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Raikkonen nibbles another tenth of a second out of Verstappen this time around.
There is a bit of a blister on the left rear of leader Verstappen's Red Bull now.
A lock up from Gasly at Turn 3 put the Saubers all over his gearbox.
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Gaps: 1 Verstappen; 2 Raikkonen +2.8s; 3 Vettel +4.3s
Leclerc takes ninth from Gasly on the run to Turn 4, and Ericsson then follows his team-mate through into 10th at the next corner.
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Raikkonen does a new fastest lap of 1m06.975s and gets Verstappen's lead down to 2.8s with four laps left!
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"Come on, push!" Ericsson is told.
The Sauber pair are immediately onto the rear of Gasly - could Sauber be on for its first double points finish of the season?
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Alonso takes eighth from Gasly with a better run out of Turn 3.
Hamilton initially slowed on the hill out of Turn 1, went onto the Turn 3 runoff and then seemed to think he might be able to carry on after all. But he was told to stop a few yards later.
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At the rear of the pack, Sirotkin has made a late second stop to put on a fresh pair of ultrasofts.
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Lead gaps now: 1 Verstappen; 2 Raikkonen +3.7s; 3 Vettel +5.3s
Leclerc is in danger of losing 10th to Ericsson - the Swedish driver is just 0.4s behind his Sauber team-mate.
Hamilton parks the car. Vettel is now on course to take the championship lead as long as he stays in the top three. Wow, what a horrible day for Mercedes.
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"I've lost power," says Hamilton and Mercedes tells him to stop - the world championship leader is out!
Alonso has indeed demoted Leclerc to 11th - he seized the final points paying position on the run to Turn 4 with some DRS assistance.
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Hamilton looks like he's slowing!
Vettel is still hanging on behind Raikkonen, though, they're 1.4s apart.
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Perez's pass on Ocon was indeed planned - "If he doesn't get Magnussen you get the place back", the French driver is told by Force India.
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"Kimi, we have no concern anymore, you are free to push," Ferrari tells Raikkonen. That sounds like a 'catch Verstappen' and definitely no hint of letting Vettel past.
Raikkonen is now within 3.8s of leader Verstappen with nine laps left. Verstappen is managing this situation, but too much?
Worth noting that Sainz's second stop hasn't paid off yet - he's down in 13th after running solidly in the points early-on.
Perez blasts by Ocon for P7 at Turn 3 - that looked planned even though the Mexican driver had a massive advantage with DRS.
At the moment, Vettel is on course to reduce Hamilton's championship lead from 14 to 11 points. If Ferrari decides to deploy team orders, that could be an eight-point gap. Raikkonen is 62 points off Hamilton.
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"How are their tyres compared to mine?" Verstappen asks. He's told: "They are OK on their tyres at the moment. We are happy with yours."
Alonso is running just 1.2s behind Leclerc - does the double world champion sniff a point?
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Gaps now: 1 Verstappen; 2 Raikkonen +4.3s; 3 Vettel +6.8s; 4 Hamilton +27.8s. 12 laps to go.
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Vettel goes a new fastest lap of 1m07.301s, which Hamilton immediately beats with a 1m07.241s.
Hartley's retirement has promoted that bloke no one ever talks about - Leclerc - into 10th place.
The two Haas drivers are still running a comfortable fifth and sixth. We're not going to say anything that jinxes Grosjean here.
Replays show that Hartley suffered a mechanical issue - possible gearbox or hydraulics - as he ran through the penultimate corner, which spat him off the road and killed his drive.
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Another new fastest lap from Hamilton, a 1m07.460s. But that's only three tenths better than the Ferraris ahead and he's got a 20s+ gap to close in 14 laps.
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And Hartley has now pulled off the track on the run up to Turn 3 - he's out of the race.
The Ferraris are still chipping away at Verstappen's lead, which is now down to 5.3s.
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"We're ok," Hartley is told by Toro Rosso - "No we're not ok!" he replies.
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