Charging Ricciardo wins after Red Bull make crucial pit stop call
Verstappen hits Vettel trying to overtake him - Vettel 8th
Hamilton 4th after not making safety car pit stop
Both Toro Rossos collide, Hartley out
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Matthew Tomlinson: Tuning into the bbcf1 website feed on a bus to Naples airport. Could do with at least a Lewis Hamilton podium to end our honeymoon on a high!
Blaise Gonsalves: Come on Alonso, get into points! Poor Kimi shafted by several at the start again!
Lap 14/56
Nico Hulkenberg follows his team-mate Carlos Sainz in pitting but he goes onto the mediums. He comes back out in 15th, behind Pierre Gasly but it doesn't take him long to use the fresh rubber to power past the Toro Rosso.
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Noble143: Are we finally seeing an end to the Mercedes dominance?
Lap 13/56
Esteban Ocon posts the fastest middle sector (29.266) on those fresh tyres as Carlos Sainz pits for mediums, coming back out in 17th.
Lap 12/56
Esteban Ocon pits, popping on a new set of softs. He's back out in 19th.
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Reece Young: This race has started off so poorly. 2 second gaps between everyone. Not worth getting up for currently
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
Now the question is what Red Bull do on the strategy. They are dropping away. Verstappen is more than four seconds behind Valtteri Bottas. If they pit now they are into a two-stop strategy and everyone else around are on the soft tyre and have the option of a one-stop.
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"Sorry to lose a place, guys. Kimi was quite aggressive," says Lewis Hamilton.
"No stress, just keep your head down," is the reply.
Meanwhile, Brendon Hartley becomes the first man to pit, swapping ultrasofts for mediums.
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PhilSlocombe: What is going on at Mercedes? Poor strategy and unreliability that does not match Lewis's skill set.
Lap 10/56
Not much change in Sebastian Vettel's advantage out in front with his lead over Valtteri Bottas currently 2,4 seconds.
Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, is still fifth but 10 seconds behind Vettel. A sixth race win in China is looking a million miles away for him at the moment.
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DutchMooCow: I love the breath of fresh air Max Verstappen brings to F1.
Lap 9/56
Valtteri Bottas is starting to pull away from Max Verstappen after the Dutchman had initially looked like he was going to attack. That reminder about not being greedy coming into play?
Bottas four seconds ahead of Verstappen.
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"Guys, he is holding me up," Kevin Magnussen says over the radio about his team-mate Romain Grosjean, who is just ahead of him.
Grosjean promptly lets Magnussen by and into ninth, but not exactly with good grace.
"Come on!" he fumes over the radio.
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Image source, TwitterLap 7/56
Stoffel Vandoorne does as he is asked, picking off the Williams with ease. Onto Sergio Perez next.
Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel's lead is now up to 2.5 seconds.
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McLaren to Stoffel Vandoorne: "Sirotkin is on prime, Perez ahead of him is in option. Let's see if we can get past Sirotkin."
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Paul Salmon: Barring any problems for Vettel it’s race over.
Lap 5/56
No tangles at all in these early laps with all 20 drivers running without issues. Closest battle on the track at the moment is the one for 14th, Sergey Sirotkin just four tenths down the road from Stoffel Vandoorne.