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Just as we say that, Verstappen has moved ahead into 13th. Bottas needs to do the same ASAP if he is to cause the Red Bull any grief this afternoon.
Norris is closing up to Sainz now, and is homing back into DRS range.
Verstappen once again used DRS to fire it up the inside of Gasly at Turn 13.
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"I need to start pushing, I think," Sainz says, as Norris is right back in the mix for the lead.
Norris shadows Sainz into Turn 2, but can't find his way through just yet.
Leclerc and Vettel are going side-by-side for 11th place and Verstappen almost came into contact with the Ferrari through Turn 6. Vettel holds 11th, while Verstappen is up to 12th.
Verstappen asks his team to "check the front wing" after that near-miss with Leclerc.
Bottas, meanwhile, is yet to find a way through on Gasly.
Norris once again has a pop at Sainz, but the Ferrari driver is covering him off expertly - holding the line through Turns 2-3 and keeping him away at Turn 4.
Red Bull tells Verstappen "front wing is fine".
Norris has backed off a bit on this lap, perhaps just to charge up and regroup for another assault on his ex-team-mate. Sainz continues to hold firm.
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"My front-left is completely gone," Norris says.
Pit stop
Stroll comes in to stop, taking on hard tyres.
Verstappen is coming under fire from Leclerc over 11th spot, with Vettel now up to 10th following team-mate Stroll's stop.
Norris takes the lead! The McLaren driver dives past at the back straight with DRS and claims first place!
Verstappen has found a way through on Vettel for ninth. He's now only around eight seconds behind Hamilton after the first 14 laps.
Pit stop
Russell, meanwhile, pits from third - and gets undercut by Stroll!
Once again it was a Turn 13 move for Verstappen, picking off a medium-shod Vettel.
Pit stop
Sainz now comes in, having been passed by Norris, in a bid to cover off Stroll and Russell.
After his stop, Russell has dropped from third to 15th as Leclerc sets the fastest lap with a 1m40.993s on his hard tyres.
But Stroll in 14th now takes the fastest lap with 1m40.793s.
It's not a stellar stop for Sainz, and Stroll is very much in his wheeltracks at this point!
Pit stop
Leclerc is still hounding Verstappen for eighth as Ocon and Raikkonen ahead come in for their stop.
Bottas is now 10th behind Gasly and Vettel, with Sainz, Stroll and Russell occupying 11th to 13th after their stops.
Norris looks to be trying for a one-stop here, not looking like he's going to make a pitstop.
Sainz in 11th has got about two seconds of daylight between himself and Stroll, with Russell a further 1.8s adrift.
Meanwhile, Ricciardo - now second - is holding off Hamilton behind him. Verstappen in sixth is homing in on this pack.
Mazepin down in last has been given a black and white flag, though it's unclear what for.
"I think the track improvement is masking the deg at the moment," Norris says. He's lapping in the 1m40.8s, faster than Sainz on the fresh hards.
The clouds are really hovering over the circuit now - it looks quite dull and muggy out there.
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"Still looking at a top five finish," Bottas is told by his team. He's currently still 10th and yet to stop. Gasly holding him at bay in ninth.
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"Get ready to undercut him," Hamilton says, hoping to clear Ricciardo with a pitstop.
Pit stop
Further back, Schumacher has pitted from 17th and rejoins last behind Mazepin, Tsunoda and Latifi.
Hamilton, while trying to clear Ricciardo for P2, is also under pressure from Perez behind him.
Pit stop
Ricciardo decides to stave off the risk of an undercut from Mercedes, coming in for his hard tyre stop, but it's a bit slow!
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Norris is told "this is almost a Germany situation", and has been asked to continue extending his stint.
Sainz is now back into the top 10 following Ricciardo's slow stop. The Ferrari is closing in on Bottas ahead, who in turn still hasn't been able to clear Gasly.
Hamilton's now free and is setting some competitive laptimes - meanwhile, Verstappen says he "can't turn the car", so it looks like the Red Bull driver has used up his rubber.
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It's a 1m39.908s for Hamilton, a new fastest lap.
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Ricciardo now sets the fastest lap with 1m39.124s down in 13th.
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