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Raikkonen spins on his out-lap!
Nasr pits from 17th. He's having a very muted race.
Vettel is into the points as others decide to pit. He has made up eight places so far and is catching Maldonado.
Alonso admonishes his team after being told to conserve fuel: "I already I have big problems! We're looking like amateurs." The pitwall tell him that there may still be retirements later. "We need to make sure we can still fight for positions at the end."
Raikkonen pits from third place.
Fourth-placed Grosjean is now a full half-minute off the lead, but he's still 7s clear of Hulkenberg in sixth.
Hamilton leads Rosberg by 4.2s, Raikkonen by 10.9s and Bottas by 15.2s.
Perez manages to stay ahead of Ricciardo. They're now 15th and 16th ahead of Nasr.
Ricciardo goes onto softs and should run to the finish. Perez now pits to avoid being under-cut by the Red Bull.
That's both Toro Rossos in two laps for Vettel, he storms past Sainz for 13th. Next time round he gets Ericsson's Sauber for P12.
Ricciardo makes his first pitstop from 10th place. He'd been falling away from Perez.
Hamilton's lead now goes over the 4s mark for the first time. We're on about one-third distance in this race.
Breathless stuff! Vettel gets past Verstappen and is 14th. Meanwhile Hamilton has already lapped Button.
Maldonado breezes past Ericsson on the pits straight to take 11th after his early pitstop.
The rest:
11 Ericsson
12 Maldonado
13 Sainz
14 Verstappen
15 Vettel
16 Alonso
17 Nasr
18 Button
19 Stevens
20 Merhi
11 Ericsson
12 Maldonado
13 Sainz
14 Verstappen
15 Vettel
16 Alonso
17 Nasr
18 Button
19 Stevens
20 Merhi
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Ferrari tell Raikkonen a stop is possible now if his left-front becomes a "big problem."
The charge continues for Massa, who is up to seventh with a move on Kvyat. Vettel has finally found a way past a stubborn Alonso for 15th.
Lap 21 order:
1 Hamilton
2 Rosberg
3 Raikkonen
4 Bottas
5 Grosjean
6 Hulkenberg
7 Massa
8 Kvyat
9 Perez
10 Ricciardo
1 Hamilton
2 Rosberg
3 Raikkonen
4 Bottas
5 Grosjean
6 Hulkenberg
7 Massa
8 Kvyat
9 Perez
10 Ricciardo
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"OK Felipe, Kyvat in front has brake problems, let's clear him as son as we can." Daniil better watch out...
Rosberg takes a couple of tenths back from Hamilton, as Raikkonen now falls 5s away from the second Mercedes.
Vettel is forced to back out of a move on Alonso at the final chicane, that has lost him some time.
Maldonado and his fresh soft tyres are past Sainz for 12th and now chasing Ericsson.
Hamilton's lead is up to 3.9s over Rosberg after 19 of 70 laps.
Maldonado is back out in 13th, right behind Sainz.
Vertsappen passes Alonso for 14th, while Vettel lurks just behind and is ready to pounce.
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"You would not believe how early I'm lifting off," Button tells the McLaren pitwall in response to fuel-saving instructions.
Massa is doing brilliantly so far, he is now up to eighth as Maldonado pits.
Maldonado is the first of the top 10 to make a pitstop as he comes in from eighth.
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Kyvat reports some loss of traction on his tyres and estimates they'll manage another 15-20 laps.
EDD STRAW: "There's a break in the field behind the top four, with Bottas almost nine seconds clear of fifth-placed Grosjean. Right now, given the pace of the Williams, the team must be aiming to get Massa clear of the group of cars ahead and into position behind Bottas by the end of the race. Certainly looks possible, although he's around 13s behind Grosjean currently, so there is work to do."
Vettel has got Nasr and is just 3 seconds behind Verstappen, who still has his 10 second penalty to serve during the Toro Rosso driver's first stop.
LAWRENCE BARRETTO: "Lotus' Romain Grosjean in fifth is lapping around a second slower than race leader Lewis Hamilton. This is good news for Mercedes as the gap between the two drivers is already up to 19.3s and will provide some clear air for the reigning world champion to slot into when he pits."
Grosjean has at least dropped Hulkenberg, who is now 4s behind in sixth and fending off Maldonado.
Grosjean does his best lap so far but it's still half a second off Bottas's pace ahead. He's now 8.4s off the fourth-placed Williams.
Hamilton's lead goes up to 3.1s after 13 laps.
Massa is flying, quite literally, the Williams soars past Perez for ninth.
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McLaren asks Button how his tyres are holding up and he replies, "They're OK but for a lack of grip. The front is locking up."
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Kyvat is told to go "Easy on the breaks. Everything you can to try and save it." This is thanks to a hot rear caliper the team tells him.
Vettel is currently matching the two Mercedes for pace despite being on the soft compound tyre.
Having passed one Red Bull, Perez fancies another. He's pushing Kvyat hard for eighth.
By: Matt Beer, Lawrence Barretto, AUTOSPORT staff, Edd Straw
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