The Portuguese GP as it happened
All of the action from the F1 Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao
By: Jake Boxall-Legge, Haydn Cobb, Stephen Lickorish
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Bad to worse for Sainz now as he drops out of the points after being passed by Gasly for P10 a lap later at the same place Ricciardo got by. After an encouraging Saturday, things have not gone to plan on Sunday for Sainz.
Here comes Ricciardo - easy as you like. Poor Sainz is struggling now, as he loses another place with the Australian driver moving up to P9 at the first turn. It has been a good recovery effort by the McLaren driver having started P16.
Lapping cars out of the way, Schumacher can resume his tussle with Latifi. The Williams driver locks up at Turn 3 which rather gifts the overtake to Schumacher but he'll take it with glee to move up to P17.
Vettel is another fading fast in this race, as he is passed by Aston Martin team-mate Stroll for P13. Six laps to go.
As Mazepin found out earlier, the blue flags are there for a reason, but they have just disrupted a great tussle between Latifi and Schumacher. The pair are forced to pause their fight to allow both Alonso and Sainz to lap them.
Sainz, on aging medium tyres that are really hurting his pace now, is powerless to stop Alonso barging by at the first corner with the help of DRS. Alonso is up to P8.
Giovinazzi, who has had a quiet race since his early collision with his team-mate, charges ahead of Vettel with the aid of DRS on lap 56. That puts the Italian up to P12.
After a scruffy couple of laps earlier, Gasly is back in the groove and is hunting down Ricciardo for 10th place. He has just got within one second of the McLaren driver.
Yep, it was coming. Mazepin has been given a five-second time penalty for holding up Perez earlier. Seems fair.
Good afternoon Fernando Alonso. The Alpine driver blasts by Ricciardo into the first corner on lap 51 to take ninth place.
Gasly's pace has dropped badly over the last lap or two, as he loses positions to both Ricciardo and Alonso. The AlphaTauri driver's last lap was around three seconds slower than his rivals and he is now out of the points in P11.
Mazepin has been placed under investigation for ignoring blue flags after that incident with Perez. The Russian driver could be in trouble here.
After the round of stops for those going longer in the first stint, Ricciardo is 2.2s ahead of Alonso running in the final points place. Both have got ahead of Vettel who has somewhat faded as the race has go on.
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