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Hamilton's being allowed to extend his stint, and duly posts a 1m18.477s.
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It's Bottas who pits first for Mercedes, reacting to Verstappen. Status quo remains up front.
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"I'm going to pick up the pace. Don't stop me", Hamilton orders. He's having such a good time, he's having a ball.
Pit stop
Sainz is the latest midfield contender to pit, coming in on lap 18 to switch to mediums, and comes out behind the Albon vs Kvyat scrap but ahead of McLaren team-mate Norris.
There's Verstappen pitting, ditching mediums to take on the hard tyre. How will Mercedes react?
Albon is fending off Kvyat and the pair make minor contact as the Russian's front wing glances the left-rear tyre of the Red Bull. No obvious damage for either car, but that could have been as messy as their clash at the Nurburgring.
Pit stop
Albon pits a lap later in the midfield fight but comes out behind Leclerc in P12. Ricciardo also pitted but remains ahead of both of them in P10 as the highest runner who has pitted so far.
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"Everything you've got," Bottas is told. That everything is a 1m18.814s to open the gap to Verstappen further.
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No further action is the decision on that lap one clash between Magnussen and Vettel.
Ricciardo and Albon come in to react to Leclerc's earlier stop. Hard tyres across the board.
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Fastest lap for Verstappen, a 1m19.067s.
Pit stop
The pit window is well and truly open on lap 14 as Ocon, Norris and Leclerc pit together. The trio return to the track with Leclerc P13 on new hards, Norris in P14 on mediums and Ocon in P16 also on mediums.
Pirelli's pre-race predictions were around lap 23-24 for soft runners to shed their tyres. It's lap 14 and the drop off is definitely more than anticipated.
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A lap later Giovinazzi also pits as he switches to the mediums and returns to the action in 17th.
Radio Comms
"Right front doesn't feel great", Hamilton reports. Let's look at the sector times and see how purple they are...
Radio Comms
"Target minus 6" for Bottas - is there more tyre wear than we expected?
Pit stop
Grosjean has pitted early having been running in 16th place. The Haas driver has switched on to the hard tyres, so is he going for a two-topper or a massive second stint with the aim of keeping track position after the pit cycle?
Albon, having come under fire from Kvyat, seems to have picked up the pace now to go after Leclerc again.
Radio Comms
"We are quicker in all corners, just losing time on the straights," Verstappen is told.
Inspections continue with Gasly's car - Honda are very interested.
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"We have a terminal situation on the car, we have to box and retire." Heartbreak for Gasly.
Leclerc's been dropped by Gasly, and is now under fire from Albon. But DRS seems to be difficult to work with here, with quite a short zone into the first corner.
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That lap one incident between Vettel and Magnussen is now under investigation by the race stewards.
Sainz, with the aid of DRS, charges ahead of McLaren team-mate Norris to take ninth place. The Spaniard went around the outside under braking at Turn 2 which looks like the only place overtaking will be happening today.
Radio Comms
"It's so hard to follow here," Hamilton says, struggling to get up to the back of Verstappen with DRS.
With the running order settled down, Giovinazzi produced a stunning start to bolt from 20th to 14th. The absence of a home crowd clearly not an issue for the Italian.
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The opening lap clash between Vettel and Magnussen has been noted by the race stewards but currently no investigation is underway. Vettel is currently P15 with Magnussen in P19 after Stroll pitted.
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Bottas responded to Verstappen last time around, and it's Hamilton with the fastest lap at the moment - a 1m19.664s.
Gasly had a go at Hamilton too off the start, but as the Mercedes took to the outside line it left the AlphaTauri driver without any road.
Pit stop
Replays catch Stroll's lap one incident, with the Racing Point driver nudging the rear of Ocon's Renault which badly damages his front wing. That's why the Canadian needed to pit early, taking a new front wing and fresh hard tyres.
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Verstappen sets a 1m20.211s, 0.3s faster than leader Bottas this time around.
Leclerc's got some good early pace, and he's keeping tabs on Gasly - as Albon is looking to get back past the Ferrari driver.
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Magnussen has spun on the opening lap at Tosa, a nightmare start for the Haas driver having been battling Vettel. Stroll has also had a poor first lap as he drops to P19 and pits.
Bottas gets away nicely, as Verstappen clears Hamilton into the first corner and Ricciardo passes Gasly for fourth!
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We're away at Imola!
A short lap this, so the drivers are winding up to take to the grid for F1's first Not-San Marino GP.
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We're away for the formation lap.
Soft runners: Gasly, Ricciardo, Albon, Leclerc, Kvyat, Norris, Sainz, Giovinazzi. Everyone else starts on the medium tyre.
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