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Alonso immediately closing in on Button now the Brit has dropped to fourth, 1.6s between them.
And the gap is just 2.7s between the leaders as Hamilton takes another chunk of time out of his team-mate's advantage.
Ricciardo slips past Sutil for ninth into Stowe.
Maldonado finally makes it past Bianchi for 15th. Just Kobayashi and Chilton behind Bianchi now.
"Push hard now, Nico" - "You're the fastest man on track, Lewis".
Game on at Mercedes.
Game on at Mercedes.
That was so easy for Bottas - he cruises up to the back of the McLaren down the Hangar Straight, Button defends, so Bottas just moves to the outside and sweeps around the outside.
That's a move he's practiced to perfection.
That's a move he's practiced to perfection.
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"Vettel ahead is on a two-stop anyway Nico, so let's settle down and try to make this one work," is Force India's message to Hulkenberg - who is presumably one-stopping then.
BOTTAS. Round the outside of Button at Stowe.
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A new fastest lap for Hamilton - 1m38.554s - gets the gap to 3.1s.
Ricciardo rejoins just behind the yet-to-stop Sutil in 10th.
Bottas within DRS range of Button now, 0.7s away from a podium position from 14th on the grid.
The Gutierrez/Maldonado collision will be investigated after the race.
Hamilton just 3.5s behind Rosberg now - fascinating duel at the front, who will blink first in the pits?
Vettel overtakes Hulkenberg for eighth into Stowe.
Ricciardo makes his first pitstop.
Speak of the devil, Alonso dives down the inside of Magnussen at Stowe to take fifth.
Perez manages to pass both Maldonado and Bianchi to move into 14th.
Alonso can take that stop-go penalty during his pitstop, so he's not going to tumble out of the points with that. But it's not ideal and puts a podium further out of reach.
Kvyat pits at the end of lap 14.
Meanwhile, Bottas is only 1.5s behind Button now for third - by they are almost half a minute behind the Mercedes.
Hulkenberg adds to Force India that "the high-speed understeer is killing us". He's still holding off Kvyat for eighth, with Vettel catching them after his early pitstop.
Rosberg ups the ante - but Hamilton is relentless. A personal best lap cuts the gap to 3.9s.
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Asked what he wants to do with the front wing at his pitstop, Hulkenberg replies: "I don't know, we've got much bigger issues."
Alonso may be about to be dumped out of contention, but he's still pressing on for now. He's less than a second behind Magnussen now.
Hulkenberg has had a warning to adhere to track limits more at Copse.
Replays suggest that Lotus really is strong - Maldonado bounced very heavily as his car landed.
And Bottas sweeps around the outside of Magnussen at Stowe - that was easy. Next up: Button.
Magnussen has also closed in on Button...but Bottas attacks, and Magnussen drops to 2.4s behind his team-mate.
Bottas is attacking again.
Bottas is attacking again.
Now Bianchi is holding off Maldonado and Perez. Maldonado seemed to escape that little flight without damage.
Hamilton cuts Rosberg's lead down a little more, just 4.2s between them now.
Vergne and Grosjean have both made it past Bianchi into 12th and 13th.
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Alonso gets a five-second stop-go penalty for being out of position at the original start.
Ericsson has made it back into the pits, where it looks like he'll be retiring.
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The Lotus verdict on the Gutierrez/Maldonado bash: "Touring cars anyone? Looks like the E22 is pretty robust."
Alonso is reeling in that battle for fourth. The Ferrari is the fastest non-Mercedes at the moment, and is about 2s behind Bottas - who is now 0.7s behind Magnussen.
Ericsson's Caterham is limping around slowly, with the driver reporting front suspension problems.
Sixth-placed Alonso is lapping quicker than all the cars ahead bar the Mercedes.
Rosberg's lead is now less than 5s as Hamilton ramps up the pressure.
Vettel pits, releasing Bottas to attack Magnussen.
That Lotus/Sauber tangle allowed Vergne to make up several places. He's now 13th and at the head of queue behind Bianchi.
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