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 55: Hamilton resumes his day with a fastest lap and quickly has a four-second lead over Bottas, who is two seconds ahead of Verstappen. The battle appears to be for third, with Vettel a second off Verstappen and within a second as DRS is activated.
Lap 57: Into the final 10 laps we go and Grosjean is responding to Magnussen, and once again it ends with Grosjean being forced wide and having to take to the escape road through tirns one and two. The Haas team will have their hearts in the mouth, as a seventh and eight double-points finish could easily disappear here.
Lap 58: Another lap, another run down the escape route for Grosjean. This time he's defending against McLaren's Sainz, and he steams down the inside and clatters into Grosjean's left-front that forces the Haas off. He rejoins and holds the position, but for how long?
Lap 59: A lap, to tell you the truth. Grosjean defends into Turn One and Sainz has enough in the McLaren to breeze by and take eight before they get close to the turn-in point. With Kvyat, Albon and Ricciardo all running right behind, this could really hurt Grosjean.
Lap 62: Five laps to go and the front three look to be secured, with Vettel unable to challenge Verstappen for third. However, behidn Grosjean gets jumped by Kvyat for ninght, and Albon gets the hurry up to go and get the final point for Toro Rosso.
Lap 63: Here comes Albon and he's forced to take the outside line into Turn One, but Grosjean holds onto the position...this time. Three laps to go.
Lap 65: The penultimate time round and a second message comes to Albon.
"Come on Alex, two laps left. Go and get him!"
Chequered Flag: Lewis Hamilton wins the Spanish Grand Prix to retake the championship lead!
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