Nico Rosberg is eight seconds behind Lewis Hamilton, currently in second. He asks about how the race is going in general and is told all the other drivers have made their stops.

Here's the Vettel overtake on Rosberg if you want to remind yourself how good he has been here.

Plus the Kvyat and Hulkenberg collision.

Ian, Plymouth: Perhaps Christian Horner will now stop talking about Mercedes' dominance!

Max Verstappen is firmly on course to be the youngest ever points scorer in Formula 1. He is in P8 and is looking to get even higher as he closes in on another rookie, Carlos Sainz.

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It does not bode well when even the team is impressed by their direct rival for the win...

TEN LAPS TO GO. Is Sebastian Vettel going to do it? Lewis Hamilton is making ground but is not making big enough inroads into Vettel's lead - which is still 11 seconds - and he might just run out of laps unless he can find something extra.

David Coulthard
BBC F1 co-commentator

"We're witnessing something special in this two-stop strategy from Vettel. Some, myself included, were disappointed how he handled last season, but boy is he back - what a display!

"This declared love affair with Ferrari has come together a lot quicker than I could have imagined."

Personal bests in the first two sectors for Lewis Hamilton and he completes the lap with a 1:43.1, cutting Sebastian Vettel's advantage down to 11 seconds.

"Blue flag, blue flag," repeats Sebastian Vettel over the radio as he closes in on Nico Hulkenberg and Romain Grosjean, ready to lap them.

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Ratcatcher: Yep. Hamilton can only race when he has the best car in optimal conditions. Give him even a slight challenge & he has a tantrum.

Reece Young: Hamilton in the zone; tells his engineers to leave him alone. Doesn't sound happy.

Joshua Geake: Hamilton's worst enemy beginning to reappear again: himself.

Lewis Hamilton is not happy. His team tell him what he needs to do to catch Sebastian Vettel, drawing this tetchy response: "Hey man, don't talk to me through the corners. I almost went off." Team radio gold.

Jenson Button is in and that is his race run to complete a frustrating day for McLaren.

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Nico Rosberg is in for his final pit stop and is back out in third on medium tyres.

Jenson Button is still going as he looks to claw his way into the points, but what's this? "I've lost power, lost power," a worried-sound Button reports. The McLaren is gingerly making its way round the circuit. Another McLaren retiring?

Max Verstappen is on to the grass as he tries to enter the pits. Lewis Hamilton sets a new fastest lap and takes a nibble of Sebastian Vettel's advantage.

Hamilton is sounding increasingly frustrated, as this exchange over the team radio shows....

Hamilton: "I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing. Paddy says I might be doing another stop."

Team radio: "That was miscommunication. That was just chatter."

David Coulthard
BBC F1 co-commentator

"Hamilton ran the prime tyres earlier so he didn't have to put that tyre back on. It's going to neutralise any pace advantage in the tyres. He's going to have do this on outright pace - and Mercedes haven't had it this afternoon. But in these super hot conditions Ferrari have come into their own. It has been very impressive from Vettel."

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Lewis Hamilton pits for hard tyres but he is still not feeling it. "Wrong tyres man," he says.

Meanwhile a new fastest lap for Sebastian Vettel. It is surely his race to win.

Lewis Hamilton leads but he is sounding worried. "Tyres not feeling," good he says over the radio.

Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live analyst

"I think Ferrari could do this."

James Allen
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

"Rosberg is having an below-par Malaysian Grand Prix, frankly."