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.

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.

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

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."

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Charles has been making noise all day long about how difficult it was going to be to pass. He had in his mind that you absolutely have to get to the front of the race and he has got himself in the front but he might have incurred this penalty.

The problem is you can't instigate an instruction for a guy at Ferrari to fall back behind Max Verstappen. Isn't he supposed to fall back behind Lewis?

The virtual safety car is cleared and we're racing again in Mexico. Championship leader Kimi Antonelli is closing in on Lewis Hamilton, who is on used soft tyres. The Italian would love a podium to cap off his championship-winning (as it stands) weekend.

Turn Four was the flashpoint for Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton,which is still under investigation by the stewards. The Monegasque driver was on the outside of Hamilton and both end up off the track.

George Russell fell apart at lights out, and the Mercedes driver also made contact with Isack Hadjar's Red Bull, sending the Frenchman spinning out and down to the back of the field.

It's turned into a miserable day for Aston Martin, who now ask Fernando Alonso's team-mate Lance Stroll to pull over and stop the car. The Canadian does as he's told, and the virtual safety car is deployed.

Charles Leclerc leads, Max Verstappen is 1.2 seconds behind and Lewis Hamilton, who started on pole, is third.