Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Winner: Max Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Max Verstappen 1.20.504
1-10
Lots of contact into turn 1 with the two Alpines and one of the Alpha Tauris into a bit of bother as well. Russell has made up good places now running P13. The McLarens got off the line well with Piastri somehow getting to P2 with Norris in P3. Lap 5, despite Sainz running on the soft tyres and Leclerc on the mediums Ferrari are not swapping the drivers yet to potentially try and chase Hamilton. Lap 8, Perez uses DRS to get past Alonso for P7 and now chasing the Ferraris. Lap 9, Zhou has a 5 second penalty for the 1st lap collision with the Alpha Tauri as Albon pits for the Hard compound tyres. Lap 10, Stroll, Tsunoda and Bottas are all in the pits for new tyres with a long stop for Tsunoda.
10-20
Lap 11, Zhou has pit for hard tyres with Mercedes warning Russell of his tyres heating up and Hamilton's breaks over heating slightly. Piastri is running well in P2 in his rookie season. Lap 14, Sergeant is in the pits for new tyres as Verstappen now pulls a 5 second lead. Lap 16, Sainz pits for Hard tyres as Hamilton follows suit into the pits the following lap. Lap 18, Norris pits as we see Leclerc have a slow stop and Norris gets ahead of Hamilton in their battle. Because of the undercut Piastri has been demoted to P5 with Norris as the lead McLaren car.
20-30
Lap 21 Alonso has pit for hard tyres and gets past Bottas with a lovely move down the inside of turn 1. Lap 24, Verstappen pits for new tyres and comes back out in the lead of the race followed by Perez and Norris in P3 with the fastest lap. Perez pits on the following lap putting the McLaren's back in p2 and P3 followed by Mercedes in P4 and P5. Lap 27, Perez and Sainz run close into turn 1 and 2 as they battle for position on track as we see Perez go down the inside and Sainz has to move to the outside. Lap 28, Perez then gets past Russell as Russell tries to put a bit of pressure on the outside of turns 2 and 3. Lap 29, Russell finally pits for fresh medium tyres and will come out P13.
30-40
Lap 32, Albon is in for his second pit stop as we hear some drivers getting their lap times deleted for track limits. Lap 35, Russell makes a lovely move on the inside of turn 1 on Bottas as Sargeant comes into the pits for hard tyres. Perez and Hamilton are picking up the pace as Perez is looking likely for the podium.
40-50
Hamilton is defending well from Perez as the top 3 remain the same but trouble at Ferrari as Leclerc is questioning the strategy calls. Lap 43, Piastri and Perez are in the pits with the Red Bull team having an outstanding 1.9 second pit stop for Perez. Leclerc is now in the pits followed by Alonso who is running in P9 follows by his team mate Stroll. Leclerc is under investigation for his pit stop as it looked as if he could be penalised for speeding in the pit lane. Lap 47, Perez is closing in on Piastri as Piastri forces Perez wide into turn 1 as Perez gets the upper hand but Piastri keeps the pressure on as he runs onto the grass and is shown the black and white flag for track limits and Perez is noted by the stewards. Leclerc has been given a 5 second penalty for speeding in the pit lane is currently running P6 ahead of his team mate. Hamilton pits as Norris is now in clean air to try and push to keep the podium position.
50-60
Lap 54, Verstappen is on the verge of breaking a record of 12 consecutive race wins in a row as he sets the current fastest lap of the race. In his return to F1, Ricciardo has made up some places after the lap 1 collision and is running P13 behind Bottas. Albon and Bottas are running a close battle as Bottas is putting the pressure on Albon. As Perez is putting on the pressure, Norris sounds a little stressed on the radio as he is informed of the gap to Perez. Lap 57, Hamilton is back in P4 as he uses DRS to get ahead of Piastri.
60-70
Norris has been complaining about the back markers he is trying to get past saying that they are not getting out of the way quick enough also mentioning that they “are not racing for anything”. Verstappen is looking comfortable for the race win as Perez is now 3 seconds to Norris with 8 laps to go. Lap 64, Russell has upped the pace to Sainz in P8 as he has been reporting the medium tyres are falling off. Lap 65, Russell gets past Sainz heading into the main straight and comfortably moves past Sainz and is chasing Leclerc who has a 5 second penalty. Lap 68, Sargeant spins and has to retire the car. Final lap of the race Verstappen is 31 seconds ahead of Norris with Perez behind and Hamilton close in P4. Russell is battling close to Leclerc for P6 and with Leclerc's penalty finished P6 and makes a great recovery from 18th.
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