Sun 5 Sep 2021 16.21 BST

First published on Sun 5 Sep 2021 13.01 BST. Lap 60: Mercedes to Hamilton: “Priority now is to try and get to the end of the race on this tyres. Lap 59: Verstappen’s lead has steadied to about a second and a half. Lap 55: But despite his complaints, Hamilton is only 1.3secs behind Verstappen. Lap 49: “I’m not going to make it to the end on these tyres,” says Hamilton. Leading by nearly 4secs, Verstappen is 25 laps from a glorious homecoming. Lap 34: “[Verstappen] is getting super lucky with traffic, man,” Hamilton’s told over radio.

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