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Here's our full race report from a history-making day in Formula 1: 
Another decent exit out of the final chicane for Verstappen as they complete lap 61/66. He crosses the line 0.7s clear of the Ferrari, which is enough to keep him safe. Raikkonen's final sector was hampered slightly as they lapped Gutierrez.
Button is very rapidly catching Gutierrez for ninth as the Haas's tyres wear. Gutierrez lost a lot of time being lapped.
Ricciardo has another look, but he locks up and runs a bit wide, with Vettel having the move covered.
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A furious Vettel accuses Ricciardo of "driving straight into my car - what is this, racing or ping pong?" It's racing, Seb. Crack on, and credit to you for your part in that little fight.
What an attack from Ricciardo, he made such a late move, went wide, and couldn't quite stop Vettel from sweeping back around him at Turn 2. Canny from Ricciardo to leave it so late.
Lunge from Ricciardo into Turn 1! But he doesn't quite make it stick.
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Six seconds now covers the top four. This is tantalising.
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Tyre life: Verstappen 23; Raikkonen 22; Vettel 20; Ricciardo 14.
Raikkonen was 0.6s behind Verstappen over the line, which as we've seen in previous laps, isn't quite enough to mount an attack into Turn 1.
Lap 57/66. We could end up with a four car train for the lead at this rate in the final few laps.
Ricciardo darts around behind Vettel into Turn 1, but the Ferrari driver is unflappable.
Raikkonen crosses the line 0.7s behind Verstappen, so there's nothing he can do into Turn 1.
Massa makes it past Gutierrez to take eighth - great progress from 18th on the grid.
Vettel is now 6.7s off the lead, still catching the lead pair.
Ricciardo is sniffing around in the mirrors of Vettel now, with the lapped Kvyat - demoted by Red Bull, remember! - right behind them on fresher tyres.
Raikkonen crosses the line 0.6s off Verstappen, and he's 0.2s off when they hit the brakes for Turn 1. That suggests if he can cross the line 0.5s behind the Red Bull, he can get alongside to make a pass for the lead.
Vettel is 7.2s behind the lead now, and Ricciardo is 0.8s behind him. Can the Red Bull, with DRS, do anything about the Ferrari down the start/finish straight? It's a big ask.
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Kvyat puts in the fastest race lap of 1m26.948s on fresh softs, hacking into a 12s gap to Button ahead.
A little wobble for Verstappen out of the final chicane, but fortunately for him Raikkonen comes across the line 0.9s behind him, so he's only 0.5s behind at Turn 1 this time.
Lap 54/66 and Vettel is now 7.8s off the lead, still catching the top two. Ricciardo is 1.0s adrift in fourth.
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Verstappen crosses the line with a 0.7s lead - Raikkonen again has that down to 0.3s as they brake for Turn 1. Not quite close enough to attack.
Another man going a long way on mediums is Gutierrez, who's eighth and has done 21 laps on these. He has Massa closing fast.
Raikkonen uses DRS to get 0.3s off the lead into Turn 1. Sensibly, he didn't attempt a move there, deciding not to compromise his line into the corner just yet. He's certainly eyeing Verstappen up right now though. Fascinating stuff.
Kvyat rejoins 11th on softs, which puts Button back in the points.
Kvyat had got up into the top 10 on a slightly different strategy pattern, but now ends a long medium tyre stint to pit.
This is a big test of Verstappen, who cannot afford to put a wheel wrong and give Raikkonen a sniff of a chance for the lead.
Vettel has upped his pace - he was faster than the top two that time around. He's 8.8s off the lead fight.
Verstappen pulls two tenths on Raikkonen in the final sector to extend the lead to 0.7s, but Raikkonen still has DRS. He's VERY close now.
With the help of DRS down the backstraight, Raikkonen closes to 0.5s off the lead - the closest he has been so far in this chase of Verstappen.
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Ericsson is expressing a bit of radio fury at Sauber team-mate Nasr as they battle for 14th with Grosjean.
More reaction from Mercedes, Toto Wolff says collision was "not clear cut": 
Vettel continues to fall back. He's 9.2s off the lead now, with Ricciardo 2.0s behind him and closing gradually.
The Verstappen-Raikkonen gap at the front is hovering between 0.6-0.8s at the moment. How long can Raikkonen afford to punish his tyres in the dirty air of the Red Bull?
Vettel appears to be playing the tyre management card. Despite having slightly fresher tyres than the top two, he's not matching their times. Perhaps he's decided his race is against Ricciardo now, who is 2.2s behind. They need the top two to hit big tyre trouble if either of them are going to have a chance of winning as things stand.
Raikkonen finds another couple of tenths - he is in DRS range of the Red Bull now. Time to attack.
Raikkonen is just 1.0s behind Verstappen, in a fascinating tussle for the lead on lap 49/66.
By: Geoff Creighton
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