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16 Aug 2020

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16 Aug 2020

Hamilton wins!

16 Aug 2020

It's the final lap and Hamilton is making his way to the finish line.

16 Aug 2020

Albon is chasing Vettel down, with only 1.5sec between them.

16 Aug 2020

Vettel under pressure from Sainz for sixth place. Will the tyres on that Ferrari hold up for the final six laps?

16 Aug 2020

Hamilton just passed fourth-placed Perez again. Every driver, bar Verstappen and Bottas, have been lapped by Hamilton.

16 Aug 2020

With 13 laps remaining, will Vettel be able to make to the end of the race with tyres that are, at the moment, some 28 laps old?

16 Aug 2020

Vettel and his Ferrari team having a bit of a tiff after being told that he must go to the race on his current set of tyres.

16 Aug 2020

Hamilton rejoins the race with a 10sec lead over Verstappen.

16 Aug 2020

However, the championship leader asks for one more lap and is heading into the pits now.

16 Aug 2020

And hamilton is called into the pits. He is 32sec ahead of Verstappen, so should comfortably rejoin at the front of the race.

16 Aug 2020

Did you know that Hamilton had just lapped fourth-placed Sergio Perez?

16 Aug 2020

The sole remaining Ferrari, Vettel, is currently running in fifth place.

16 Aug 2020

Bottas is struggling with his left front tyre, but the team is keeping him out for another lap or two.

16 Aug 2020

Hamilton has eked out a gap of 8.5sec over Verstappen. That's quite an advantage.

16 Aug 2020

Leclerc is the first and only retirement of the race so far.

16 Aug 2020

Coming out of the final chicane, Leclerc's engine cut out, which locked the rear axle; sending him spinning out of the race.

16 Aug 2020

Leclerc is out of the race, saying his engine cut out.

16 Aug 2020

Leclerc is out!

16 Aug 2020

Ocon just paid the pits a visit and rejoins in 18th place.

16 Aug 2020

Leclerc is running in 12th place, but has no answer to Norris' pace in 11th.

16 Aug 2020

Lance Stroll defends against team mate Sergio Perez.

16 Aug 2020

Carlos Sainz passes Albon for 11th place. Next up is Renault's Esteban Ocon.

16 Aug 2020

With new tyres, Bottas is 1.5sec behind Verstappen. Will Mercedes be trying anything to get their driver ahead of the Red Bull man?

16 Aug 2020

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel are in sixth and seventh places, 20 and 27sec behind Hamilton, respectively.

16 Aug 2020

Hamilton is in the pits, Mercedes fitting him with the Medium tyre. The same for Bottas on the same lap.

16 Aug 2020

Carlos Sainz takes on an interesting strategy. McLaren fitted him with another set of Soft tyres.

16 Aug 2020

Verstappen makes his stop and Red Bull fits the Medium tyre on his car.

16 Aug 2020

Verstappen complaining about his tyres, but Red Bull is keeping him out.

16 Aug 2020

Hamilton leads Verstappen by 4.6sec, and Bottas can't get closer to the Red Bull driver.

16 Aug 2020

Kvyat using DRS to close in on Vettel and comes ever closer to passing the four-times F1 champion.

16 Aug 2020

Sebastian Vettel is under attack from AlphaTauri driver, Daniil Kvyat.

16 Aug 2020

Bottas' team radio: His tyres are still good for the set amount of planned laps, plus an extra one.

16 Aug 2020

Hamilton, it seems, is not taking too much out of his tyres. He is maintaining a gap of 1.5sec over Verstappen.

16 Aug 2020

Bottas is back into third place, having passed both Racing Points after a poor start.

16 Aug 2020

Lewis Hamilton has a gap of 1.6sec over Max Vertstappen, who is 1.6sec ahead of Stroll.

16 Aug 2020

Charles Leclerc is ahead of Lando Norris, but is being hounded by the young Englishman for ninth pace.

16 Aug 2020

And we're off! Hamilton leads from Verstappen and Lance Stroll.

16 Aug 2020

Drivers are lining up for the start of the race. 

16 Aug 2020

It was at this very that Max Verstappen got his first win in 2016.

16 Aug 2020

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2020 Spanish GP.

15 Aug 2020

Thank you for joining us. See you tomorrow for the race!
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