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That last lap included the fastest final sector of the race so far for Hamilton.
Hamilton is past Ocon for eighth at Stowe.
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Race control is investigating an incident between the two Haas cars at Turn 3 at the start.
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1 Vettel, 2 Bottas, 3 Verstappen, 4 Raikkonen, 5 Ricciardo, 6 Hulkenberg.
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Raikkonen is asking about his front wing, as he's still not sure if he has damage that is hurting his performance.
Hamilton is ahead of Sainz now and among the leading midfield runners.
Raikkonen can serve that penalty at his pitstop, so he won't pay as big a price as if he had to serve it in the next three laps like it used to be 'back in the day', as he will build a gap to most of the field behind him.
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Apart from Vettel (in the grand scheme of things), the Renaults were the big winners on that first lap. Hulkenberg is best of the rest ahead of Leclerc and Ocon in sixth, while Sainz is up to ninth - just ahead of Hamilton - from 16th.
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10-second penalty for Raikkonen for causing a collision with Hamilton at the start.
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Ricciardo thinks Raikkonen went off track to complete his pass at Copse on lap one.
Easy work for Hamilton, who slips past Magnussen at Brooklands for 10th.
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"My brake-by-wire went off," says Verstappen. "It's back now - is it ok?" He's told everything is good for now.
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"I think it's OK," says Perez, when asked if he has any damage.
Vettel's lead is five seconds now, and we're only on lap five of the race...
Hamilton's recovery charge continues. Having got ahead of Grosjean and Gasly, he's now cleared Alonso for 11th and is just one place away from the points.
Replays show Perez - who's running last - spun at Turn 1 at the start and narrowly avoided being collected by the Williams exiting the pits.
Verstappen is going to make Raikkonen work for this, defending down the Wellington Straight into Brooklands.
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Another update for Hamilton: "Lewis, there might be some damage but we can't see much on the data at the moment. We're still reviewing."
Vettel already leads by 3.9 seconds now, from Bottas.
Raikkonen is now all over the back of Verstappen. Surely it's a matter of time.
Hamilton has got ahead of Vandoorne and Ericsson and is now 14th.
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Raikkonen is told "All OK on our side" by the team, which has checked the data on his car following the contact with Hamilton.
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No joy for Hartley - he's wheeled back into the pits. Miserable weekend for the Toro Rosso driver.
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1 Vettel, 2 Bottas, 3 Verstappen, 4 Raikkonen, 5 Ricciardo, 6 Hulkenberg, 7 Leclerc, 8 Ocon, 9 Sainz, 10 Magnussen.
Raikkonen is starting to close on Verstappen. He should be able to make relatively short work of the Red Bull given the Ferrari's power advantage.
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"Tyre pressures look fine but we're looking into it," Hamilton is told. He's just cleared Sirotkin at Copse and is up to 16th now as he begins to recover.
Vettel is streaking away from Bottas - already 2.7 seconds clear.
Ricciardo was ahead of Raikkonen, but the Ferrari swept around the outside of the Red Bull into Copse to pull off a stunning move for fourth place
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"I think my car's broken," says Hamilton, who has got among the Williams cars.
Vettel leads from Bottas, Verstappen, Raikkonen, Ricciardo.
That contact sent both of the Haas cars wide, which means Hulkenberg - from 11th - is up to sixth. Leclerc is seventh ahead of Ocon.
Hamilton lost out to Vettel off the line, was passed by Bottas into Abbey, and then at the first braking zone Raikkonen locked up and clipped the Mercedes, sending it into a spin.
Disaster for Hamilton, who was slow away off the line - he's last!
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Raikkonen hits Hamilton!
Vettel charges into the lead off the line!
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