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And Bianchi has been given a five second penalty for hitting Maldonado.
Alonso has pulled out a couple of seconds over Hulkenberg after their early battle for fifth.
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Not a happy camp at Williams as Bottas is told not to attack Massa: "Did you see what he did?!" complains Felipe. Bottas responds: "I have more pace than him."
Vettel is 2.6s behind Rosberg in third, with a one-second gap to Ricciardo and then another second to Alonso.
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Rosberg takes fastest lap now on a 1m47.321s, 0.2s faster than Hamilton that time around.
BEN ANDERSON: If Vergne does have an engine problem it might explain why he feels he's been steadily losing pace through this weekend. He was sixth fastest in FP1, but told me after qualifying yesterday that he suspected his car might have a problem.
"We’re not where we should be,” he said. “The performance seems to have been going down session after session for the whole weekend, so we need to investigate to see if something is wrong. My feeling has been getting worse since FP1. We need to understand why.”
"We’re not where we should be,” he said. “The performance seems to have been going down session after session for the whole weekend, so we need to investigate to see if something is wrong. My feeling has been getting worse since FP1. We need to understand why.”
Magnussen is told to carry on with his front wing damage until the first pitstop after that earlier clash with Raikkonen.
Both the Mercedes are in the 1m47s, then the Red Bulls and Alonso are in mid-1m48s.
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Fastest lap of the race from Hamilton, a 1m47.428s, brings his lead up to 4.3s
Replays show that Rosberg's getaway swiftly took him into second, but that a lot of wheelspin out of Turn 2 allowed the Red Bulls to attack him - and each other.
Kvyat barges his way past Gutierrez for 11th.
Fastest first sector time from Rosberg on this lap, is he going to come back at Hamilton?
The Maldonado/Bianchi crash will be investigated by the stewards.
Now he's passed Ricciardo, Vettel is matching the Mercedes' pace.
Rosberg, who is reporting high rear tyre wear, stabilises the gap, taking a tenth back from Hamilton.
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Vergne complains about his engine's power output: "You'd better have a better engine otherwise I'm not going very far, it's so slow."
Alonso has repassed Hulkenberg for fifth.
Hamilton continues to storm away, his lead is four seconds after three laps.
Vettel hits the DRS and sweeps past Ricciardo for third place into Turn 1.
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Raikkonen says: "I don't know what happened to the tyre because I didn't touch anybody" His team suggests it was possibly debris.
Raikkonen is back on track with a new set of the softer compound tyre.
Button passes Magnussen for seventh and sets off after Hulkenberg and Alonso.
Vettel is keeping pressure on Ricciardo for third.
Hamilton is trying to break his pursuers early, he puts 1.2s on his team-mate Rosberg on lap two to bring his lead up to 3.2s.
JONATHAN NOBLE: It is hard not to be impressed with the job that Red Bull has done since that awful first test in Jerez.
Many people wrote the team off completely just one month ago - now they are breathing hard down the neck of Mercedes.
Many people wrote the team off completely just one month ago - now they are breathing hard down the neck of Mercedes.
Kimi Raikkonen's day has got off to a terrible start. He's currently limping back to pitlane with a puncture.
Hulkenberg gets around the outside of Alonso at Turn 1 to take fifth place.
Hamilton completes lap one two seconds clear of Rosberg, who has Ricciardo and Vettel on his tail.
Ricciardo managed to get past Vettel amid that dice, he's third.
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Bianchi and Maldonado have a coming together and both end up facing the wrong way.
Hamilton has a clear lead as his main rivals are all over each other behind.
Ricciardo now has a run at Vettel as his team-mate hassles Rosberg for second.
Hamilton leads Rosberg into Turn 1, Vettel tries to attack the Mercedes for second on the outside.
Lights out and Rosberg challenging Vettel for second.
Lights coming on.
We're ready for the race.
30% risk of rain during the race according to the FIA weather update.
Still waiting for the final cars to get into place. Top half of the grid ready to go.
The leaders have come around the final hairpin and are forming up on the grid.
BEN ANDERSON: Watch out for another charge through the field from Valtteri Bottas in this race. He's starting 18th after another grid penalty, but as he showed in Melbourne the Williams has fantastic race pace.
By: Scott Mitchell, Andrew van Leeuwen, Ben Anderson, Edd Straw, Jonathan Noble, Charles Bradley, Pablo Elizalde
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