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2014 British Grand Prix Sunday - British Grand Prix
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"Caution at Turn 1, there may be some oil down," Hamilton is warned. He is careful - and past the point of potential danger. Last lap, he's on course for victory.
Hulkenberg puts in his fastest lap of the race so far as he tries to stay clear of Kvyat.
Maldonado is in trouble, parking a smoking Lotus.
Button is 2.7s behind - 1.3s faster on that lap. Amazing finish.
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"Check the brakes becaue I can smell something burning," says Vettel to Red Bull.
"Pick up the pace a little bit," Ricciardo is urged...
Kvyat is now within DRS range of Hulkenberg for eighth.
Alonso might get a bit of late pressure from Magnussen, who is 1.1s behind with three laps left.
"Jenson this is really good, we're currently more than a second quicker than Ricciardo."
Here we go...
Here we go...
Seems like the miscellaneous things Alonso and Vettel are moaning about each other for will rumble on after the race.
Button much faster than Ricciardo that lap - 0.8s in fact. The gap is now 4.3s.
Alonso thinks Vettel got more DRS than he should have due to running off the track. There's quite a long rant going on now.
Hamilton has boosted his advantage to 25s now.
That's battle over for fifth it seems, Vettel is quickly pulling clear of Alonso.
Button's got the gap to Ricciardo down to 5.9s with four laps remaining. Unless the Red Bull's tyres wreck themselves the podium's probably out of reach.
Vettel again goes to the outside into Brooklands, Alonso again manages to brake later still and retake the place, but then Vettel gets alongside onto the pits straight and finally makes it past into Copse.
Magnussen isn't managing to do as McLaren asked and catch the Alonso/Vettel battle yet, losing a little that on that lap. He's 2.4s off.
Alonso is very carefully keeping Vettel back during the slow sections while rebuilding charge, and then nailing the corner exits.
Button takes half a second out of Ricciardo on that lap but the Aussie's engineer tells him that at this pace he will not be caught.
Rosberg has finally put on a brave face for the media in the paddock. He says he hoped to get back going and salvage some points, but that Mercedes couldn't do anything remotely to save the gearbox.
Vettel tries the outside of Alonso at Luffield but is held out wide and can't get a run onto the straight.
Just because he can, Hamilton goes purple in sector one. This is reminiscent of Vettel in years gone by.
McLaren tells Magnussen the tyres are good and he should close in on the Alonso/Vettel battle.
Grosjean passes Sutil for 12th. The Sauber should stay clear of Maldonado, though.
A little battle brewing among the minor points - Kvyat is 4.4s behind eighth-placed Hulkenberg and closing in.
Button, meanwhile, has cut Ricciardo's gap to 7.8s. Can the Briton make it a first home podium in 15 attempts?
That stop for Hamilton dropped his lead to less than 20s over Bottas but on fresh rubber the gap is going up again.
Now Ferrari tells Alonso it's reporting Vettel to race control for track limits naughtiness.
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"He didn't leave space! I could've easily given him a puncture," howls Vettel. "Stay patient," replies Rocky, "you're clearly quicker."
Vettel puts in another complaint about track limits, then about Alonso not giving him room.
Vettel tries the outside at Copse as Alonso did to him earlier. No success.
Vettel is still tracking Alonso and taking the odd look. They're very, very close through Luffield.
"The pace is good, you're doing a very good job," Red Bull tells Ricciardo.
Despite Hamilton enjoying those tyres, Mercedes calls him in. He pits, more hard tyres go on and he's back out again.
"We think Ricciardo may try to go to the end," McLaren tells Button. Go get him, is the follow-up.
Unsurprising that Ricciardo is beginning to lose pace, his tyres are quite a bit older than Button's.
Sutil's misery might continue - both the Lotus drivers are catching him for 12th place.
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"These tyres are pretty good," reports Hamilton, "there's a lot of life left in them."
There's a bit more daylight between Alonso and Vettel now, and they've dropped Magnussen by 1.7s.
Button now actually starting to catch Ricciardo, just 9.4s behind now.
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