Spanish Grand Prix LIVE: Lewis Hamilton wins to retake F1 championship lead ahead of Valtteri Bottas
Follow lap-by-lap coverage of the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona
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Your support makes all the difference.Re-live the latest action from the Spanish Grand Prix where Lewis Hamilton completed a dominant lights-to-flag victory to retake the lead in the drivers' championship.
Hamilton got away much better than Mercedes teammate and pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas, who went into Turn One alongside Hamilton and the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel. With Vettel pushed wide, Max Verstappen was able to slide through and take third, with the Red Bull driver remaining rather unchallenged for the rest of the Grand Prix.
A late safety car bunched the field up after Lando Norris and Lance Stroll crashed at Turn Two, taking both drivers out of the race as the only retirements of the Grand Prix. However, Hamilton powered away at the restart and claimed the extra point for fastest lap on his way to victory. Re-live the live updates below.
What time does it start?
The Spanish Grand Prix starts at 2:10pm BST on Sunday 12 May.
Where can I watch it?
The race will be shown live on Sky Sports F1 from 12.30pm. Highlights will be shown on Channel 4 at 7pm.
Starting grid
1 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1min 15.406secs
2 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:16.040
3 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:16.272
4 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:16.357
5 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1:16.588
6 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Red Bull 1:16.708
7 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:16.911
8 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:16.922
9 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:17.573
10 Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1:17.338
11 Alexander Albon (Tha) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:17.445
12 Carlos Sainz (Spa) McLaren 1:17.599
13 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault 1:18.106 (three-place penalty)
14 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:17.788
15 Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point 1:17.886
16 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:18.404
17 Lance Stroll (Can) Racing Point 1:18.471
18 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:18.664
19 Robert Kubica (Pol) Williams 1:20.254
20 George Russell (Gbr) Williams 1:19.072 (five-place penalty)
Lap 7: Giovinazzi becomes the first man to pit in the Alfa Romeo to put on the hard tyre, which is an interesting move as it suggests he may just try to go the distance from here. That would be a mammoth 59 laps, and he's going to be in for a long, long afternoon.
Lap 8: The closest battle on the track is the intra-team one between Vettel and Leclerc, as the lead driver is definitely holding up Leclerc here. Whether that's because of the flat spot we're not sure, but Leclerc is looking racey and briefly shows his nose into Turn One.
Lap 10: Leclerc has a run at Vettel into Turn One and sees the door get firmly shut on him. They're losing a lot of time now though, with Verstappen disappearing off into the distance.
Lap 12: The call comes from the Ferrari pit wall, and Vettel moves over on the start-finish straight to let Leclerc pass. It'll be an attempt for Leclerc to go after Verstappen, and if he can't catch him, he'll have to concede the position back. However, Vettel wants off his tyres and it's clear he thinks the flat spot is hurting him as he's falling back from Leclerc quickly.
Lap 16: So Leclerc's pace has dropped off somewhat and he's not making any indent into the gap to Verstappen. OUt in front, Hamilton puts in consecutive fastest laps to stretch the lead to 3.6s, while Verstappen has lost touch with the lead pair. To show how much Vettel is struggling, he's an enormous 18.9 seconds behind the race leader.
Lap 18: Vettel is desperate to get off the tyres as he radios in again"Pit me when you can", and should he stop now he'll fall behind Gasly, Grosjean and Magnussen and potentially Kvyat and Albon too. Leclerc meanwhile has started catching Verstappen and has the gap down to four seconds.
Lap 19: Vettel pits. He comes in for the medium tyres and it's a slow stop as the left rear doesn't go on cleanly, and it means that he does indeed fall behind both Kvyat and Albon, meaning the Ferrari is back out in 10th place.
Lap 20: Verstappen pits in response to Vettel, but Leclerc continues and moves up to third place. It's a clean stop for Verstappen at 2.9s, and he's back on his way and crucially out in fifth in clear air. However, Verstappen's gone with the soft tyres which means he has to stop again, whereas Vettel can go to the end. How will that play out come the end of the race?
Lap 22: Leclerc's attempts to overcut Verstappen are slightly hindered as he's in traffic lapping the Williams pair of Kubica and Russell as well as the Alfa Romeo of Giovinazzi. But again he continues round for another lap, and any hope of jumping Verstappen looks to be fading. Gasly pits at the end of the lap too and it's another good stop from the Red Bull boys.
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