F1 Imola GP Live Commentary and Updates - Race

All the frontrunners have fresh sets of mediums to pick from, but curiously both McLaren drivers only have used hards, while the rest in the top half of the grid have new hards. It is likely that Piastri and Norris will have hards that will have only have done one or two laps, so it won't be a huge deficit.

Let's talk strategy. Just like Miami, this is expected to be a one-stopper assuming the race remains dry - which looks the case - with the best plan starting on mediums and switching to the hards around laps 21-27. Given the likelihood of a safety car, will anyone go long and gamble, like Norris did two weeks ago which opened up the path to his maiden victory?

We've been treated to a special pre-race show by Vettel in the McLaren MP4/8 lapping Imola. That was the final McLaren that took Senna to an F1 race victory and there wasn't a dry eye in the house.

The pitlane is open and the drivers are on their laps to the starting grid led out by polesitter Verstappen. Just under 40 minutes until lights out!