Sebastian Vettel, who is fourth, is currently the fastest man on the circuit as he clocks a 1:18.005. That's almost 0.8s quicker than Sergio Perez ahead of him and brings the gap down to 1.5s.

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Fissuh Hailu: Everything perfect so far for Hamilton. He should just avoid any mistake and he wins it. Great race.

Mathew Mugodhi: Ricciardo proving Red Bull is a force to be reckon with this season but how far can they go?

Krupalu Gharekhan: If there was a genuine place to overtake, Riccardo would be winning this by a margin.

B Philip: How good is the Force India chassis? 

Jenson Button is told that there is a chance of showers arriving sometime in the final eight or nine laps. Interesting. A chaotic finish on the cards?

Lewis Hamilton is pulling away a bit now, he's 1.5 seconds down the road from Daniel Ricciardo.

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Kate Lewers: That whole Nasr/Ericsson debacle has got me properly laughing out loud #children 

Esteban Gutierrez really struggles to take the corner at La Rascasse and is almost into the barrier. He manages to stop before he hits it, reverse and get back under way.

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The thing to watch out for now is the tyres for the remainder of the race. If Hamilton and Ricciardo both have to pit again, Perez and Vettel could both be in a great position.

Sergio Perez, meanwhile, is still going strong in third. The gap between himself and Daniel Ricciardo is currently nine seconds and he is on softs that will see him to the end of the race.

The gap between Lewis Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo has changed much for a couple of laps, hovering around the one second mark.

Things are looking good for a McLaren finishing in the top five today. Fernando Alonso is fifth and although Nico Rosberg is lurking behind, the Mercedes cannot find a way past the McLaren.

Just Mick: What is the point of causing arguments (& ultimately a crash) by giving team order to two drivers who cannot possibly score a point.

Stephen: Alonso is like pink pimpernel in 5th.

Reece Young: The introduction of the VSC is the only good thing the FIA have done for years.

And now it looks like Marcus Ericsson will be retiring as he heads into the pits for the second time after that collision. 

Daniel Ricciardo was able to close the gap after the virtual safety car and has a nibble at Lewis Hamilton, but the Briton holds him off before eventually pulling away a bit once again.

Meanwhile, Felipe Nasr has had to retire after that collision with his team-mate.

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Quixoticgeek: Sauber learning from the Mercedes school of on-track team interaction there...

Kate Lewers: That whole Nasr/Ericsson debacle has got me properly laughing out loud.

Marcus Ericsson is back out and running in 15th but Felipe Nasr pits again as a result of the smoke coming from his Sauber.