No one saw that one coming for the first 30 laps but Verstappen cruises over the finish line to leapfrog Leclerc at the top of the championship. Perez makes it a one-two for a jubilant Red Bull, with Russell third, Carlos Sainz fourth and Hamilton fifth. Lap 63/66: How they stand (and, surely, how they’ll finish). Lap 58/66: Bottas, Sainz and Hamilton are separated by less than a second. Lap 52/66: Russell pits for a third time, coming out 3secs behind Bottas who is third, while Hamilton sets a new fastest lap. Lap 14/66: Alonso, having started furthest back, is one place off the points. Russell and Verstappen both pit, which puts Perez second – a full 15secs off Leclerc. Lap 2/66: Perez and Russel both crept past Sainz in a frantic first lap, leaving the Spaniard back in fifth.

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