2020 Eifel Grand Prix: Race Highlights

And it's lights out and away we go. And Hamilton gets away well. And Valtteri Bottas tries to cover him off, but he's not got there in time. And Lewis Hamilton on the inside pushes his teammate wide. The two Mercedes scrapping away as they take through Turn 1. And it looks like Valtteri Bottas regaining that lead from Lewis Hamilton. Max Verstappen in third place ahead of Charles Leclerc. Alex Albon locks up and just avoids Daniel Ricciardo in the Renault. But it's Valtteri Bottas who leads them away down the hill. Nobody made the first corner, but there was enough space on the outside to get away with it. I thought the Mercedes had taken themselves out of the picture. Nobody had enough front grip to do anything about it. Sergio Perez on the inside of Lando Norris, almost looking for a move there. Alex Albon has got pressure behind him. And there's a gap ahead towards Daniel Ricciardo. Sparks flying from underneath the cars as Alex Albon is sixth place at the moment. Ahead of Lando Norris and Sergio Perez. Take that hairpin. Esteban Ocon ahead of Carlos Sainz. They're all duelling away. But out in front, Valtteri Bottas. What a clear lead he's got already over his teammate. Look how close Daniel Ricciardo is to Charles Leclerc. He tries to move over to cover the inside and forces Daniel Ricciardo the long way round or into the little switcheroo here. He's got very good traction coming out of Turn 1. He's going to have to live with the Ferrari all the way around Turn 2. He is ahead, Daniel Ricciardo. He is in fourth place. Charles Leclerc is trying to fight it back. But Ricciardo will keep that fourth place. And now he can start to set about getting after Max Verstappen. Out in front, though, Lewis Hamilton's closed to within another four tenths of a second. He's reduced the gap on Valtteri Bottas. And as I say that, Lewis Hamilton goes past Valtteri Bottas. At the end of the last lap, he reduced the arrears by about four tenths of a second. Hamilton has just swept past Valtteri Bottas and into the lead. So it's a lock-up here by Bottas. His right front tyre was grained. But this is going to put Lewis right on his tail. And you can see... And he'll have to peer. That'll be like a 50 pence piece. Oh, that got close, didn't it? That is George Russell. His left rear has gone, obviously. So it's the suspension, actually, I think, isn't it? It's not just the puncture. So Kimi Räikkönen trying to get past George Russell here. Sebastian Vettel ahead. Räikkönen locks up. Oh, that caused the problem. Kimi Räikkönen has got a 10 second time penalty for causing the collision that took George Russell out of this race. So we're now back under green conditions and we're on the green grass. Yeah, Kriak goes on to the green. Alex Albon goes past him and takes his front wing out as well. And that is the worst possible place to lose a front wing. If you're Danny Kriak, you've got a whole lap to try and negotiate without one now. And so it goes up the inside and it's a clear pass. But he wasn't all the way past it when he pulled back onto the racing line. Now, what is happening to Valtteri Bottas? No power, no power. It's like a loophole or something. And this is not what Valtteri Bottas would have imagined when he pulled back the curtains in his hotel bedroom this morning. I'm losing power. Something's happening. I've lost power. OK, we're looking now. Driability is terrible. No deployment. This is Sergio Perez who pitted, and Perez is behind Lando Norris, but for not much longer because he's going to try and move down the inside at the chicane on the McLaren. And he's taken full advantage of Lando Norris' struggles now to move that racing point up into fifth place. Sergio Perez coming from a long way back, trying to get past Charles Leclerc, got much better traction out of that chicane. Does get past Charles Leclerc, who will have DRS down the main straight here. There he goes to try and fight his way back again. Perez has claimed fourth place for the time being and now moves across to force Leclerc down the inside. And that DRS working wonderfully for the Ferrari and takes fourth place back again. He's got to come back now. So this time he is nicely ahead of Charles Leclerc. Sergio Perez is far enough ahead of Charles Leclerc to now keep fourth place. And that is Lando Norris out of this race, pulling over and parking up. And the safety car has been deployed. Don't forget, of course, Hamilton's got the DAS system and that really helps warm up the front tyres. Verstappen is struggling a little bit, as you can see, and already locking up, as did Carlos Sainz as well. Daniel Ricciardo is poised to strike Max Verstappen as we go racing once again. Hamilton weaving away down the main straight to get more temperature in those tyres. Ricciardo wanting to make a move on Verstappen. He's inching ahead. Verstappen's got the inside line. Perez is in fourth. Then comes Sainz and Leclerc. Then comes Gasly and Grosjean and Hülkenberg scrapping away into Turn 1. On board now with Daniel Ricciardo. Verstappen's done very well to survive the early skirmishes and keep hold of that second place. And Sergio Perez is now having a look at Daniel Ricciardo as well. Ricciardo goes wide, but not too wide, and manages to keep hold of that third place. Vettel goes down the inside on Kevin Magnussen. Magnussen tries to switch back and will fight this one out as well. All the way round the outside and they touch wheels. And did Magnussen not give Sebastian Vettel enough space? Did Vettel think he should have had more space? Did Vettel run into Kevin Magnussen? Who knows? But it's Vettel who comes out ahead in that particular battle. Sebastian Vettel in 11th now. Magnussen thought that was pretty rude. I think Vettel was entitled to take the racing line through Turns 2 into 3. Here comes Kimi Räikkönen now on Kevin Magnussen. They're all putting up a decent show towards the end of this race. Räikkönen at the hairpin gets past K-Mag. And that is 12th for Räikkönen. Lewis Hamilton, who picked up his first win in Canada, is coming round the final corner now for his latest win. It's win number 91. The record is equalled. Schumacher and Hamilton, the most successful drivers of all time in terms of race wins. Hamilton takes the Eiffel Grand Prix. Verstappen comes home for second, takes the fastest lap on the final lap. And Daniel Ricciardo, his first podium since Monaco in 2018. Well done, Ricciardo. Well done, Renault. And Lewis Hamilton keeps fighting on the track and edges himself closer once again to another world title. 70 points, his championship lead. Michael Schumacher's record has been equalled. The Eiffel Grand Prix sees Mercedes and Hamilton on top.