Hamilton is now right behind Vettel for the lead of the race.
The German is yet to make his second stop.
Hamilton is now right behind Vettel for the lead of the race.
The German is yet to make his second stop.
Verstappen moves up to third as he powers past Leclerc with DRS. He's into third.
It's Leclerc v Verstappen into Turn 1. A great switchback from the Ferrari driver to retain third.
Vettel leads for Aston Martin!
The order on Lap 37: Perez, Vettel, Hamilton, Leclerc, Verstappen, Magnussen, Russell, Ocon, Alonso, Albon, Zhou, Tsunoda, Norris, Latifi, Schumacher, Gasly and Ricciardo.
"Beautiful, fuc-ing beautiful!"
A slow stop for Verstappen! He's jumped by Hamilton and Leclerc.
Red Bull respond immediately with Verstappen. Where will he rejoin?
Mercedes pit Hamilton for another set of hard tyres - they've committed to a two-stop strategy here.
Hamilton has great pace here but he can't get close enough into that crucial DRS range.
Hamilton has closed Verstappen's gap down to 1.5s.
The order on Lap 32: Verstappen, Hamilton, Leclerc, Perez, Russell, Vettel, Gasly, Tsunoda, Norris, Schumacher, Magnussen, Ocon, Albon, Alonso, Ricciardo, Latifi and Zhou.
5s penalty for Gasly for dropping too far behind under the Safety Car.
Wow! What a move from Leclerc on Perez. Late on the brakes. Superb stuff.
Leclerc tries to overtake Perez with the use of DRS but brakes too late and has to concede the position.
Leclerc is in DRS range of Perez ahead but the Red Bull is too quick on the straights.
Big gaps emerging at the front with none of the seven in DRS of each other.
No changes to the order with Hamilton now 1.2s behind Verstappen at the front of the field.
The Safety Car is in and we're back underway at COTA.
The stewards confirm the incident will be investigated after the race - between Alonso and Stroll.
The order under the Safety Car: Verstappen, Hamilton, Perez, Leclerc, Russell, Vettel, Gasly, Tsunoda, Norris, Schumacher, Ocon, Magnussen, Ricciardo, Albon, Latifi, Alonso and Zhou.
LAP 21/56
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Contact between Stroll and Alonso at the restart
SAFETY CAR is immediately recalled #USGP#F1pic.twitter.com/dD0thqgqTW
Replays show Stroll moving slightly left on the straight into Alonso's path.
Contact between Stroll and Alonso.
There could be a red flag here.
Big crash! Safety Car deployed...