Portuguese Grand Prix: Formula 1 live race updates, blog

A huge day as far as Lewis Hamilton becoming the new record holder in F1 for wins. A record that back in 2006, anyone watching Michael Schumacher reach 91 wins, would not have thought to be broken so soon! The championship rolls on though and we'll be returning to Imola, which was last seen on the F1 calendar back in 2006. It'll be a two day format, which'll be a first for the sport too so that will be intriguing to see. Until then, thank you for tuning in for this live blog on The Roar. Have a good rest of your day and good night!

-------- DRIVER'S -------- 255 - Lewis Hamilton 179 - Valtteri Bottas 162 - Max Verstappen 80 -- Daniel Ricciardo 75 -- Charles Leclerc 74 -- Sergio Perez 65 -- Lando Norris 64 -- Alexander Albon 63 -- Pierre Gasly 59 -- Carlos Sainz 57 -- Lance Stroll 40 -- Esteban Ocon 18 -- Sebastian Vettel 14 -- Daniil Kvyat 10 -- Nico Hulkenberg 3 --- Antonio Giovinazzi 2 --- Kimi Ráikkönen 2 --- Romain Grosjean 1 --- Kevin Magnussen 0 --- Nicholas Latifi 0 --- George Russell

----- CONSTRUCTOR'S ----- 435 - Mercedes AMG 226 - Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 126 - Racing Point Mercedes 124 - McLaren Renault 120 - Renault 93 -- Scuderia Ferrari 77 -- Scuderia AlphaTauri 5 --- Alfa Romeo Racing 3 --- Haas Ferrari 0 --- Williams Mercedes

RACE REPORT It was another record-breaking day for Lewis Hamilton, who surpassed Michael Schumacher for all-time wins in Formula One, with a 92nd career win coming at the Portuguese Grand Prix. The first ever Formula One race at the Portimão circuit saw an exhilarating start, with both Mercedes cars despite leading through the first few corners – both struggling with getting their medium tyres up to temperature. This brought forward a surprise race leader in Carlos Sainz, who made a strong start from seventh on the soft tyre. Hamilton post-race cited getting oversteer at Turn 7 for being the reason for him falling behind initially. Contact between Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez also saw the Racing Point fall down the order, while the Dutchman lost time to Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. By Lap 6, it was Bottas who lead the race again. A fast-starting Kimi Räikkönen from sixteenth also impressed on the soft tyre, to get up into sixth in the early laps, before he along with the other soft runners began to lose grip. Lap 20 saw Hamilton use the DRS down the pit-straight, which was a popular overtaking area, to take the lead of the race from Bottas. From there he didn’t yield all the way to the chequered flag, with the sole pit-stop coming on Lap 41. A whopping 25-seconds separated Hamilton from Bottas across the line, while Verstappen once again completed a lonely race after his early skirmish with Perez for a place on the podium. Also running a lonely, but impressive race in fourth was Charles Leclerc – staying out of trouble. Whilst it was behind where a three-way battle for fifth was decided on the final lap, as Pierre Gasly upset an excellent comeback drive from Perez. Sainz finished in between. Esteban Ocon ran long on the medium tyres in the first stint, all the way to Lap 53. The strategy for Renault paid off, in that the Frenchman finished in the points ahead of teammate Daniel Ricciardo – though they did fumble the pit-stop which could’ve potentially yielded a better result. Both Ferraris were in the points with Sebastian Vettel scoring a solitary point, passing Räikkönen who had ultimately run 54-laps on the medium tyre in his second stint. There was contact too between Lance Stroll and Lando Norris on Lap 18, which effectively ruined both drivers’ races. The Canadian was handed two 5-second penalties; one for the contact and one for track limits abuse – but in the end retired with damage to his car. Norris meanwhile settled for thirteenth, after a slow puncture forced an extra pit-stop.

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POST-RACE INTERVIEWS - Hosted by Martin Brundle HAMILTON - "I owe it to these guys here [team] and back at the factory..." "Today was tough and it was all about temperatures." "I had a good start, but went into Turn 7 with a huge oversteer moment." "I had a cramp in my right calf." BOTTAS - "The opening lap was pretty good, with a bit of drizzle." "After that I had no pace today. I don't know why." VERSTAPPEN - "It was very low grip and I tried to stay out of trouble." "I did my own race, you can't really do anything." "Overall I think we finished where we deserved."