Fernando Alonso is close enough to attempt a move on Esteban Gutierrez. The Haas defends well, but there's only so long you can hold off a double world champion as the Spaniard has another nibble at the fast right-hander into the Stadium...and he's through to take P10.

Max Verstappen may be lapping roughly the same as Lewis Hamilton but he isn't happy. 

"This is definitely not the race tyre," he says. Verstappen's got super-softs on his Red Bull while Hamilton is on softs.

"I will lose another position in the next stop, but I will recover it later on."

Alonso is currently 11th and closing in on Esteban Gutierrez, who is 0.8s ahead.

Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton lapping with very similar times at the moment.

"Hamilton's doing the same in terms of pace management," Verstappen is told. He's 6.9s behind Hamilton.

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Quixoticgeek: It's so good to be able to hear the team radios. Makes it all feel more of a team effort.

Where are the Ferraris? Sebastian Vettel is currently fifth, with Kimi Raikkonen behind him. The gap between Vettel and fourth-place Nico Rosberg is almost five seconds. 

The good news for Nico Rosberg is that he has just set the fastest lap of the race with 1:20.197. He's got the two Red Bulls ahead of him - Daniel Ricciardo 1.8s down the road - as well as race leader Lewis Hamilton.

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James Humberstone: Williams' pit stops have been very impressive this season.

Paul Suckling: Lots of happy Brits in stadium section. German fans seemed to have lost their voices.

'You are on plan B', Mercedes tell Nico Rosberg.

Catch up time for Rosberg after that terrible start. Initial plans are out of the window as he trails Hamilton by almost 10 seconds.

The race leader pits, and he has swapped to softs. It looks like he is going for a two-stopper. He comes back out in the lead, six seconds ahead of Max Verstappen.

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"It's hammer time," Lewis Hamilton is told. Everything is going his way so far. 

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Those super-softs appear to be degrading faster than many teams perhaps anticipated as we see several drivers pitting. 

Daniel Ricciardo swaps softs for super-softs, a strategy mirroed by Sebastian Vettel as he pits having momentarily been elevated to second.

At the moment, it is Lewis Hamilton who leads from Kimi Raikkonen but both are yet to stop.

"I'm struggling with the rear, also."

Lewis Hamilton is streaking away. A new fastest lap of 1:20.465 and he is eight seconds clear of Daniel Ricciardo, who subsequently pits.

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Nico Rosberg and Max Verstappen both pit and take on more super-softs. It's a slowish stop for Rosberg and he is back out in 10th, behind Fernando Alonso and with work to do.

Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

I've spoken to the Williams team and they have an update on Felipe Massa's car after he was hit by Jolyon Palmer.

The data says there is nothing damaged at the moment. He was struggling with rear tyres and he is now back out on the soft tyres.