Formula 1 is back!

Follow live build-up from the ESPN F1 team from 3:30 a.m. GMT Sunday morning, the race start at 4 a.m..

Key points:

• Race start was delayed by 15 minutes as Isack Hadjar of Racing Bulls crashed on a wet track during the formation lap of his first F1 grand prix

• Carlos Sainz and Jack Doohan also crashed out once the race was underway on the first lap, triggering the first safety car

• As Lando Norris led from pole, Fernando Alonso slid into the wall on Lap 34, with the safety car out again

• Max Verstappen claims the race lead as Norris and Oscar Piastri go off into the gravel. Both drivers recover, but way down the grid

• A third safety car goes out as Liam Lawson, Gabriele Bortoleto crash and Norris regains the lead from a swift tyre change back to inters as heavy rain commences.