F1 Spanish GP Live Updates - Race day
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By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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And that's that for this second triple-header! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and we'll see you in two weeks for Spa-Francorchamps fun. Bye!
and the bottom 10: 11. Ricciardo, 12. Kvyat, 13. Ocon, 14. Raikkonen, 15. Magnussen, 16. Giovinazzi, 17. Russell, 18. Latifi, 19. Grosjean, DNF. Leclerc
The final order, then: 1. Hamilton, 2. Verstappen, 3. Bottas, 4. Stroll, 5. Perez, 6. Sainz, 7. Vettel, 8. Albon, 9. Gasly, 10. Norris
Hamilton: "I was just in a daze out there. It was good - a fantastic effort for the team. It felt really good out there - management was very very good and I think it's our understanding from last weekend."
That race will surely go down as...one of the many grands prix that F1 has had in its lifetime. That's probably about it for plaudits.
Verstappen crosses the line 24 seconds later to claim second place, as Bottas smashes in a 1m18.183s to claim the extra point.
TV replays explain the reason behind Grosjean's late stop, as he saves a spin coming out of Turn 8 but the slide wrecks his tyres in the process. Not a good end to the race for the Haas driver.
Bottas is coming in for new tyres, presumably to cement the fastest lap. He's got over a minute's advantage over Perez...
That "big piece of carbon" was a piece of floor that came flying off Grosjean's Haas after he ran over a kerb after going off track at Turn 2 fighting Raikkonen.
"I just ran over a big piece of carbon on the track", Hamilton reports. Will the inanimate carbon rod have some part to play in this?
We wanted spice earlier - we thought the rain could add a dash of it. But it's just not turned up, and we're still in the racing equivalent of a korma. Kormula 1, as it were.
Sainz gets ahead of Vettel with the aid of DRS on the main straight to climb up to P6. Things are about to get worse for the Ferrari driver with Albon now directly behind him on track.
Stroll's now cruising up on the back of Perez, and should be in a net fourth very soon with Perez's penalty.
Make that IN DRS range now, and Stroll steals past into turn 1 at the start of his 57th lap. P5 is his.
There it is, Kvyat is handed a five second penalty for ignoring blue flags, the same punishment as Perez earlier.
Stroll's now almost in DRS range of Vettel now, so the Ferrari driver will be under pressure shortly.
Kvyat is the latest driver to be put under investigation for ignoring blue flags. The Russian is currently P12 but is 14 seconds ahead of Magnussen behind him so if he gets a penalty it won't hurt him too much.
A five second penalty for Perez, then, for ignoring the blue flags earlier. He's currently 6s ahead of Vettel, which is enough to keep P4 for now.
"I can try it, we've got nothing to lose," Vettel says, presumably agreeing to stick with the softs. He's in fifth, with Stroll slowly catching him.
Vettel is asked by his Ferrari team if he can get to the end of the race without pitting again. "Ah **** *** I asked you this before!" Vettel responds.
"What do you think about going to the end on this tyre?", Vettel is asked. "I asked you about this before," comes the retort from the four-time champ.
"Don't put me on the soft," Hamilton says. He's happy on the mediums, and duly comes in for a new set.
Ferrari on Leclerc's race retirement: "On Charles’ car the power unit switched off suddenly due to an electrical problem, the cause of which we need to investigate."
Bottas comes in for soft tyres for his final stint - weather permitting. He rejoins in third, behind Verstappen.
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