F1 Portuguese GP Live Updates - race day
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By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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We'll see you next weekend for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - at Imola. Thanks for joining us, Portu-guys and Portu-gals!
And here's the report, from the desk of A. Kalinauckas. 
11. Raikkonen, 12. Albon, 13. Norris, 14. Russell, 15. Giovinazzi, 16. Magnussen, 17. Grosjean, 18. Latifi, 19. Kvyat, DNF. Stroll
Full order: 1. Hamilton, 2. Bottas, 3. Verstappen, 4. Leclerc, 5. Gasly, 6. Sainz, 7. Perez, 8. Ocon, 9. Ricciardo, 10. Vettel
Verstappen is third, with Leclerc fourth and Gasly fifth. Sainz took sixth from Perez late on, Ocon held on from Ricciardo, and Vettel completes the top 10.
And Gasly goes the long way round to snatch fifth from Perez. Sainz is now right on the Racing Point's tail.
That's some robust defending from Perez, doing everything he could to keep Gasly behind. A late move, but Gasly has another tilt...
Hamilton logs a 1m18.750s at the end of lap 63. Verstappen enquires about the fastest lap in the meantime.
"Come on, let's get him - he's struggling", Gasly is told. Perez's softs look to be running out of life.
Gasly's eaten into Perez's fifth place, so this isn't a given for the Racing Point driver. Sainz is lurking behind them too.
Race leader Hamilton has some cramp. Regardless, he's extended his lead over Bottas on the previous lap, setting a 1m19.484s in the process.
Norris, who had his race hampered by a clash with Stroll and a slow puncture, gets up to 13th place by overtaking Russell. That is probably as good as it will get with Albon ahead of him 14 seconds up the road with six laps to go.
Vettel gets ahead of Raikkonen to take 10th place and is in position for his first point since the Mugello race.
Kvyat might have avoided a five-second time penalty for blue flags but he gets one for exceeding track limits. The Russian is currently P15 and it hasn't been a great race for him, especially with team-mate Gasly in sixth.
Oh, there we are - Ocon finally comes in for fresh boots. He rejoins on softs just ahead of team-mate Ricciardo.
The Portuguese GP has its first retirement as Stroll pulls in to the Racing Point garage. He was last and well down in the running so had little to gain from making it to the finish.
Vettel, who hasn't really featured in this race, has somehow found himself behind Raikkonen for what feels like the 10th race running. The Finn currently holds the final points position so the fight is on.
Hamilton beats Bottas' 1m19.922 by...0.001s. Literal thousandths in this battle for fastest lap point.
Kvyat avoids the same fate he suffered in Barcelona as the race stewards decide to take no further action on his blue flag investigation.
Albon's pitstop of 1.8s is the fastest thing he's done all afternoon. Thought we saw him passing someone too, but it just turned out it was Verstappen lapping someone.
A 1m19.922 for Bottas on that lap, stealing the fastest lap from Hamilton on that lap by 0.001s. He's fired up now.
Kvyat has been put under investigation for ignoring blue flags. That's a rule he fell foul of at the Spanish GP earlier this season as part of a crackdown for this year so he could be in trouble.
Perez comes in to pit for the second time this race, having built enough of a gap over Gasly, Ricciardo et al. Great recovery from the Mexican, who rejoins sixth.
Gasly has been stalking Ricciardo for a few laps and finally makes his move on lap 46 diving down the inside under braking for the first corner. The move sticks to see the AlphaTauri driver move up to seventh place.
"Is there rain coming?", Hamilton asks. "There's a few light drops on the radar", comes the reply. Light drops seems to be the key description here, not to get our hopes up too much.
Ocon must be a great carer because he is nursing his tyres really well. Still yet to pit, he starts lap 45 with his medium rubber still in good shape which means he is still in sixth place.
Esteban Ocon, still sixth, is yet to pit. He'll come out in this Ricciardo/Gasly battle if he does in the next couple of laps.
Bottas emerged in lower-midfield traffic, and is currently trying to put a lap on Kvyat, having lost ground to the Russian after locking up at turn 5. Difficult to get the tyres up to temperature here.
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