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Vettel rejoins 10th. He's ahead of Grosjean, who led the midfield pack before the pitstop cycle, so should move back up the order as the cars ahead pit out of his way.
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Vettel pits for a second time and goes back onto supersofts. That's the run-to-the-end-and-get-a-podium hope over.
Raikkonen is now within a second of Bottas for the race lead. Will Bottas do much to hold the Ferrari back?
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Christian Horner says Red Bull is "not sure" at the moment if Ricciardo suffered engine failure.
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As Mercedes called Hamilton in, he replied "but I'm still good..."
Hamilton has rejoined 5.4s behind Raikkonen having been within a second of him until that decision to stay out longer.
And as soon as he appears on the Force India's tail, Verstappen is through and into fifth.
Verstappen has closed in on the yet-to-stop Ocon for fifth.
Hamilton rejoins in third behind temporary leader Bottas and Raikkonen.
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Raikkonen does a new fastest lap...
Pit stop
Hamilton pits from the lead.
Raikkonen has got the gap to Hamilton down to 18.2s, how much damage can Bottas now do?
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"Keep Kimi behind you," Mercedes tells Bottas - it's going to use Bottas to hold Raikkonen up and help Hamilton.
Raikkonen is now within 2.6s of the yet-to-stop Bottas in second and catching him fast...
Verstappen is of course behind Vettel too, which means if Vettel can take his soft tyres right to the end he's potentially heading for third now.
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Verstappen pits from his temporary second place. He rejoins between the Force Indias in sixth.
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The marshals successfully clear Ricciardo's car without needing a safety car, so Ferrari can relax there.
Raikkonen is now within 19.2s of Hamilton. A safety car to tidy up Ricciardo's car would be bad news for Ferrari.
Could not be the engine's fault of course, but looks likely based on the smoke pouring out the back and the air intake as the car is moved away.
Verstappen and Bottas have stayed out too in second and third, and they're now 1.3s apart.
Raikkonen does the fastest first sector of the race so far and takes another half-second out of Hamilton. Unless it rains, this Mercedes strategy looks unlikely to work.
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"I heard something breaking" reports Ricciardo.
Renault had concerns about the reliability of the new C-spec. What could this mean for Verstappen?
Now fifth, Vettel is 31.6s behind yet-to-stop leader Hamilton. If he can keep his soft tyres going to the end, a podium is still on.
Familiar smoke pouring from the car as he pulls off the circuit.
Hamilton stays out again, but his advantage over the flying Raikkonen is down to 20.8s.
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Ricciardo has stopped!
Vettel dives past Ocon on the brakes into the first chicane. The Ferrari is fifth now thanks to Grosjean's stop.
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Raikkonen says "it's raining a bit".
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Grosjean pits from fifth place.
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Raikkonen bangs in the fastest lap of anyone so far, a 1m23.535s, and gets the gap down to 22.1s.
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"Unsafe by 0.5s, the gap is bouncing around, head down," Mercedes tells Hamilton.
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Hamilton stays out again.
Vettel has DRS on Ocon now.
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"One more lap Lewis, come on, let's have it," Mercedes urges Hamilton, but he's a tenth slower than Raikkonen in the first sector.
Raikkonen is 0.043s quicker than Hamilton on that lap overall. The gap is 22.5s.
An agitated Raikkonen raises a query about the battery, but is reassured and given instructions for a setting change.
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