Postpublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
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Round four in the Ericsson v Hartley battle goes to the Sauber man. That's 10th again for him.
Summary
Vettel wins after taking lead from Hamilton on first lap, Hamilton 2nd
Alonso crashes heavily after being launched into air
Alonso, Hulkenberg, Leclerc, Raikkonen, Ricciardo out
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What's happened so farpublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
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- Vettel overtakes Hamilton on the Kemmel Straight and continues to lead, with Verstappen in third
- Alonso goes airborne and crashes, taking out Nico Hulkenberg (Renault) and Charles Leclerc (Sauber) causing the first safety car
- Raikkonen and Ricciardo collide causing damage to both cars. Raikkonen continues until nine laps, and retires from the race after damage to rear diffuser and rear end plate
- Ricciardo in 16th after being lapped while receiving a new front and rear wing
- Hamilton claims fastest lap
- Bottas is following in fourth, but yet to pit
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Image source, ReutersPostpublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
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Neither Brendon Hartley nor Marcus Ericsson have many points this season and they are involved in a right old squabble over 10th place.
Hartley is 10th, loses 10th, and gains 10th back. He only has two points in the bag, while Ericsson is only on five.
Image source, Getty Images'When you hit someone with that speed you have to think twice next time'published at 15:08 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
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Fernando Alonso tells Sky Sports: "It was bad (his opening lap crash).
"On the start I saw Hulkenberg with four tyres locked coming at high speed, there is no way you can avoid that. He hit my car, and I went over Charles. On the positive side we are all OK. Also Charles with the Halo it is good to see that we all OK.
"When you hit someone at that speed you have to think twice next time. When you don't brake for Turn One that is a big mistake."
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Can Lewis Hamilton hunt Sebastian Vettel down? Vettel's lead is 3.3 seconds so this is very much the German's race to lose.
Postpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
Lap 26/44
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End of twitter postget involved Get Involved #bbcf1published at 15:03 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
Jeremiah Kariuki: Ferrari should share a toast with Red Bull. Verstappen helped slow Hamilton down a bit to the advantage of Vettel.
Postpublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
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Valtteri Bottas, still to come in, is now up to fifth. Verstappen is third and another yet to stop.
Postpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
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Hamilton's title lead is 24 points, that will drop to 17 if it stays like this.
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We have a shootout between the top two for the win. Vettel 1.7 seconds ahead, with his soft tyres one lap fresher than Hamilton's softs.
Just over 20 laps for the showdown between the main title challengers. Perfect.
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End of twitter postPostpublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
Lap 23/44
Vettel went into the pits in the lead, and is still in the lead. Verstappen, yet to pit, is second, well, he was, Hamilton has just zoomed past him.
Image source, EPAPostpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
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Action in the Ferrari garage, as they get the softs ready for Sebastian Vettel.
Postpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
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Hamilton pits. He comes back behind Verstappen, but ahead of Perez and is third. Hamilton is on the softs, all of the top nine apart from him are on the supersofts.
Image source, ReutersPostpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
A lonely race for Verstappen.
Team radio: "This is good Max, just keep doing what you're doing"
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Max Verstappen is 14 seconds behind Lewis Hamilton and 15 seconds in front of Sergio Perez. Remember, Verstappen has never finished higher than eighth at Spa.
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Blisters on the rear left tyre of Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes. He will be coming in soon, you would expect.
Image source, Getty ImagesWhat's happened so farpublished at 14:54 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
- Vettel overtakes Hamilton on the Kemmel Straight and continues to lead (by 3.2 seconds)
- Alonso goes airborne and crashes, taking out Nico Hulkenberg (Renault) and Charles Leclerc (Sauber) causing the first safety car
- Raikkonen and Ricciardo collide causing damage to both cars. Raikkonen continues until nine laps, and retires from the race after damage to rear diffuser and rear end plate
- Hamilton claims fastest lap
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End of twitter postCurrent target: Kevin Magnussen.
get involved Get Involved #bbcf1published at 14:53 British Summer Time 26 August 2018
Lap 20/44
Yahya Vali: Can we all cheer for SIR today for a top 10 finish. Currently in 11th after 14 laps. The only driver yet to score a point this season.
I hear you, Yahya. Come on Sergey, you can do it! He is still 11th by the way.