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Hamilton's trying to close down Verstappen, but the Red Bull driver does appear to have enough to respond. The gap is pretty stagnant, remaining around 10s.
With fresh mediums Kvyat has closed the gap to Ocon on older hards and has seventh place in his sights.
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"Keep this pace for four more laps," Bottas is told. He responds, clocking a 1m37.807s to further stretch the fastest lap.
On lap 34 Gasly, belatedly, gets ahead of Raikkonen along the main straight and up the inside at Turn 2 to move up to ninth place.
Having pitted Kvyat is now running in eighth place and vitally ahead of Raikkonen in ninth who is holding up his AlphaTauri team-mate Gasly.
Ricciardo is 2.7s ahead of Leclerc, so he's got some time to open up a further gap.
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"We do have a five second time penalty for the Turn 2 incident", Ricciardo is told. "Okay, I'll drive faster," comes the reply - with Ricciardo very much taking the blame for that in his stride.
Vettel also pits having got his hards to the 30-lap mark and returns to the action in 16th place.
Kvyat now comes into the pits having taken the hards to 30 laps, elevating Hamilton to third.
Leclerc comes in to the pits from second, and will separate the Renault duo.
On lap 28, having allowed Ricciardo to move ahead of him, Ocon follows his team-mate past Vettel to take eighth place.
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Bottas has got those tyres up to temperature now, and has put the hammer down. A flurry of purple sectors ensues, and it's a corking 1m37.861s for the Finnish driver.
Ricciardo gets ahead of Vettel at Turn 13 but his worst fears are confirmed as the Renault driver is given a five-second time penalty for going off the track at Turn 2. All of his and Renault's own doing.
That organised overtake looks to have put Ricciardo in hot water with the race stewards as he is placed under investigation for failing to follow the race directors instructions (ie he didn’t go through the chicane at Turn 2 when running off track).
Verstappen breezes past Kvyat into turn 2, getting up to third.
Bottas now comes in for his stop, and rejoins with a healthy advantage over Leclerc to retain the lead.
Renault make the call for its drivers to switch positions but it is a messy handover as Ricciardo locks up heavily at Turn 2 and runs off track. The Australian driver is now P8 but that could have been better choreographed.
Verstappen now comes in to stop, swapping mediums for hards. He rejoins behind Leclerc and Kvyat, but crucially ahead of Hamilton.
Vettel is really starting to dampen Renault's afternoon now. The Ferrari driver, still yet to pit, is keeping Ocon and Ricciardo at bay to keep hold of seventh place.
After pitting Gasly has split the Albon-Norris pairing and is looking for a way past the driver who replaced him at Red Bull. With Raikkonen directly ahead of Albon there is a small DRS train forming from Raikkonen in P10 to Norris in P13.
Kvyat, still yet to stop having started on the hard tyre, is slowly reeling in Leclerc. He's 2.5s behind now.
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Bottas logs a 1m39.081 to further extend his advantage over Verstappen.
Perez pits from third for the hard tyres, and manages to rejoin in sixth ahead of Ocon. That's a strong overcut from the Racing Point squad.
Vettel, who is yet to pit, is in P7 but is about to come under immense pressure from Renault pair Ocon and Ricciardo who have already stopped.
Hamilton stayed ahead of Ocon after the Renault driver pitted, and is now 11s behind Kvyat in fifth.
Gasly comes in to pit from fifth, giving Leclerc some clear space.
An update from McLaren on Sainz who crashed out of the Russian GP on the first lap: “Carlos has been assessed at the medical centre and released. He is now back with the team.”
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Bottas posts a 1m39.439s to set the pace. He's 4s clear of Verstappen.
Having lost Russell from their mini F1 car train, Albon and Norris are continuing to climb up the order as both make quick work of getting ahead of Latifi. Albon is now P14 and Norris P15.
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"This is just ridiculous," Hamilton vents. He rejoins in 11th.
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Hamilton now pits, and serves his 10 second penalty. He now gets the hard tyres and goes on his way.
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Perez has to close in on Ocon now, as Ricciardo makes his stop.
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Having butchered his hard tyres a few laps ago by locking up Russell has pitted to change to medium tyres. That mistake means this could be a very long race for the Williams driver in last place.
Perez has a run on Ricciardo, can't make the switchback happen in Turn 2 but has the inside line for Turn 3 - forcing the Renault onto the dirty off-line. That's P5 for the Racing Point driver.
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It's a 1m39.773s for Hamilton, who tells his team not to pit him. "Do not stop me," he says. He's having such a good time, he's having a ball?
Kvyat has cleared both Haas drivers to move up to ninth place. That releases the Russian driver to chase after Leclerc.
Hamilton responds to the clarion call for Bottas, going 0.3s faster on that lap. Hamilton is due to pit soon, as the softs begin to reach the end of their lives.
Russell locks up badly at Turn 13 and goes wide which allows Albon to fly by into 16th place. The Williams driver has horribly flat spotted his tyres and loses another place to Norris on the main straight at the start of lap 13.
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"Start closing up the gap to Lewis," Bottas is told. He can smell blood.
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