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Formula 1 Italian GP

Italian Grand Prix race day

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Vettel has DRS on Perez now.
So 15 laps to go, Raikkonen leads Hamilton by 0.739s and the Ferrari has an ugly stripe around the middle of its left-rear tyre. Tense.
Bottas has rejoined 3.6s behind Verstappen in fourth. Can he take advantage of his newer tyres to make the move he couldn't in the first stint?
Leclerc has repassed Vandoorne and is back up to 14th now.
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"Kimi, we see some vibration from your rear tyre, try to keep them alive," Ferrari tells Raikkonen.
So now Raikkonen leads from Hamilton by 1.1s, but Mercedes is right to highlight that Raikkonen has a rough-looking rear tyre.
Bottas finally pits from the lead on lap 36, and falls to fourth behind Verstappen.
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"It looks like Raikkonen's killing his tyres - don't you do the same," Mercedes tells Hamilton.
Stroll has been in too and he rejoins 13th.
Leclerc and Gasly have been into the pits, which drops them both behind Vandoorne's McLaren.
Raikkonen pitted on lap 20, Bottas has now kept his supersofts going for 35 laps.
This is looking better for Raikkonen, at least for now - he's closer to Bottas than Hamilton is to him.
The top three lap Vandoorne without drama.
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Now Mercedes tells Hamilton his left rear is "on the limit".
Mercedes urges Hamilton to keep an eye on tyre temperatures as it's sure Raikkonen is going to hit trouble on that front.
Vettel has passed Sainz and is up to seventh now.
That lock-up has cost Hamilton a bit of momentum, he falls back to 0.7s off Raikkonen.
The top three are approaching traffic too.
Only 0.7s covering Bottas, Raikkonen and Hamilton now with 20 laps to go. Hamilton locks up, has he got a flat spot?
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The top three are now within a second, Hamilton is right back with Raikkonen.
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"We think Raikkonen may have blistering, you had blistering on your previous set," Mercedes tells Hamilton.
Raikkonen is within 0.4s of Bottas but still doesn't try a full-on move for the lead.
Hamilton is now back within 1.6s of Raikkonen's tail.
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"You're doing a really good job, Valtteri," Mercedes tells Bottas.
Vettel passes Stroll too now, so that's eighth place with ease on the approach to Turn 1.
Bottas has just done his own best lap of the race so far, so while in roadblock duty he's also got a shot at jumping Verstappen for third still.
Hulkenberg is running 12th currently.
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Lead gaps: 1 Bottas; 2 Raikkonen +0.8s; 3 Hamilton +3.1s
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Renault suggests a setting adjustment to prevent front brake locking on Hulkenberg's car.
Stopwatch
Hamilton takes 1.5s out of Raikkonen with another new fastest lap.
Vettel passes Sirotkin to take ninth.
Raikkonen is within DRS range of Bottas but unable to try a move yet.
Stopwatch
Hamilton does the fastest lap of the race and is back within 3.2s of Raikkonen.
Radio Comms
"That's a big gap," Hamilton says to Mercedes. The reply: "Valtteri's still out there..." Mercedes is very keen for Bottas to slow Raikkonen.

By: Geoff Creighton

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