Lap 52/53 Yup, this is going to finish behind the safety car. Lap 35/53 Verstappen leads Leclerc by 19.693s; will that be enough to hold off the soft tyres and Ferrari engine?. Lap 32/53 Leclerc now leads by 6.287s, and will be hearing Jaws music in his earworm. Lap 29/53 Leclerc now leads Verstappen by 7.947s and an overtake looks a matter of time. He sits third as Verstappen comes in and now Leclerc leads; Verstappen comes out in second 10.276s behind. Lap 13/53 Verstappen leads Russell by 4.769s with Leclerc a further 12.725 behind; Sainz races by Ricciardo into fourth, and the crowd enjoy the granny out of that.

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