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Hamilton's continuing to set more fastest laps, logging a 1m33.428, as he's now within 2s of Gasly ahead. "Track's still plenty wet, tyres wearing down," says the Mercedes driver.
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Now it's a 1m33.450s for Hamilton as he attempts to close up the gap to Gasly.
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Hamilton subsequently sets the fastest lap, a 1m34.206s, after passing Norris.
On lap 10 Hamilton dives up the inside of Norris at Turn 9 to take sixth place. Gasly is up next for the Mercedes driver.
Penalty
As expected, Alonso is given a 5-second time penalty for punting off Schumacher earlier in the race. So a penalty each for Gasly and Alonso which will be served during the pitstops.
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"There's no dry patches or lines yet," Bottas says.
A lap after getting by Tsunoda, Hamilton makes quick work of passing Stroll for P7.
Sainz is rapid right now, he is already up to P11 having passed Giovinazzi and Ocon. That's nine places in nine laps!
Penalty
It's a 5-second penalty for Pierre Gasly for that T1 contact with Alonso.
Bottas has extended his lead to 2.1s over Verstappen now, as the Red Bull driver is now closer to Leclerc behind him than the leader.
Smooth move by Hamilton, as he gets by Tsunoda around the outside at Turn 4 on lap 8. The Mercedes driver is now P8.
Sainz, having started P19 due to his power unit change, is up to P13 having got by Russell and Raikkonen in consecutive laps. Fellow back-row starter Ricciardo is P16 behind Russell.
The Alonso on Schumacher clash has now been put under investigation. Regardless of any assumed bias, that looks a fairly straightforward penalty coming for Alonso.
Five laps into the race and Hamilton is still stuck behind Tsunoda in ninth place and hasn't shown too many moves on the Japanese rider yet. A long race ahead for Hamilton as it stands.
Verstappen's got some issues with his gearshifts, and is asked to stand by as Red Bull has a look at it.
The Gasly/Alonso incident is under investigation.
The incident involving Schumacher has been noted by race control. Replays show Alonso gave him a big old biff and punted him off the track.
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Gasly slightly nudged Alonso at the start, which helped Perez climb past the AlphaTauri driver into fourth. "I was in a sandwich," says Gasly.
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It's a 1m34.359s for Bottas, extending his lead over Verstappen.
On the second lap at Turn 4 Schumacher is the latest to spin but avoids any major issue and rejoins in 19th place, only ahead of fellow spinner Latifi.
Bottas is making hay while the sun, uh...shines? He's got over a second on Verstappen, with Leclerc a further 1.7s back on the Red Bull.
Hamilton gets by Vettel to take ninth at the end of the opening lap, while further back Latifi has spun off and dropped to last place.
Perez has moved up to fourth, ahead of Gasly and Norris.
Hamilton makes a steady start moving up to 10th place after Alonso’s Turn 1 spin. Alonso has slotted into P17 now, ahead of Sainz, Ricciardo and Mazpein.
Bottas leads away from Verstappen - as Alonso spins at Turn 1!
Lights out
Lights out - the Turkish Grand Prix begins!
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"We expect these conditions to stay as they are for pretty much the whole race," Pierre Hamelin tells Pierre Gasly.
Green flag
The formation lap begins.
Verstappen and Perez had new grid profile shots in their new white overalls for this race - Checo looked most unimpressed.
Breaking news
Tyre news: everyone begins on the intermediates.
Luke Smith has informed us that the Turkish GP is not serving Turkish coffee in the media centre, scuppering its chances at a good Media Centre Coffees score.
Hamilton, Sainz and Ricciardo are the trio out of position on the grid - so their anticipated pushes through the order will also give us some action to consider.
Rain
Risk of further rain is 20% - one of the intriguing factors will be how the circuit dries out and how the teams respond.
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Breaking news
Today is World Mental Health Day - our F1 reporter Luke Smith found out how some of the teams work with ensuring their employees' wellbeing: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-formula-1-teams-look-after-their-mental-health/6684180/
A moist Turkey is something you can say about a grand prix, but not your Christmas dinner...
Rain
It's damp out there, with coats and gazeboes very much in vogue. All of the work put into yesterday's dry running goes out of the window.
Hello everyone, and welcome to our Autosport Live coverage of the Turkish Grand Prix. Just 25 (and a bit) minutes until the cars get moving, so stay tuned!
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