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1.42pm BST
“A couple of small spots of rain, but very light,” says Lando Norris as he completes his lap.
Yuki Tsunoda has been talking tactics: “Overtaking is difficult here so first lap, strategy will be key. Just try to maximise every opportunity and see what will happen.”
1.32pm BST
A weekend of landmark hundreds. And Verstappen comes full circle here, competing on the same course he made his Red Bull debut as a fresh-faced 18-year-old in 2016, when he became the youngest ever GP winner.
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1.21pm BST
And here’s Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff expounding on the European Super League. “Purely driven by greed,” he says. Quite.
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1.09pm BST
Before it all kicks off, a bit of pre-race reading. Our report from yesterday’s historic qualifying run:
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12.12pm BST
Lewis Hamilton made history in style yesterday and will be looking to cap the perfect weekend with a victory today. But the margin of his 100th pole in F1 – just 0.036secs ahead of Max Verstappen – is proof that doing so will be no easy task.
No driver has won from pole position yet in the 2021 season, a fact that will not be lost on a man whose rare blunder from pole at Imola handed victory to Verstappen only three weeks ago. He reaffirmed his authority with a thrillingly audacious win in the Algarve last week though, a bold display that dispelled any early doubts about his hunger to retain the championship.