Max Verstappen has huge support in the busy stands, but Lewis Hamilton is giving chase. The Finn stopped two laps from the end for fresh tyres and was told NOT to set the fastest lap, which was held by his teammate Lewis Hamilton at the time. “It could have ended up in the loss of a point for Lewis and it would also have also been not right because he had fastest lap until then. However, that will crucially take a point away from Hamilton, who currently has the fastest lap. It is Verstappen, Hamilton, Bottas, Leclerc, Sainz – the two Ferraris are yet to pit. The Red Bull team respond to Hamilton’s pitstops by calling him in a lap later.

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