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2014 Spanish Grand Prix Sunday - Spanish GP
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Vettel makes it past Bottas for fourth into Turn 10.
Hamilton runs wide under braking for Turn 10, Rosberg is right on him.
There's a chance the Mercedes lead fight might encounter Ferrari traffic...
The battle for sixth is getting heated – and Alonso finally breaks through after some side-by-side action from the Ferraris. Alonso now in sixth, Raikkonen seventh.
Rosberg is back within DRS range of Hamilton, they're 0.9s apart.
"Five laps to go Sebastian, use your head," says Red Bull.
Vettel all over Bottas through the final chicane.
Vettel is very close to Bottas in the middle of the lap but the Williams pulls far enough away on the backstraight to avoid a Turn 10 lunge from the Red Bull.
There's also a little scrap going on over eighth, with Perez just 1.1s behind Grosjean.
Rosberg is again a tenth quicker than Hamilton. They're 1.1s apart with four laps left.
Vettel is within DRS range of Bottas, but it's one of those Renault/Mercedes battles again.
Vettel is reassured that Alonso is still stuck behind Raikkonen so won't be a threat.
The crowd are on their feet as the Ferraris squabble over sixth. Wonder who the majority are going for?
Hamilton is not he's not losing out to Rosberg anywhere now.
Rosberg chips a bit back from Hamilton. The gap is 1.2s with five laps left.
Vettel takes another second out of Bottas and is now within 1.4s.
Hamilton manages to rebuild some of his advantage on lap 60 of 66, bringing the gap back to 1.3s.
Looking a lot like a points-less day for McLaren. Button and Magnussen currently 11th and 12th, but not showing any signs of catching the Force Indias ahead.
Vettel is now within 2.5s of Bottas's tail.
Bottas is setting his best lap of the race so far as he tries to stay clear of Vettel, but it might not be enough.
Both Mercedes lap Grosjean without drama.
Rosberg is now just 0.9s behind Hamilton in the lead battle! DRS could be useable...
Vettel has a shot at fourth now, he's closed the gap to Bottas down to 3.5s and is lapping 1.5s quicker on his fresher tyres.
Heavy traffic for the leaders now. Eighth-placed Grosjean is next on Hamilton's radar.
Another four-tenth gain for Rosberg takes the gap down to 1.4s.
Alonso 1.1s faster than Raikkonen last time around. Gap is now 1.5s, so the fight is on for sixth.
Now the lead gap is below two seconds for the first time since the early laps as Rosberg closes to within 1.8s of Hamilton. Nine laps left.
That didn't take long; Vettel is already into fifth, past Raikkonen. Good drive from the world champion.
Hamilton asks if there is anything he can do with settings to combat the graining he's getting.
A full 45s behind Hamilton, Ricciardo is still on course for that overdue first podium. He's got an ample 19.7s margin over Bottas in fourth.
Stopwatch
Vettel lowers his benchmark time with a 1m28.918s best. Gap to Raikkonen down to seven tenths.
Rosberg takes half a second out of Hamilton on lap 56, bringing the gap down to 2.1s.
Rosberg sets the fastest first sector of the race so far.
Stopwatch
Vettel sets the fastest lap of the race with a 1m28.942s. He's only 2.8s behind Raikkonen, so fifth is in reach.
Hamilton is complaining that he has some tyre graining. His lead stands at 2.6s.
Nothing to choose between the lead rivals on lap 54, both Mercedes do 1m29.4s.
Double blow for Alonso as Vettel jumps him too, sweeping around the outside at Turn 1 as the Ferrari rejoins.
Alonso makes his third stop so Bottas will go back to fourth and Alonso will fall behind Raikkonen again.
Gutierrez in for his third stop.
Hamilton's latest tip from the pitwall is that Rosberg is carrying more speed than him through Turn 15 onto the straight.
By: Scott Mitchell, Ben Anderson, Matt Beer, Edd Straw, Andrew van Leeuwen, Dan Cross
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