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)
Spanish Grand Prix results:
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Max Verstappen
4. Sebastian Vettel
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Pierre Gasly
7. Kevin Magnussen
8. Carlos Sainz
9. Daniil Kvyat
10. Romain Grosjean
Lewis Hamilton:
"Firstly I just have to put it down to this incredible team. This is history in the making to have five one-twos so very proud of that and very proud of everyone back in the factory. It's been a very hard first five races, it's a hard car but we always get along. It's a long ride down to Turn One so I'm grateful it got me there first.
"It was obviously an interesting start, very close. I saw a red dot go around the back of both of us, so I had no idea if they were very close and I knew Valtteri would brake deep. Thankfully it wasn't a repeat of Baku.
"We'd just done a pit stop and needed to get the tyres warm and I knew that getting the tyres warm would be crucial to all of that. I haven't had a fastest lap this season so I thought it was about time."
Valtteri Bottas:
"I had a weird start, there was some strange stuff happening with the clutch. It was biting then releasing, biting then releasing.
"I've had some good results but I'm keen to find out why the start didn't go well."
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