Summary

  • Lewis Hamilton leads Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix

  • Russell second and Antonelli third

  • Italian Antonelli leads drivers' championship by 66 points

  • OUT: Stroll, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Albon, Alonso

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Lorraine McKenna

  1. Team radio - Mercedes to Russell

    Engineer: "We are forecast to be battling with Lewis at the end of the race on that three stop"

  2. Hamilton pits - and now leads

    Lap 42/66

    Hamilton leads in lap 42 of the Barcelona GPgetty

    Ferrari make the call and Lewis Hamilton comes into the pits to change his tyres - and he's now leading this race! This has played out perfectly for the Italian team and Hamilton tells his pit wall: "Good job, guys".

  3. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Pitting under VSC or safety car conditions can save you around about 11 seconds. Virtual Safety Car is out.

  4. Team radio - Ferrari to Hamilton

    Engineer: "We are running another seven laps on this set. This is the critical moment. This is our chance"

  5. Virtual safety car

    Lap 41/66

    Fernando Alonso is safely out of the car as the VSC is deployed. Is anyone going to take a cheap trip to the pits now? Max Verstappen has headed in, but the Dutchman is released into the path of an Audi - so close! Verstappen comes out in fifth.

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    Hamilton seems to be flying, appreciate he is on a different strategy but is it looking good?

    John, Wiltshire

    Good aggressive driving from Lewis. No looking after the tyres at all! His gameplan appears to be drive until they fall off a cliff, change them then rinse and repeat.

    Jamie, Glasgow

  7. yellow flag

    Yellow flag

    Lap 40/66

    George Russell is told by his engineer there'll probably be a fight with Lewis Hamilton towards the end of this race.

    There's a yellow flag out - Fernando Alonso has come to a stop at his home race!

  8. Abbi Pulling
    2024 F1 Academy champion on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Calling Antonelli in and not letting him undercut his team-mate, I think that is a little making sure that they can cover each other off from the cars behind.

  9. Lap 39/66

    Lewis Hamilton is ahead of Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc after his last pit stop and he's told by his engineer how this latest stint is going to play out.

    George Russell ends to make his ay through the field and he goes for it on Charles Leclerc, who then pits on the next lap.

  10. Team radio - Mercedes to Antonelli

    Engineer: "It won't be long Kimi, we've got to cover Norris"

  11. Antonelli comes in

    Lap 38/66

    Kimi Antonelli is in and out in a decent manner. The Italian, who leads the championship by 66 points, manages to navigate any traffic and comes out in fourth place, but more importantly, in front of the McLaren of world champion Lando Norris.

    Lewis Hamilton is the leader now, but the seven-time world champion pitted earlier than his rivals.

  12. Abbi Pulling
    2024 F1 Academy champion on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Antonelli is clearly showing that he wants to win and he wants to win on a race where it is down to strategy. Mercedes battling are going to lose ground, are going to lose time.

  13. Team radio - Mercedes to Antonelli

    Engineer: "Let's not slow each other down racing, we need to keep that gap to Norris nice and healthy"

  14. Russell pits from the lead

    Lap 37/66

    The was a nervy stint for George Russell, but after his stop for fresh hard tyres, he slots into fourth place and behind Charles Leclerc.

    Kimi Antonelli is ahead of Lewis Hamilton at the front, but the Italian is being asked to pit next.

  15. Team radio - Mercedes to Antonelli

    Engineer: "Kimi it won't be long for George, we are at risk from Norris behind"

  16. Lap 36/66

    Lewis Hamilton is banking quick laps for fun - purple all the way for the Ferrari man.

    Over at Mercedes, George Russell is going to make another stop from the lead of the Spanish race. Kimi Antonelli is staying put in second.

  17. Team radio - Hamilton to Ferrari

    Hamilton: "Am I catching them?

    Engineer: "You are catching really well! Keep pushing, keep pushing!"

  18. Lap 35/66

    George Russell leading Kimi Antonelli during the Barcelona GPGetty Images

    Mercedes don't want to blow these podium spots - and a potential race win - because their drivers took each other out. George Russell is four tenths ahead of his teenage team-mate, who is sticking to him like glue.

  19. Team radio - Mercedes to Antonelli

    Engineer: "Kimi, reminder for track limits. Let's not take any risks"

  20. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Remember the last time when we had two Mercedes race aggressively with each other, that was 10 years ago and that ended in disaster. But it is very close, three tenths the gap between the Mercedes drivers.