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Formula 1 Italian GP

Italian Grand Prix race day

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Raikkonen is 23.0s behind Hamilton in fourth now, and just lost four tenths in the first sector and another tenth in the next one.
Ricciardo passes Sirotkin to take 11th.
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"Hamilton stayed out, we need to push," Ferrari tells Raikkonen. "This is the critical moment now."
Ricciardo has DRS on Sirotkin now.
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"Staying out, staying out, you have pace," Mercedes tells Hamilton. Can he jump Raikkonen by going long?
But Raikkonen beats Hamilton's sector time immediately. Is Hamilton pitting or staying out?
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"It's Hammertime, Lewis," Mercedes tells Hamilton, who puts in the best middle sector of the race so far.
Raikkonen switches to softs and rejoins in fourth ahead of Grosjean.
Pit stop
Raikkonen pits from the lead at the end of lap 20 of 53.
Vettel made the pass at the first chicane.
Vettel zooms down the inside of Sainz's Renault to take seventh.
Bottas has stuck with Verstappen and is very much within DRS range of third.
Vettel is now within DRS range of Sainz.
Hamilton is now within half a second of Raikkonen again, the closest it's been since they were overtaking each other.
"He was nowhere near a pass there, Max, no need to worry," Red Bull tells Verstappen.
Bottas has closed in on Verstappen and has a half-look at taking third. Both lock up and make a mess of the first chicane.
"Tyres still good," Hamilton reports. "Keep the information coming," replies Mercedes. The gap to Raikkonen is 0.7s.
Vettel gets the move done properly this time, with no resistance from Perez. That's eighth now for the title contender.
Hamilton gets the gap to Raikkonen down to six tenths of a second as both lap the delayed Magnussen.
Hulkenberg up to 13th now after passing Gasly.
Vettel dives late out of Perez's slipstream and passes into Turn 1, but misses the braking point and gives the position straight back as he attempts to make the corner.
Ricciardo is stuck in 12th at the moment, with 4.5s to make up on Sirotkin's Williams.
Vettel makes an easy pass on Stroll to take ninth approaching the first chicane.
Vandoorne reports "blistering of the right rear tyre". His supersofts have only done 14 laps so that's worrying for McLaren.
Raikkonen gets his lead up to 1.4s briefly with a very strong final sector, but Hamilton carries more speed through the first chicane and the gap is quickly back down to under a second.
Vettel flew pas Sirotkin on the inside approaching Ascari.
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Lead gaps on lap 14: 1 Raikkonen; 2 Hamilton +1.0s; 3 Verstappen +7.0s; 4 Bottas +8.2s
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Vettel says he thinks he has some damage, but Ferrari can see nothing troubling on the data.
Vettel into the top 10 now after passing Sirotkin.
Ocon passes Sainz to take sixth into the first chicane. Easy DRS pass there.
Perez is driving an excellent race after his Q1 exit yesterday. He's within 3.5s of Ocon, who started inside the top 10, and closing on Stroll.

By: Geoff Creighton

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