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Vettel's lead dwindles a little further, down to 12.3s. He's in no danger of losing second to Bottas now as his gap back to the second Mercedes is up to 24.5s and Raikkonen is keeping Bottas occupied.
Gasly has stopped and maintained his sixth place, but he's now on the soft tyres.
Another better lap from Hamilton brings Vettel's lead down to 13.6s.
TWO McLARENS ARE RUNNING IN THE POINTS - THIS IS NOT A DRILL. But Alonso (seventh) and Vandoorne (eighth) are yet to stop.
With Raikkonen around DRS range behind Bottas now, Ricciardo is lapping a second quicker than both and is within 4s of Raikkonen's tail.
Hamilton was slightly quicker than Vettel last time around, pegging the gap at 13.8s.
Magnussen stops for softs, but is held up by a slow change on the left-front.
Raikkonen is now right on Bottas's tail for third.
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Gasly and Magnussen now the only ultrasoft-shod runners.
Replays show Perez did a Ricciardo and dived-bombed Stroll down the inside of Turn 1 for 16th.
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Lead gaps: 1 Vettel; 2 Hamilton +14.6s; 3 Bottas +23.8s; 4 Raikkonen +25.4s; 5 Ricciardo +31.4s
Grosjean pits for soft tyres - he rejoins 12th and has jumped Hartley and Hulkenberg.
Meanwhile Raikkonen has closed to within 1.9s of Bottas, and Ricciardo continues to charge towards both.
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"You're faster than Hamilton, keep your head down," Ferrari tells Vettel, who now leads by 14.3s.
If this pans out as Mercedes predicted, Vettel is going to emerge not far behind Hamilton and on new ultrasofts with 25 laps to go, with Hamilton on very old softs by then. Still doesn't look like a bad position for Ferrari.
After that initial strong lap from Hamilton, Vettel is getting away from him again this time around - the lead advantage back up to 13.1s.
Hulkenberg and Hartley, 14th and 13th thanks to their stops, are the next drivers in danger of being lapped.
Gasly, Magnussen and Grosjean are the only drivers still circulating on the ultrasofts.
A glum Verstappen heads back to the pits earlier
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So what can Ricciardo do from here? He's just taken a second off Bottas and Raikkonen ahead and is now 7s behind the Ferrari. But he hasn't pitted yet, and they have.
It's been a tough day for Sauber, Leclerc is out and Ericsson has been at the pack of the back since his early stop.
Bottas is now 21.8s behind Vettel in third. He has responded to Raikkonen looming in the distance behind him and stabilised that gap at 3s for now.
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As he gets up to speed on his new softs, Hamilton does a new fastest lap of 1m21.968s and reduces Vettel's lead to 12.9s.
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"Lewis has just pitted, Vettel will be staying out for another 15-20 laps. He is still around your pit window and being held up in traffic," is Mercedes' theory, as outlined to Bottas.
Gasly is already 1.8s behind Ricciardo.
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Ricciardo tries a DRS pass on Gasly, is too far back, so he outbrakes him from miles behind him. Up to fifth for the remaining Red Bull.
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Gaps on lap 26: 1 Vettel (yet to stop); 2 Hamilton +13.1s; 3 Bottas +21.0s; 4 Raikkonen +24.1s; 5 Gasly (yet to stop) +31.9s; 6 Ricciardo (yet to stop) +32.6s
Sainz pits from eighth - he rejoins 12th on the mediums.
Hartley rejoined in 13th, still one second in front of Hulkenberg,
At present, it looks like a clean stop for Vettel would get him back out just ahead of Bottas in second as that gap is up to 21s.
Perez passes Ericsson for P17 at Turn 1. They're a lap down already.
So Vettel moves into the lead on his 25-lap old softs, with Hamilton 13s behind him on new softs.
Pit stop
Hamilton pits and swaps ultrasofts for softs, rejoining a comfortable second behind Vettel.
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Mercedes calls Hamilton in, saying "you'll lose more with the backmarker traffic".
Hartley pits from ninth, he moves onto the mediums.
Ricciardo's mission to return to the lead group is nearly complete - he's 1.1s behind fifth-placed Gasly now.
Hulkenberg rejoined in P14, which means Grosjean is now 10th.
By: Geoff Creighton
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