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Formula 1 Canadian GP

2015 Canadian Grand Prix Sunday - Race

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Rather than Rosberg attacking him in the closing stages, Hamilton is extending his advantage. It's now 1.6s with eight laps left.
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"That's good Felipe. Remember the battery is full and we're racing Maldonado for position. We're over 1 second a lap quicker then him." Things continuing to go well for the Williams' driver.
Raikkonen is now with 7.9s of Bottas for third.
Ten laps to go, 1.4s between Hamilton and Rosberg.
Verstappen is getting closer and closer to Ericsson's Sauber..
Ricciardo's day may yet get worse - he's being caught for 13th by Ericsson and Verstappen.
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"How much is a little?" Hamilton questions his team on a request to lift and coast a little. "50 metres is enough," is his response.
Grosjean is now right on Kvyat for ninth, though he'll have to pull 5s clear to overcome his penalty if he passes the Red Bull.
With 12 laps left, Raikkonen is 8.8s behind Bottas and around 0.6s quicker most laps.
The Mercedes, which are now 1.4s apart, have lapped everyone up to Hulkenberg in eighth.
Button comes in to retire the second McLaren. Only two retirements in this race, and they're both McLarens.
Now Grosjean has to close a 3.5s gap to Kvyat ahead.
Grosjean gets past Perez for 10th as both run wide at the final chicane.
Vettel flies past Maldonado down the back straight and is into the top five. That's 13 places gained for the German.
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When told by the team that there's still a long way to go, Grosjean responds, "They need to learn something those guys."
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Massa's race continues to go well and his engineer confirms that the team is happy: "Let's keep this up, this is excellent. You're still quicker than Vettel ahead."
Raikkonen keeps chipping away at the gap to Bottas in third. They're now 10.9s apart.
Grosjean has already caught Perez, who is now 2.6s behind ninth-placed Kvyat.
Vettel is just 1.7 seconds behind Maldonado.
Sainz makes it through. Ricciardo is down to 13th. Real misery for the Aussie this weekend.
Sainz has caught the struggling Ricciardo for 12th and is attacking the Red Bull of last year's winner.
The rest:

11 Grosjean
12 Ricciardo
13 Sainz
14 Ericsson
15 Verstappen
16 Nasr
17 Button
18 Merhi
19 Stevens
Order:

1 Hamilton
2 Rosberg
3 Bottas
4 Raikkonen
5 Maldonado
6 Vettel
7 Massa
8 Hulkenberg
9 Kvyat
10 Perez
Grosjean is rapidly storming back towards Kvyat and Perez on his fresh tyres - which he needs to with that penalty to consider.
Bottas and Raikkonen are now on pretty much the same pace and still 12s apart.
Rosberg does another personal best and gets back to within a second of Hamilton.
The stewards give Grosjean a 5s penalty for that clash. That should be added to his race time.
Gap between the Mercedes now: 1.2s.
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"Where does he want me to go? Off the track?" A frustrated Stevens reports in on his shunt with Grosjean.
Grosjean has rejoined 11th, 6s behind Perez in 10th.
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The stewards are looking at the Grosjean/Stevens incident.
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"He hit me! He hit me!" Grosjean denies any culpability in his collision with Stevens.
Vettel now just 1.7 seconds behind Maldonado.
Stevens looked like he was minding his own business there and had a Lotus drift across on him.
Replays show Grosjean clipped Stevens as he lapped the Manor into the chicane, smashing its wing and puncturing a rear tyre.
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The Force India pitwall tell Hulkenberg that his pace is good and that he's pulling away from Kyvat.
Lotus seemed shocked by Grosjean's abrupt arrival from fifth place.
Grosjean and Stevens come into the pits in unison. Have they collided?
Raikkonen is now 12.4s behind Bottas with 21 laps left.
Rosberg got a bit closer to Hamilton there, but only because he'd braked too late into the hairpin. He runs a bit wide and is now 1.5s behind.

By: Matt Beer, Lawrence Barretto, AUTOSPORT staff, Edd Straw

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