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Leclerc is now ahead of Ocon for 10th. Just under two seconds to Russell in front.
Ricciardo continues to defend from Perez at the start of lap 41, as the Red Bull gets ever closer to the McLaren's gearbox.
Leclerc finds a way through on Russell into Turn 4 to take ninth.
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"Still the threat of rain towards the end," Hamilton is told.
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"Threat of rain five-ten minutes, hitting Turns 5 and 7," Mercedes tells Bottas.
There's 10 laps to go, by the way.
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"Spots of rain in Turn 10," Russell reports!
Leclerc mugs Stroll on the outside of Turn 13 to take eighth.
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"Risk of rain increasing, it'll arrive at Turn 5 first," Hamilton is told.
Perez has cleared Ricciardo at Turn 13 with DRS, cementing fourth place at the next corner.
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"How are conditions, Max," Red Bull asks. "They're worsening a little bit."
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"It's spitting quite a bit," Norris says.
"Get ready with inters," Sainz says.
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Vettel is now into the points in 10th after passing Russell.
Norris goes wide! It's getting so slippery out there at Turn 5, but Norris somehow keeps ahead of Hamilton.
Perez now clears Sainz for third!
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"Let's box for inters." Stroll is coming in!
Bottas has come in for inters.
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Hamilton and Norris were all over the road there, but they're staying out! "It's slippery but it's not raining," Hamilton says.
Vettel and Stroll hit each other coming into Turn 11 and again exiting the corner!
Mercedes asked Hamilton to stop, but he's stayed out! He doesn't want the inters!
Norris says "no" to the inters! Hamilton comes in to pit - this is THE decision here!
Stroll had a crash at Turn 11 and there was contact with one of the AlphaTauri's too. This race has gone mad!
"We've got to commit," Norris says - and he's squirming all over the road at the moment! Can he hang on?
"He's going to be in trouble if he hangs it out," Hamilton is told. Norris might have to concede here.
Norris slides off! Hamilton takes the lead!
Norris is crawling to the pitlane now, this is a dream turned to a nightmare for him.
With all the chaos of the rain, Bottas is now back into the points in sixth.
Leclerc, who stayed out on slicks, went straight on at Turn 5, causing a yellow flag.
Formula 1: You get one of the most mixed-up races of the year, and Hamilton and Verstappen finish first and second.
The incident between Stroll and Gasly will be investigated after the race.
Norris pitted and rejoins in eighth, but has slid out of the pitlane entry - so he'll likely cop a penalty for that.
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Lewis Hamilton takes his 100th Formula 1 victory at the Russian Grand Prix!
Max Verstappen finishes second - 53.2s down on Hamilton.
Sainz finishes third, as Ricciardo salvages fourth for McLaren.
Bottas claims fifth, ahead of Alonso, as Norris clears Raikkonen on the final lap to pick up seventh. Perez and Russell round out the top 10.
"Yeah, we'll definitely take that," Verstappen says, as he picks up second place.
Galling for Norris, I'm sure - he must feel as though the weather gods were against him today.
Hamilton: "It's taken a long time to get to 100 and I wasn't sure it would come. Lando did such an amazing job, he had incredible pace. It was bittersweet to see my old team ahead."
Verstappen: "It was pretty tricky on the in-lap to make the call to go to inters. It was really slippery, but we picked the right lap to pit."
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