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Raikkonen adds: "I don't think I can stay on the circuit very easily if we change now."
Yellow flag
The safety car is out.
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Massa and Gutierrez are both under investigation for overtaking too soon at the restart.
Crash
Ericsson has crashed.
Pit stop
Verstappen dives in for intermediates, just before the pit entrance is officially closed.
Ericsson is blocking the pit entry after losing control.
Pit stop
Ricciardo pits as well, but was that done after the message from race control that the pit entry was closed due to Ericsson's crash?
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"Was that someone on inters?" Hamilton asks regarding crasher Ericsson. "Still way too much surface water."
The left front wheel is missing from the Sauber. That won't be easy to move...
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"We were still really, really far away from inters," says Rosberg. "Still aquaplaning".
Ericsson lost it on the kerb and spun across the circuit into the wall before bouncing back across into the pit entry road.
Verstappen managed to rejoin in fourth on intermediates, ahead of the Force Indias. That's worked out well.
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The Sauber is now being craned off the circuit over the armco barrier.
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Order: 1 Hamilton (W); 2 Rosberg (W); 3 Raikkonen (W); 4 Verstappen (I); 5 Hulkenberg (W); 6 Perez (W); 7 Sainz (W); 8 Nasr (W); 9 Ricciardo (I); 10 Ocon (W)
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11 Wehrlein (W); 12 Alonso (I); 13 Bottas (I); 14 Magnussen (I); 15 Button (I); 16 Kvyat (I); 17 Massa (I); 18 Vettel (I); 19 Gutierrez (1): 20 Palmer (I)
Out: Ericsson, Grosjean
The Sauber is the safe side of the barrier now, so shouldn't be too long before we're racing again.
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"The problem is you have so much running water across the circuit. It's a tricky one." Button reports the terrible conditions at the last corner that caught out Ericsson.
Crash
Perez spins his Force India through 360 degrees but stays sixth.
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Race control announces the pit entry is open again.
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"It's way too wet now - period," reports Magnussen, who was one of the boldest initially before the weather worsened.
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Crash
Ricciardo is being investigated for pitting while the pits were closed following Ericsson's shunt.
Onto lap 18, so this race is past one-quarter distance.
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"Slow puncture on the front right," Toro Rosso tells Kvyat. But he cannot pit while the pit is closed. "I don't feel anything at the moment; I can drive," he tells the team.
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Asked for some feedback on conditions and spray, Hamilton replies: "It's no different".
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The safety car is about to come in, let's go racing again.
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Green flag
Back to racing, Hamilton makes a break again.
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Crash
Raikkonen crashes on the pit straight as the race resumes!
Yellow flag
The safety car is immediately back out.
Raikkonen hit both sides of the wall in that incident, while his front wing was clipped by Hulkenberg.
Raikkonen hops out unhurt and climbs over the pitwall.
Red flag
The red flag is now out.
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By: Geoff Creighton
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