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It looks like McLaren is trying to get Norris into the gap between Leclerc and Vettel now - the Brit has fallen into the 1m41s for the first time in a while, so it might be time soon.
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"We are looking at a P5 finish, you are doing a good job," Ferrari tells Sainz. His reply wasn't so enthusiastic about simply scoring fifth!
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Hamilton pits from second - and Verstappen follows him in! Hard tyres for Hamilton, mediums for Verstappen.
Pit stop
Vettel has pitted, while Sainz has found a way past Bottas for what is now P6.
Norris continues to circulate in the lead. "How many laps can you do at this pace?", he's asked, and his reply of "dunno" is as calm as you like.
Verstappen moves through on Russell into Turn 2 to take 11th.
Hamilton sits ninth ahead of Ricciardo and behind Stroll.
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Norris now pits from the lead! Hard tyres for the McLaren driver, and a lovely clean stop.
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Verstappen sets a new fastest lap of 1m38.396s. He's 10th at the start of lap 29.
Hamilton has cleared Stroll for seventh and is now on the hunt for Sainz, who has Gasly ahead.
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Bottas has made his stop and is now 16th on the mediums. Just the Finn and Verstappen on mediums currently, the rest on hards.
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Sainz was given the call to push, but Hamilton dives past the Ferrari to claim sixth place! "Lewis, you can win this race," Toto Wolff says.
Hamilton also clears Gasly with little effort into Turn 13, claiming fifth.
Verstappen is right onto the back of Ricciardo for ninth.
Ricciardo clears Stroll into Turn 13. Sainz is hounding Gasly ahead for sixth.
Perez, Alonso and Leclerc are the leading trio, but they're yet to stop.
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Hamilton posts a 1m38.009s as he tries to close Norris down for the net lead.
Verstappen now eases past Stroll with the DRS into Turn 2. That's ninth for the Red Bull driver, who is now 28s off the lead.
Russell is running 11th ahead of Ocon currently, with Raikkonen, Vettel, Bottas, Giovinazzi, Latifi, Tsunoda, Schumacher and Mazepin completing the field on lap 33.
The AWS overtake-o-meter reckons Hamilton will be on Norris' gearbox in five laps' time.
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"We have to box now, we cannot resolve the issue, it's a decaying issue," Schumacher is told as he comes into retire.
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Gasly pits from sixth place, releasing Sainz, Ricciardo et al.
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"Valtteri, get those guys in front of you for points," Toto Wolff comes on the radio to tell Bottas, currently lapping in 14th.
Norris clears the yet-to-stop Leclerc for third, hoping to use the clean air to keep Hamilton at bay.
Bottas is about five seconds off 10th-placed Russell, who moves up into the points following Gasly's stop.
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There's a 1m38.007s for Hamilton now. He's looking ominously quick at this stage.
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The gap between Norris and Hamilton now stands at four seconds, as Leclerc finally pits.
Bottas makes a mistake into Turn 2 and allows Leclerc back through just as he's come out of the pits. He drops back to 14th.
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Perez and Alonso now pit, which now frees up Norris to retake the lead of the race.
Perez shuffles into fifth, behind Sainz and Ricciardo - and ahead of Verstappen. Team orders are due, surely.
After his stop, Alonso is now seventh from Stroll, Russell and Ocon to round out the top 10.
It was a slow right-rear for Perez, which sent him further down the order than expected - he'd looked good for third before that.
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Hamilton did a 1m37.770s, but Norris is now trying to respond.
Alonso has dispatched Verstappen for sixth, and will now begin to close down Perez.
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Another fastest lap for Hamilton, a 1m37.689s. Norris did a 1m38.118s in response.
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Norris now drops a 1m37.423s, getting DRS off Mazepin, to try and open the gap.
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"Expecting light drops in around 10 laps," is the message given to Leclerc from his team. That could make for a very spicy finish to this race indeed!
Leclerc has cleared Raikkonen and is knocking on the door of points in 11th. Ocon is up ahead of him.
Bottas, meanwhile, is still mired down in 14th and has dropped 1.6s away from Vettel ahead.
Perez is going after Ricciardo now, with the Australian vulnerable on DRS as he's dropped to 2s behind Sainz.
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