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Pit stop
Stroll now pits from the lead! That hands Perez the lead, as Verstappen's flying now he's been released by Vettel.
Inters for Stroll, and he rejoins in fourth ahead of Ricciardo.
Stopwatch
Leclerc sets the fastest lap of the race on the inters with a 1m49.771s. He is already up to P12.
Radio Comms
"Let's not go too early onto the inters," says Verstappen, no doubt wary after struggling with them in quali.
Perez has been in and out of the pits, claiming a set of intermediates - a bit of a slow stop for Perez, but he's out in P4.
Stopwatch
Hamilton on a charge, as he sets a new fastest lap of 1m45.872s, and is up to P8 with those ahead of him pitting for the inters.
Pit stop
Stroll was really closing in on the Red Bulls, and so Verstappen has now come in for inters. Albon leads.
Verstappen rejoins in fourth, crucially ahead of Vettel and Hamilton. Perez is not too far up the road either.
Albon now pits for inters, the last man to do so, and he rejoins in sixth place.
Yellow flag
Giovinazzi has stopped at Turn 9. He looks set to be the first retirement of the race on lap 13 - unlucky for some.
Now that's shaken out, Stroll has a 10s lead over Perez. Verstappen's sticking with the Mexican driver, with Vettel, Hamilton and Albon hanging behind them.
Giovinazzi's stop has triggered a Virtual Safety Car period to ensure track marshals can safely recover the Alfa Romeo.
Green flag
The Virtual Safety Car lasts no longer than a lap and the race is back to green flag conditions.
Perez has managed to gain a little bit on Stroll in that VSC, taking 1.5s out of Stroll on that restart.
Hamilton tries a move on Vettel at turn 12, going too deep into the corner once again and, like Groundhog Day, lets Albon through.
Albon's also cleared Vettel, which allows the Hamilton/Vettel battle to reignite.
Bottas has spun again - he had initially climbed ahead of Russell for 11th but is now down in 15th place.
Verstappen, meanwhile, is right on Perez's tail. But Albon, now released from the clutches of Vettel, is closing in on the pair.
Stopwatch
Leclerc, in ninth, is once again producing fastest laps, with a 1m42.570s. Curious race pace from the Ferrari driver so far.
Verstappen's spun! He went wide at the Turn 11 kink trying to follow Perez, spun around and lost a bunch of places. He pits for new inters as a result.
That's lifted Albon into third now, and he's just 4.5s down on Perez. Stroll's 10s lead over Perez has been restored.
At least, the lead WAS restored, but Stroll's now setting 1m45s, while Perez is in the 1m43s and Albon in the 1m42s.
Quick update on Bottas - he's still in 15th place after his third spin of the race but is now under the rear wing of Gasly. He needs an almighty turnaround if he is to keep his title fight alive.
Ah, we may have jinxed it for Bottas as he spins again, this time at Turn 2, and is now down in 17th place.
It's lap 23 - Stroll's lead is 5s over Perez. Albon is now within a second of them.
Information
Verstappen's race could be set to get a bit tougher as he is under investigation for crossing the line at pit exit.
Deja vu for Perez, as he's got a Red Bull right on his jacksy - but this time, it's Albon.
"We need to keep these tyres in good condition for the transition to drys", Pete Bonnington tells Hamilton. "It's a long way away," Hamilton retorts.
Following his spin and pit for fresh intermediate tyres, Verstappen - still under investigation - is in eighth place tucked up behind Sainz.
Stroll reports understeer, which is helping his lead to erode away. Meanwhile, Vettel in fourth is starting to clear away from Hamilton.
A not-so-friendly move from Norris on his chum Russell, pushing the Williams driver wide and off the track at the final corner, sees the McLaren driver overtake him for 11th place.
It's a difficult stage for the inters - still too wet for dry tyres, but the current compound is overheating.
Verstappen's pit exit incident of crossing the white line will be investigated after the race, according to race control. Not sure why they can't do it now, but I'm sure there will be an explanation.
Albon's dropped off Perez a bit, unable to make any further headway. Stroll's lead stands at 3s, Perez and Albon are together, and Vettel's now coming into play too.
"Fronts are gone completely," Albon reports. He's now fallen to 3.3s behind Perez, with Vettel lurking behind.
Despite the incredibly tricky conditions at the start of this race the Turkish GP still has 19 runners at the start of lap 30. Norris is up into the points places after taking 10th place off of Magnussen.
DRS has been enabled. Albon probably wanted that a few laps ago when he was stuck behind Perez.
Pit stop
Leclerc has blinked first again as he pits but has played it safe and taken on fresh intermediates rather than gambling for dry weather tyres.
Due to his pitlane start on the intermediates, Russell remains the only driver yet to pit in this race. He is currently P12 and three seconds behind Magnussen.
The Racing Points have found some pace, but we seem to be on the cusp of another dilemma over when to take inters. Leclerc's flying out there on his new set.
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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