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2015 Canadian Grand Prix Sunday - Race
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LAWRENCE BARRETTO: "Lewis Hamilton managed 30 laps on the super-soft tyres, so expect Felipe Massa to stay out on the softs until around lap 40 before pitting for the first time and swapping to the super-softs."
Hamilton is starting to rebuild his lead, it's now 1.8s.
A groundhog just appeared on the backstraight, realised those F1 cars didn't look friendly, and got him/herself off the track. Phew.
Perez is attacking Kvyat for what is currently 10th.
Vettel has pitted and returned in ninth. He is on the soft tyre.
The Williams seems to be struggling for traction. Is a pitstop on the cards?
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Massa says that losing more than a second a lap behind the guys in front "amazing". The team sympathises and tells him to make the most of the fresh air in front for now.
Massa is the only man in the top five who is yet to stop.
Raikkonen is starting to come back at Bottas a little, but the gap is still 1.6s.
Perez has now found a way past Verstappen for 11th.
But Hamilton nails the final sector and actually extends the lead again, it's 1.5s.
Rosberg is flying, he set the best middle sector of the race so far.
Rosberg is closing on Hamilton in this stint so far, he was 0.9s faster on that lap - as they lapped Alonso - and the gap is just 1.1s.
Verstappen is knocked back out of the points as Kvyat takes 10th place.
One change further down during the pitstops: Maldonado jumped Hulkenberg thanks to coming in early, and he's now storming clear of the Force India.
Alonso pits from 14th on lap 31 of 70.
Massa currently occupies fifth but Vettel is not too far behind.
Now he's jumped Raikkonen, Bottas is pulling away from the Ferrari. They're 2s apart and the Williams is lapping quicker.
The gap between the Mercedes is now down to 2.3s. Running longer helped Rosberg even though he made that error.
The rest:
11 Kvyat
12 Perez
13 Ricciardo
14 Alonso
15 Sainz
16 Ericsson
17 Nasr
18 Button
19 Stevens
20 Merhi
11 Kvyat
12 Perez
13 Ricciardo
14 Alonso
15 Sainz
16 Ericsson
17 Nasr
18 Button
19 Stevens
20 Merhi
Order:
1 Hamilton
2 Rosberg
3 Bottas
4 Raikkonen
5 Massa
6 Grosjean
7 Vettel
8 Maldonado
9 Hulkenberg
10 Verstappen
1 Hamilton
2 Rosberg
3 Bottas
4 Raikkonen
5 Massa
6 Grosjean
7 Vettel
8 Maldonado
9 Hulkenberg
10 Verstappen
The only frontrunner yet to pit now is Massa in fifth.
In third, Bottas has a 1.5s margin over Raikkonen following the Ferrari driver's costly mistake.
Maldonado runs wide into the final chicane, that allows Vettel to take seventh.
Rosberg now comes in for his pitstop.
Rosberg brakes too late into the hairpin and runs wide over the extra asphalt. That won't cost him too much.
Hamilton rejoins second as the 'best of the rest' crowd had all come in already.
Ericsson's stop boosts Verstappen into the points.
Race leader Hamilton comes in at the end of lap 28 out of 70.
Ericsson makes his pitstop too.
Bottas does indeed jump Raikkonen thanks to that Ferrari spin on the out-lap.
Hulkenberg also comes in from what was briefly fifth.
Bottas pits from third - has Raikkonen's spin given him a shot at third?
Verstappen is now 11th but yet to pit.
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"Exactly the same thing happened last year!" Raikkonen reports back to the team on his deviation from the track at Turn 10.
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Rosberg sets the fastest lap with a 1m17.970s, 0.7s quicker than Hamilton and it brings the lead gap down to 3.3s.
Sainz also comes in for probably the only time.
Grosjean and Kvyat both make their pitstops.
Raikkonen looked like he lost it mid-corner in the hairpin and is now trying to stop Marussias unlapping themselves on him.
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Mercedes gives Rosberg a push with: "Raikkonen has pitted. Push hard now."
By: Matt Beer, Lawrence Barretto, AUTOSPORT staff, Edd Straw
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