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11.36am EST 11:36

35/57 Change of strategy from Verstappen and Red Bull? It’s a misfire as the pit stop took over five seconds, rather than two. Perez is in second. Hamilton is almost 24 seconds clear of Perez.

11.35am EST 11:35

34/57 Verstappen still has the fastest lap but Hamilton is so used to leading these races that there is surely not much of a way back barring something very odd happening.

11.33am EST 11:33

33/57 Hamilton’s lead back over five seconds. Verstappen is trying his best to stay in touch, and a second place would help him on the way to second place overall in the championship with Bottas struggling today.

11.31am EST 11:31

32/57 Bottas, back in 11th, seems to have a touch of the grumps, as he takes on Leclerc and claims tenth from the Monegasque tyro.

11.30am EST 11:30

31/57 Vettel is up to 15th, having overtaken Raikkonen. Will it improve his mood? Unlikely.

11.29am EST 11:29

30/57 Sainz, Ricciardo and Ocon, for sixth, seventh, eighth, is a battle taking place as Hamilton’s lead goes over five seconds. Norris is in fifth. Verstappen sets a fastest lap.

11.27am EST 11:27

29/57 Hamilton using the outer limits of the track a bit too much? That seems to be what Verstappen’s team are telling him. Some confusion over whether that is allowed.

11.25am EST 11:25

28/57 Perhaps the keenest race is Alex Albon and Perez for the race for third.

11.24am EST 11:24

27/57 And the gap goes out a couple of tenths of a second between the front two.

11.23am EST 11:23

26/57 Sainz takes Ricciardo to climb into seventh, and will chase down Ocon. Perez is 19 seconds plus off Verstappen in second. This is a two-horse race, though one of the horses is way ahead of the other. Hamilton is maintaining his lead by just over four seconds.

11.20am EST 11:20

25/57 Lando Norris uses his DRS to speed past Bottas on the straight and claim sixth place. Bottas has not been having much fun at all.

11.19am EST 11:19

24/57 Charles Leclerc looks to be pootling along in his Ferrari, with none of the usual élan. Perhaps he is suffering the same issues as the still vexed Vettel, who is 17th now. Verstappen is cutting into that Hamilton lead, but just fractionally.

11.17am EST 11:17

23/57 Sounds like Verstappen wants to go for this one, according to the word from his garage. And he sets a fastest lap, as if to confirm his intent. The gap is under five seconds.

11.15am EST 11:15

22/57 Verstappen and Perez both pit and Hamilton is back to the front again. Verstappen is back in second. Carlos Sainz is in third, but only briefly as Gasly overtakes when the Spaniard pits, and he drops to 11th. Perez is back in fourth.

Lewis Hamilton leads the pack Photograph: Bryn Lennon/AFP/Getty Images

Updated at 11.22am EST

11.13am EST 11:13

21/57 Hamilton is on the medium tyres. Ricciardo has a dig at Antonio Giovinazzi and is allowed through to get 11th. Vettel goes in, complaining again about his car.

11.11am EST 11:11

20/57 In goes Hamilton, and for a decent Mercedes pit stop. Verstappen is ahead, and Perez is in second. Hamilton lurks with intent in third.

11.10am EST 11:10

19/57 Hamilton has said he has been getting vibrations in his tyres, and will go in when five seconds or so clear of Verstappen.

11.09am EST 11:09

18/57 Renault, of Ocon and Ricciardo, have both changed their tyres. Hamilton is set to do the same.

11.08am EST 11:08

17/57 Raikkonen and Bottas is the battle of the moment with all pretty serene at the front.

11.06am EST 11:06

16/57 Raikkonen has George Russell in his sights, with the lack of grip seemingly not too much of a problem for him.

11.05am EST 11:05

15/57 Verstappen is losing more time on Hamilton. A showdown between them looking less likely. Raikkonen’s front wing sparking away, and no sign he will be coming in yet. Bottas is behind him in 14th.

11.04am EST 11:04

14/57 Hamilton continues to hold the fastest lap, and is 2.416 up on Verstappen. Kimi Raikkonen has a damaged front wing meanwhile in 13th.

11.02am EST 11:02

13/57 Kyvat has been given a ten-second penalty for that Stroll incident. Vettel is back in 18th and telling his team his car is not fit for purpose. Kevin Magnussen, in the other Haas, is overheating.

11.00am EST 11:00

12/57 Sainz pulls off a spectacular overtaking of Leclerc, who battles back and then finds himself hard braking and being overtaken by Ricciardo. Sainz and Leclerc could be fun next season.

10.58am EST 10:58

11/57 Bottas is not happy, as he battles over 15th with Vettel, a battle that should be up the front. Verstappen complains to his garage too. “My car is bouncing all over the place.”

Updated at 11.00am EST

10.57am EST 10:57

10/57 This is real racing, and Leclerc may be under investigation for a clash with Kyvat, though that is swiftly altered, and it seems Kyvat is being looked at for his clash with Stroll.

10.55am EST 10:55

9/57 We are racing, as the green light flashes. Hamilton flies away. Leclerc and Ocon clash, and Ocon holds off Leclerc to hold on to sixth. Ricciardo has a dig at Leclerc, but he ends up losing his eighth place to Sainz. Hamilton already leads by a second.

10.52am EST 10:52

8/57 The end of this lap will be the completion of the safety car’s duties.

10.51am EST 10:51

7/57 The safety car rolls on, and the drivers jockey for position, trying to warm their tyres. Seems to be debris out there, and that caused Bottas his problems.

10.48am EST 10:48

6/57 We are still in safety car mode. It seems like Vettel’s rage was directed at Charles Leclerc, his teammate, rather than Lance Stroll. They only have two more races together, so no point in hiding true feelings, perhaps.

Updated at 10.49am EST

10.46am EST 10:46

5/57 Kevin Magnusson, the other Haas driver, lost his front wing and has had to come in to get a new one. It’s all happening. “Lance is fine,” says the head of Racing Point, who are now a man down after Stroll’s prang.

Updated at 10.46am EST

10.45am EST 10:45

4/57 It took a while for Stroll to get out of his cockpit and the safety car is back in session. Bottas has a puncture, and is coming in, and drops down to 16th. It looks like Stroll and Vettel clashed, and Vettel is complaining to his people in the garage. He doesn’t sound happy.