Hamilton wins Vettel 2nd - both tied on 43 points in title race
Verstappen up to 3rd from back, Ricciardo 4th
Bottas spins behind safety car
Alonso, Kvyat, Vandoorne, Giovinazzi, Stroll out
Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentator
Whenever Fernando Alonso says he had the best drive he has ever done, he is very obviously advertising his wares to other teams.
He knows that Valtteri Bottas' contract at Mercedes is only a year long and his McLaren contract is up at the end of the year and he would love to drive for another team who can help him to the World title again.
Image source, Getty ImagesKimi Raikkonen is told the Red Bulls are struggling with their tyres. A podium place still possible? He's fifth and about nine seconds off third at the moment.
Into the closing stages and Lewis Hamilton is managing that gap between himself and Sebastian Vettel. It is hovering around the eight-second mark.
Old habits die hard!
When Valtteri Bottas was told about the potential to get fourth, he was initially called Nico.
Woops.
Image source, Getty ImagesNico Rosberg. Not Valtteri Bottas.
Kevin Magnussen is clinging on to what would be a great result for Haas. The K-Mag is currently ninth.
Image source, Getty ImagesFernando Alonso speaking to Tom Clarkson in the pit lane on 5 live.
"I don't want to repeat myself after Australia but it was one of the best races I have ever done until we had to retire the car.
"We should be proud of what we have done but we are paying the high price of not testing as we didn't have a normal winter testing in Barcelona."
Image source, Getty ImagesThe battle for the podium places is hotting up. Max Verstappen is currently third but his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo is closing.
Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas is informed they still have the potential for P4. Optimistic? He's 16 seconds behind Ricciardo.
Image source, ReutersBut there is only so long Felipe Massa can hold off Esteban Ocon and eventually the Force India sweeps into 10th down the back straight.
Image source, Getty ImagesEsteban Ocon has fresher tyres than Felipe Massa but the latter is using his experience to keep the Force India at bay.
Lewis Hamilton managing his tyres and clearly has the pace if he needs it. He flexes his muscles with a 1:35.583 - a new fastest lap of the race - to increase the gap to 8.4 seconds.
Looks like Hamilton will have enough to keep Sebastian Vettel at arm's length.
Image source, ReutersForce India momentarily had both drivers in the points but Felipe Massa has just pinched 10th place off Esteban Ocon.
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Lewis Hamilton's race engineer tries to ease the Briton's concerns that Sebastian Vettel has taken four seconds out of his advantage.
"Vettel is pushing, but you are doing good laps," Hamilton is told.
Gap down to 7.5 seconds...
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Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
There's now only eight seconds between Sebastian Vettel in second and Hamilton in first now. Are we going to see a battle for the race win?
Kimi Raikkonen is making his move towards the podium places as he uses DRS to pass Carlos Sainz on the start-finish straight. The Finn is into fifth.
Kimi Raikkonen finally pits and is onto the super-softs, back out in sixth.
That elevates Sebastian Vettel to second and the Ferrari dials it up a bit as Vettel does 1:35.423 - the fastest lap of the race so far - and he's eight seconds behind race leader Lewis Hamilton.
Kimi Raikkonen encounters some engine issues.
Jack Nicholls
Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator
Today's fastest lap is now 3.151 seconds faster than the fastest lap last year.
If Kimi Raikkonen had access to a complaints box, it would be full to the brim now. He's had several whinges in the race, the latest just now.
"So where are we going to finish?" he asks. "Because I have no front end and there's 20 laps to go!"
Raikkonen is on older tyres than those around him.
Image source, EPAMercedes pit both cars with Valtteri Bottas taking on fresh set of softs, a slight delay in getting one of the wheels on and he is back out in seventh.
Lewis Hamilton pits from the lead, smooth enough and he is back out comfortable in the lead. He's 5.5 seconds ahead of Kimi Raikkonen in second.
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