Summary

  • Leclerc leads Mexico City Grand Prix as Hamilton drops to third

  • Antonelli will become world champion with ninth place - he is currently running in fourth

  • Mercedes driver will also clinch title if neither Hamilton nor Russell win race - full permutations here

  • Italian Antonelli, 20, would be youngest title winner in Formula 1 history

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Lorraine McKenna

  1. Lap 21/71

    Lewis Hamilton has dropped back slightly on Charles Leclerc and now the gap is seven seconds. The Ferrari man is stuck behind the Red Bull of Max Verstappen, making the path to another victory this season a bit difficult.

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    I’m at the circuit in Mexico. Funny to see the crowd start to turn on Charles after that moment.

    Anna, Mexico City

  3. Lap 20/71

    Oliver Bearman spies a chance to pass Gabriel Bortoleto down at Turn One. The Haas driver navigates that long run down and overtakes the Audi for P11.

    Charles Leclerc has a five-second penalty to serve and now he's 4.8 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen thanks to that clean air.

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    Ferrari should do the right thing and hold Charles long enough at the pit stop for Lewis to overtake.

    Tim, Yarm

  5. Damon Hill
    1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Live in Mexico City

    The other thing Ferrari are setting up is, if they do this pit stop and Charles Leclerc comes in. They are going to come out almost on top of Lewis Hamilton, at the moment he is six seconds behind, let's say they can make it a plus or minus. So within a second bringing the two guys who have been fighting like mad men over their position out onto the track together.

  6. Lap 19/71

    There a few driver starting to make pit stops now, including Alex Albon, who is called in by Williams to fit some soft tyres.

    Kimi Antonelli is fourth at the moment and will become world champion - the youngest-ever in Formula 1 - if it stays like this.

  7. Top five

    Lap 18/71

    1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) - five-second penalty

    2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

    3. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)

    4. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

    5. George Russell (Mercedes) - 10-second penalty

  8. Team radio - Ferrari to Hamilton

    Engineer: "Charles got a five-second penalty."

    Hamilton: "Five-second penalty? He's got clean air and doesn't have to manage like the rest of us."

  9. Lap 17/71

    Lando Norris is stuck behind George Russell in sixth, trying to chase down the Mercedes, but with nowhere to go at the moment. Oscar Piastri is one place lower than his world champion team-mate in seventh, in recovery mode after starting outside the points.

  10. Lap 16/71

    Arvid Lindblad, Franco Colapinto and Audi's Nico Hulkenberg are sitting in the final points places in eighth, ninth and 10th respectively.

    George Russell is still in fifth place with Lando Norris behind, but the Mercedes man has a 10-second penalty hanging over his cockpit.

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    I could trundle round in my Skoda and be more successful than Aston Martin

    Jasper, Verwood

  12. Lap 15/71

    Lewis Hamilton is informed of his team-mate's punishment, but the seven-time world champion thinks Charles Leclerc should've have been to give the place back, as now he's zooming along in clean air out in front.

  13. Damon Hill
    1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Live in Mexico City

    [Charles Leclerc] has to go long. Basically he has to wait for everyone to do their stops before he comes in to do his one.

  14. Lap 14/71

    The advantage Charles Leclerc holds over second place Max Verstappen is three seconds while his gap to Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton in third is 5.7 seconds.

    The Monegasque driver will be serving his penalty when he comes in to pit.

  15. Damon Hill
    1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Live in Mexico City

    Charles is comfortably in the lead but I saw him going into Turn One and he had a bit of a drift going into Turn One as he put the lock on, we will be wanting to see how long his tyres are going to last. They should have a good few laps in them. When you have used tyres they don't seem to fire up quite as quickly as the new tyres.

  16. Five-second time penalty for Leclerc

    Lap 13/71

    The stewards have delivered their verdict, and it's a five-second time penalty for Charles Leclerc for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.

    George Russell was also under the spotlight for his contact with Isack Hadjar. The stewards' decision on that one is a 10-second penalty for the Mercedes man for causing a collision.

    Leclerc leads, Russell is in fifth.

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    Fed up with Leclerc’s lack of team discipline. Ferrari need to get rid of one or the other of their drivers.

    Stu, Chesterfield

  18. Lap 12/71

    Max Verstappen has called into to say he's not got the best grip on these medium tyres. Over at McLaren, Lando Norris is told Plan A is probably the way to go.

    For Oscar Piastri, who was knocked out in Q2 yesterday, he's made his way into the points and up to seventh.

  19. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on Radio 5 Live in Mexico City

    Charles Leclerc ran off the track and clearly gained a massive advantage. Not only did he hold his position having got around the outside of Lewis Hamilton, you can even argue that he made the overtake off the race track. The stewards will frown upon that.

  20. Lap 11/71

    Charles Leclerc has increased his gap to Max Verstappen to about two seconds over Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who opted to. start on medium at lights out.

    Sergio Perez, in front of his adoring home fans, has climbed all the way up to 14th in the Cadillac.