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Ricciardo ran wide as he attacked Vandoorne at the downhill left of Turn 3.
Hamilton is storming clear at the moemnt, his lead is up to 3.2s over Bottas after lap four.
Ricciardo doesn't seem to have suffered any damage from the touch with Ericsson - he's up to 14th and fighting Vandoorne for P13.
Leclerc was sandwiched between the two Force India drivers and he had nowhere to go, which caused the issue that forced him out of the race.
"I have something bent," he said, just before the team ordered him to stop the car.
"I have something bent," he said, just before the team ordered him to stop the car.
Start replays show how strong Vettel's first few corners were - he came very close to Sainz off the line but then carried a load of speed through Turn 1 and put a brilliant outside-line move on Raikkonen at Turn 2. He had half a look at Bottas there too.
Replays show that Ericsson clattered into Ricciardo's front left tyre at Turn 1 - wheel to wheel.
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Hamilton brings his lead up to 1.6s on lap two, with Vettel 3s off the lead in third now and Raikkonen tagging along with him. Verstappen is looking a touch lonely in fifth.
Ricciardo has confirmed to Red Bull that he had contact to his left-front on the opening lap.
Crash
Leclerc pulls over - he's out!
Hamilton completes lap one 1.1s clear of Bottas and 2.1s ahead of Vettel.
Sainz also a big loser on lap one - he's gone from challenging Vettel at Turn 1 to eighth.
Verstappen made up all the places he needed to from his poor qualifying by going down the inside at Turn 1, where it looked like he had a near-miss with Sainz that sent the Renault wide.
Hulkenberg has charged up to 10th, while Ricciardo has dropped to 16th.
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It's Hamilton from Bottas, Vettel, Raikkonen, Verstappen and then Gasly and Magnussen, with Sainz falling to eighth.
Vettel fends off Sainz, and then goes around the outside of Raikkonen to grab third.
Lights green
Vettel is under pressure from Sainz at the start, as Hamilton keeps the lead and Bottas slots behind him.
The grid prepares to launch...
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So Ferrari has split its strategy - Raikkonen mirrors the Mercedes duo on the ultrasofts, with Vettel set to run longer in the first stint on the softs.
Alonso, Ricciardo, Hulkenberg, Vandoorne, Leclerc, Ocon and Sirotkin are also on the soft tyres, while Stroll is taking his pit lane start on the medium rubber.
Vettel and Sainz are the only top 10 runners to start on the soft tyres.
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Here’s the full line-up with less than five minutes to go until lights out
1 Hamilton
2 Bottas
3 Raikkonen
4 Vettel
5 Sainz
6 Gasly
7 Verstappen
8 Hartley
9 Magnussen
10 Grosjean
11 Alonso
12 Ricciardo
13 Hulkenberg
14 Ericsson
15 Vandoorne
16 Leclerc
17 Ocon
18 Perez
19 Sirotkin
20 Stroll (who starts from the pitlane)
1 Hamilton
2 Bottas
3 Raikkonen
4 Vettel
5 Sainz
6 Gasly
7 Verstappen
8 Hartley
9 Magnussen
10 Grosjean
11 Alonso
12 Ricciardo
13 Hulkenberg
14 Ericsson
15 Vandoorne
16 Leclerc
17 Ocon
18 Perez
19 Sirotkin
20 Stroll (who starts from the pitlane)
Bit of breaking news ahead of the race: Renault confirms that it is in talks with Esteban Ocon over a 2019 F1 drive and it expects to make a driver line-up decision by Spa 
Because of the wet weather in qualifying, all the drivers are free to start on whatever tyres they want. Which means Ferrari, which was able to make the ultrasoft tyres last for longer on Friday, could opt to start one of its cars on the softer rubber, rather than the soft compound, in a bid to jump Mercedes off the line.
The Ferrari is the quicker car in the dry and the hotter it gets the more Mercedes struggles with its tyres. But, it’s very hard to pass at the Hungaroring, so it will be fascinating to see whether Ferrari can find a way past the silver cars.
So, Hamilton lines up ahead of his team-mate Valtteri Bottas, with the Ferrari drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel in third and fourth.
Conditions could not be more different to yesterday’s wet qualifying session, which was topped by Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes.
Under bright blue skies it is very hot at the Hungaroring, with an air temperature of 33C and a track temperature of 57C.
The is a risk of rain, but it’s only 10% and seems unlikely to return today.
Under bright blue skies it is very hot at the Hungaroring, with an air temperature of 33C and a track temperature of 57C.
The is a risk of rain, but it’s only 10% and seems unlikely to return today.
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We’re just under 10 minutes away from the start of the race.
Welcome to Autosport’s live coverage of the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix.
By: Geoff Creighton
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