Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

"I don't think Lewis Hamilton can get to the end of the race on a new set of softs."

Force India'sNico Hulkenberg: "I think we should think about the alternative strategy guys, to be honest."

Force India engineer to Hulkenberg: "We're already on it, we're already on it."

Nico Rosberg is way out in front, his advantage at the top of the pile is now 17s over Daniil Kvyat and he's stopped just once so far. He'll end the race on the super softs. He on softs at the moment.

Marcus Ericsson has some pretty big sharks circling him. Just behind him is Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari, with Lewis Hamilton a shade further down the road.

Unsurprisingly, he can't hold them off as Raikkonen picks him off to move into 10th, before Hamilton does likewise soon after.

Nope, Lewis Hamilton pits now - his fourth stop - and takes on another set of softs. He is back out in 13th.

Peter Wanyonyi: Wow...Lewis Hamilton, from last to seventh in 20 laps, with 36 to go....Nico needs to watch out!

Denislov Lietnev: Gotta feeling Hamilton gonna finish fourth and if lucky third is possible.

Taking into account his qualifying laps, Nico Rosberg has managed to get 23 laps out of his set of softs and pits from the lead now. Fresh softs are bolted on and he is back out in the lead.

Lewis Hamilton is currently eighth and 15 laps to the good on his set of softs, has he got several laps left on them before needing to pit again?

Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

"The pace of Rosberg out in front is a little bit scary for everyone else. I don't think Kvyat is racing Rosberg - that's what the team is telling us by making that decision to come into the pits."

Sebastian Vettel, having swapped super softs for softs, is the fastest man on the track at the moment, clocking 1:40.884.

Felipe Massa pits for the first time, while Carlos Sainz and Daniel Ricciardo also pit.

Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

"Rosberg is looking really comfortable. The soft tyres he's using at the moment are 21 laps old because he used them for three laps in qualifying yesterday."

Nico Rosberg may as well have the track to himself. He is 12 seconds ahead of Daniil Kvyat, who then pits to elevate Valtteri Bottas into second.

Fernando Alonso is still on the same set of soft tyres he started the race on but after he loses fourth to Sergio Perez the McLaren pits and swaps to mediums.

Race leader Nico Rosberg, Felipe Massa and Esteban Gutierrez are yet to make their first stops.

Dave Price: Forget the new qualifying format - just make the winner of the grand prix start last in the next race!

Dom: Hamilton driving like a champ! 

Lewis Hamilton is up into the top 10 as he picks off his former team-mate Jenson Button.

Meanwhile, Kimi Raikkonen makes his second stop of the race, moving onto medium tyres and he is back out in 20th.

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Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

"Sebastian Vettel has been pushing mesmerically hard for lap after lap. What a fantastic comeback drive from the Ferrari driver."

Push hard is exactly what Sebastian Vettel does as he gets the better of Fernando Alonso on the back straight. He loses a bit of his front wing as he does so, though. That Ferrari has taken up some knocks.