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Contact between the Sauber and Lotus sent Maldonado up into the air this time, though not upside down like Gutierrez ended up in their Bahrain clash.
Great middle sector for Hamilton but Rosberg's gap is still 5.2s as the Mercs trade sector blows.
Crash
Gutierrez tried to look down the inside of the Lotus at Brooklands when Maldonado was already trying to pass Bianchi.
That wasn't actually Maldonado's fault!
Gutierrez has rear-end damage and puls off into the gravel.
Crash
Looks like Maldonado and Gutierrez might've just tangled.
A personal best lap for Magnussen as he bids to hold on to fourth. Vettel's almost out of DRS range of the McLaren as Bottas ramps up the pressure behind.
Ricciardo finally makes it past Hulkenberg into Stowe. Kvyat will be on him next.
Ricciardo tries the 'go outside at Luffield and force your rival into Woodcote too tight' trick on Hulkenberg, but the Force India is too fast onto the straight.
Bianchi now has Gutierrez, Maldonado, Grosjean and Vergne on his tail, with Perez catching up too.
Sutil makes it past Bianchi for 11th.
Ricciardo and Kvyat are now queuing up behind Hulkenberg for eighth, with plenty of moves tried by the Red Bull.
JONATHAN NOBLE: "Video images from the original start show that Fernando Alonso stopped slightly in front of his grid slot.
"That is what the FIA stewards are now investigating - and he could face a stop-go penalty."
"That is what the FIA stewards are now investigating - and he could face a stop-go penalty."
As that news is announced, Alonso dives past Hulkenberg into Brooklands and takes seventh on the road.
The two Mercs are three seconds faster than the two McLarens behind and now 15s clear of Button.
Breaking news
Alonso is being investigated for starting out of position on the original start. Pictures suggest he started too far forward.
It's a three-car scrap for fourth now as Bottas joins Vettel in harrying Magnussen.
Williams, while gutted for Massa, must be delighted with this.
Williams, while gutted for Massa, must be delighted with this.
Alonso now tries the outside at Vale again, this time on Hulkenberg, doesn't work this time.
Alonso kicks up plenty of dust out of Becketts as he tries everything t get on Hulkenberg.
That was a stunning move by Alonso, who capitalised on the Red Bull's loss of momentum to put himself in just the right place and steal eighth.
Ricciardo tries to pass Hulkenberg at Stowe, it doesn't work and that gives Alonso a chance to pounce on the outside into Vale.
Button has already dropped 6s behind Hamilton but with Magnussen just 0.6s clear of Vettel the two McLarens are still a couple of seconds apart.
Rosberg responds to the pressure from Hamilton with a purple final sector and the gap stagnates at 5.5s.
Kvyat had a bit of a look back at Alonso into Copse, but the move wasn't on.
Alonso takes to the outside of Kvyat at Luffield, forces the Toro Rosso in tight and then goes inside out of Woodcote and takes ninth.
Hamilton took half a second out of Rosberg on that last lap is told to brake later at Brooklands to gain more time.
Chilton's engineer is telling the Briton how much faster than Bianchi is - though Max hasn't got the hassle of fending off five faster cars!
Vettel's within DRS range of Magnussen but is the Renault-powered Red Bull going to have the legs of the Mercedes in the back of the McLaren?
Ricciardo is all over the back of Hulkenberg for seventh now, with Kvyat and Alonso close behind.
Vergne is making progress from the back too, now past Ericsson into 16th and chasing Grosjean.
Button is 2s clear of Magnussen behind, who has Vettel and Bottas closing in quickly.
Ricciardo and Kvyat are reeling in Hulkenberg.
Ricciardo and Kvyat are reeling in Hulkenberg.
Rosberg has a 5.8s over team-mate Hamilton now - it's game on for the lead between the two Mercedes.
Alonso is past Bianchi and into the top 10. Bianchi is still holding off the Saubers and Lotuses.
Bottas eases ahead of Hulkenberg through Stowe, and takes sixth.
Alonso slices past Sutil into Brooklands. Next target is Bianchi.
Vettel is now onto the tail of Magnussen for fourth now, with Bottas harrying Hulkenberg for sixth.
At the end of lap three (the first flying lap after the restart) Rosberg leads Button by 4.6s already...and Hamilton attacks Button into Brooklands.
Job done, easy pickings.
Job done, easy pickings.
Alonso successfully made it past Gutierrez and is now on the other Sauber of Sutil, who is just behind 10th-placed Bianchi.
Bottas now sweeps past Ricciardo down the Hangar Straight, and moves up to seventh. Brilliant start for the Finn.
Chilton is going to immediately take his penalty.
By: Pablo Elizalde, Scott Mitchell, Jonathan Noble, Edd Straw, Matt Beer, Ben Anderson
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