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Pit stop
Bottas gets a chance to pit, with a healthy advantage over now-third placed Perez.
Yellow flag
Verstappen's been in the wall and he's out! Safety car deployed.
Crash
It's Verstappen!
Perez goes 0.6s faster than Ricciardo to restore the time he'd lost behind Raikkonen.
Pit stop
Raikkonen does indeed now pit, releasing Perez, and takes on the soft tyre. He rejoins behind Russell.
Unfortunately the fighting spirit didn't last too long for Magnussen as he comes into the pits and retires from the race on lap 49.
Perez is trying to clear Raikkonen, but he'll need to make a move soon as Ricciardo is slowly inching closer to the Racing Point.
Magnussen is suffering with a banging headache in his Haas triggered by the upshifts. He's determined to make the finish, currently running in last place of the cars still in this race, so it might be a fruitless exercise.
Verstappen's about 0.1s a lap faster than Hamilton, so he'll need to pick it up a bit if he's going to challenge for victory here.
After his botched pitstop Vettel returned to the action in 14th place, but the fightback is on as the German gets ahead of Giovinazzi to regain a place.
Meanwhile, Raikkonen - still fourth - is now under pressure from Perez, who leaped the entire midfield pack after it got stuck behind Magnussen earlier.
Hamilton may now come under pressure from Verstappen now, if the Red Bull's quick enough.
Raikkonen's tyres are now older than he is (in a laps to years ratio, of course) as he continues for Alfa Romeo in fourth place but Perez is right on his rear wing so it might be a matter of time before he loses that place.
Radio Comms
Verstappen: "Send iiiiiit"
Bottas hugely wide at Rivazza! That gives Verstappen the momentum he needs to charge past, with DRS into Tamburello.
Both the left-rear and the right-front tyres were slow on for Vettel, he looked on for points before his stop...
Vettel pits for hards, and suffers with an unbelievably slow pitstop with sticking wheels. He falls behind Russell and Giovinazzi, down in 14th - desperate luck.
The midfield train has somewhat settled down now with nobody in DRS reach of each other. Once Vettel and Raikkonen do pit Perez will take fourth place at the head of the pack with a seven-second gap to Ricciardo.
Bottas is keeping Verstappen at bay here, as Hamilton scampers up the road.
Warhorses Vettel and Raikkonen are still fourth and fifth - and yet to pit.
A dip into the gravel for Bottas at Rivazza brings Verstappen very close to the Mercedes, but although he has DRS he's not able to make the move. Bottas is struggling with "significant" floor damage.
A 6.1s advantage for Hamilton now, as Bottas has just about kept Verstappen away from being able to hit the DRS button.
At the end of lap 35 Latifi pits having climbed to sixth place and he returns in 15th. Only Vettel and Raikkonen out of position and yet to pit in this race.
Verstappen's right up on Bottas' keister once again, as Latifi pits from sixth.
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It is as if that Virtual Safety Car period was made for Hamilton (it wasn't, please don't write in), because it ends as the Mercedes driver exits the pits, meaning none of the other drivers yet to pit - Vettel, Raikkonen and Latifi - could take advantage.
It's a four-second lead for Hamilton over Bottas, who's pulled away from Verstappen.
Pit stop
That VSC is perfect for Hamilton, who can take it nice and easy and should return in a very healthy lead indeed.
Stopwatch
Hamilton a) does a 1m17.502, and b) it's 1.5s faster than Bottas. The championship leader now pits under this yellow - called for Esteban Ocon.
Safety car
Ocon's afternoon is over early. He pulls to the side of the track with a suspected clutch issue. Virtual Safety Car deployed!
Perez has played a blinder here - by going long and avoiding the Magnussen traffic, he's up to P7 and ahead of Ricciardo, Leclerc et al.
Ricciardo makes his move on Magnussen at the start of lap 28 at Turn 2 to gain eighth place, which triggers a battle melee as Leclerc also gets by the Haas driver later in the lap. But the fun is over as Magnussen pits at the end of the lap.
Sainz is experiencing the joy and frustration of DRS all in one go. He closes up to Kvyat with DRS but the Russian has the same tool to use running within a second behind Albon which is nullifying this fight.
Hamilton is asked if he can extend to 10 more laps, perhaps considering a soft tyre blast at the end. But he's got a ton of traffic to clear now.
Radio Comms
Verstappen complains of a slowly charging battery - he's clearly never driven a '99 Renault Clio with myriad electrical issues...I scrapped that car.
Ricciardo, the leader of the midfield fighters to have pitted already, has caught up to Magnussen who is going long in his first stint following his early spin. The Renault driver won't want to be held up for too long to ensure his strategy doesn't get wrecked.
Stopwatch
A 1m17.830s for Hamilton now stands as the fastest lap - he's going about 0.7-0.8s a lap faster than Bottas/Verstappen.
This brings the race back into Hamilton's grasp - if Bottas is hobbled with a flawed floor, Hamilton can floor the throttle and aim to return from the pits in the lead.
Another fastest lap for Hamilton, with a 1m18.367s. Bottas, meanwhile, is told he has damage on the floor.
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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