Summary

  • Verstappen wins, Perez 2nd, Sainz 3rd

  • Early red flag delay after Albon and Ricciardo crash heavily at start

  • Zhou also out

  • Get involved #bbcf1

  1. Postpublished at 07:58 British Summer Time 7 April

    Lap 53/53

    George Russell wants that seventh place off Oscar Piastri. The Mercedes spots a chance as the Australian makes a small mistake. Russell is up the order, Piastri drops to eighth.

  2. Postpublished at 07:57 British Summer Time 7 April

    Lap 52/53

    The top three is Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz, with Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris just behind.

  3. Postpublished at 07:56 British Summer Time 7 April

    Lap 51/53

    The McLaren of Oscar Piastri is in seventh but now the two Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton are right behind him. Just in front of the trio is the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso.

  4. Postpublished at 07:56 British Summer Time 7 April

    Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Piastri will say I had no where to go I was forced off track, George will say well I gave him enough room he cut the chicane, but I wonder if this was his crafty thinking from Fernando Alonso to control this battle behind.

  5. Team radio - Piastripublished at 07:56 British Summer Time 7 April

    "He didn't give me anywhere to go in the chicane, I had to cut."

  6. Postpublished at 07:54 British Summer Time 7 April

    Lap 50/53

    A tussle between the Mercedes of George Russell and the McLaren of Oscar Piastri. Russell tries to go on the inside of Piastri and the two just touch and the Australian cuts the chicane. Piastri says on the team radio he had nowhere to go. Piastri stays in seventh, Russell is in eighth.

  7. Postpublished at 07:53 British Summer Time 7 April

    Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    Just a second covering sixth or eighth at the moment with Alonso providing a defending masterclass to keep Piastri behind, and Russell has closed in.

  8. Postpublished at 07:52 British Summer Time 7 April

    Lap 49/53

    Team overtake over at Haas as Nico Hulkenberg overtakes his buddy Kevin Magnussen for 12th place.

  9. Team radio - Strollpublished at 07:51 British Summer Time 7 April

    "It's unbelievable how bad our speed is on the straight man, like it's a different category."

  10. Postpublished at 07:51 British Summer Time 7 April

    Jennie Gow
    F1 pit-lane reporter

    I've been watching Piastri for a few laps now and he cannot get past Fernando Alonso in that Aston Martin, he is parking the bus.

  11. Postpublished at 07:51 British Summer Time 7 April

    Lap 48/53

    Lance Stroll has managed to reach the dizzy heights of P11 in his Aston Martin but the Canadian is on team radio, in a high-pitched voice, to complain about the car's performance on the straights. Yuki Tsunoda is holding that final point in 10th place.

  12. Postpublished at 07:50 British Summer Time 7 April

    Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I don't think the battle is going to be with Lando Norris for Leclerc now, last lap 1:35.7 from Leclerc and 1:36.2 for Lando, so Lando is suddenly really really dropped off the pace he was setting a while ago.

  13. Top fivepublished at 07:49 British Summer Time 7 April

    Lap 47/53

    1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

    2. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)

    3. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)

    4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

    5. Lando Norris (McLaren)

    max verstappenImage source, Getty Images
  14. Sainz overtakes Leclercpublished at 07:47 British Summer Time 7 April

    Lap 46/53

    Carlos Sainz has DRS on his team-mate Charles Leclerc and it's a move executed with minimal fuss. The Spaniard is on the podium as it stands, the Monegasque man is down to fourth.

  15. Team radio - Ferrari to Leclercpublished at 07:46 British Summer Time 7 April

    "Do not lose time with Sainz, we are racing Norris."

  16. Postpublished at 07:45 British Summer Time 7 April

    Lap 45/53

    So now the two Ferraris are racing each other. Charles Leclerc and his one stop is in possession of that podium position but team-mate Carlos Sainz is ready to pounce...

  17. Postpublished at 07:44 British Summer Time 7 April

    Lap 44/53

    That fourth place does not last long, however, as Carlos Sainz pulls out and breezes past Lando Norris to move up the order.

  18. Postpublished at 07:43 British Summer Time 7 April

    Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    He (Sargeant) drops all the way down to 17th, his car is covered in gravel and his tyres are absolutely ruined but we are back to green flag racing.

  19. Postpublished at 07:42 British Summer Time 7 April

    Lap 43/53

    Track green again. Logan Sargeant heads into the pits for a quick check and all seems OK.

    Lando Norris is being chased by Carlos Sainz and locks up under the pressure. Luckily for the McLaren, he stays in fourth place.

  20. yellow flag

    Yellow flagpublished at 07:41 British Summer Time 7 April

    Lap 42/53

    Logan Sargeant's car is covered in dust after the Williams driver has an off at Turn Nine. The American doesn't hit the barriers and is able to reserve back onto the track and carry on going.