five.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The replays show Verstappen's front left locking up big time. We have said he's had pace all weekend but he's never really had his car under control at any point.
Leclerc leads by 5.3 seconds now. Ferrari must be feeling pretty happy about this.