36/72: Lando Norris loses a chunk of time
By Michael Doyle
By Michael Doyle
Lando Norris looks quicker than race-leader Kimi Antonelli.
But two moments have cost the Brit a bit of time.
He had a scary moment at the last corner a few laps ago, needing to just lift off the throttle.
Then, on lap 36, Norris needed to get off the throttle as an Aston Martin came out of the pits at the wrong time.
34/72: Charles Leclerc passes Oscar Piastri
By Michael Doyle
By Michael Doyle
Charles Leclerc has been hustling Oscar Piastri for severale laps.
He is finally close enough to go for the overtake.
Piastri defended the inside line, and Leclerc completed a switch-back to complete the move.
30/72: Norris is within a second of Antonelli
By Michael Doyle
By Michael Doyle
The battle for the lead is starting to heat up.
Lando Norris has the gap under one second to Kimi Antonelli.
Meanwhile, Charles Leclerc is all over the rear of Oscar Piastri’s car in the battle for fourth.
25/72: Hamilton pits
By Michael Doyle
By Michael Doyle
Lewis Hamilton has come in from the lead.
It is a fine pit stop, and Hamilton re-emerges in sixth.
24/72: Hamilton says ‘tyres are OK’
By Michael Doyle
By Michael Doyle
Lewis Hamilton has told his team that the tyres are fine.
He is a lot slower than the front-runners who have pitted.
17/72: Lando Norris has nothing more to give
By Michael Doyle
By Michael Doyle
Lando Norris has just been asked by his team about his tyres, and his pace.
Norris’s answer is not positive, with the reigning world champion does not believe he can fight with the race leader, Kimi Antonelli, at the moment.
I’m pace zero, mate. I’ve got nothing else.
14/72: Antoenlli extending his lead
By Michael Doyle
By Michael Doyle
Kimi Antonelli is looking good in clean air.
His lead over Lando Norris has extended to 1.6 seconds.
Norris is 4.5 seconds ahead of McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri — however, Piastri is on the hard tyre, which is different to all of the front-runners.
George Russell is fourth, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton all over the back of his car.
11/72: Charles Leclerc is quick, but stuck
By Michael Doyle
By Michael Doyle
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc is currently fifth, and he looks very quick.
He is on the soft tyre, but the issue is Leclerc cannot get by Mercedes’ George Russell.
There is certainly no indication that Leclerc is trying to conserve these soft tyres.
“There’s an urgency in the way Leclerc is pushing up to the back of Russell. That tells me he’s not planning on spending long on those soft tyres.” — former F1 race winner David Coulthard on F1TV
9/72: Antonelli and Norris pulling away
By Michael Doyle
By Michael Doyle
Kimi Antonelli leads the race, ahead of Lando Norris.
The duo are pulling away from third-place driver, Oscar Piastri.
Piastri is on the hard tyre, which is slower than the medium (ANT) and soft (NOR) tyres that the other two are on.
Piastri is on a much different strategy.
PENALTY: Colapinto — drive through for overtaking under double-waived yellow flags
By Michael Doyle
By Michael Doyle
PENALTY: Lindblad — drive through for overtaking under double-waived yellow flags
By Michael Doyle
By Michael Doyle
Tyres on each car at the restarts
By Michael Doyle
By Michael Doyle
S: soft; M: medium; H: hard; I: intermediate; W: wet
- Norris S
- Antonelli M
- Russell M
- Leclerc S
- Piastri H
- Hamilton S
- Lawson S
- Gasly M
- Colapinto M
- Tsunoda S
- Hulkenberg S
- Albon H
- Ocon S
- Alonso S
- Bortoleto S
- Stroll S
- Sainz S
- Bottas H
- Perez H
- Lindblad M
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