Team radiopublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 2 September 2018
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Max Verstappen: "He [Bottas] touched me on the left wheel."
Hamilton wins after passing Raikkonen with nine laps to go
Bottas third, Vettel fourth, Verstappen fifth
Hamilton extends championship lead to 30 points
Hamilton passed Vettel on lap one - Ferrari spun after contact with Briton
Verstappen given five-second penalty for pushing Bottas off track
Retired: Ricciardo, Alonso, Hartley
Michael Emons
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Max Verstappen: "He [Bottas] touched me on the left wheel."
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Bottas at the first chicane is having to weave his way through the safety barriers. But seeing it again he has been nudged off the track by Max Verstappen and the Finn has to take evasive action. The stewards may well be very interested by that one. Looked naughty from the Dutchman.
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Jeroen Demmendaal: Stroll and Sirotkin back in 12th and 13th again. The normal state of the universe is restored.
Sadly...
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Max Verstappen is very much on the defensive as he tries to hold off Valtteri Bottas. Who can get on to the third step in the podium?
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Raikkonen is aiming for his first win since March 2013, while Lewis Hamilton has already won five times this season.
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Another one bites the dust. Sebastian Vettel is far too quick for Sergio Perez, diving inside to take fifth.
Nico Hulkenberg, who started at the back, is now 10th.
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Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
There is a dark strip down the left rear tyre of Kimi Raikkonen. All those fast laps he was doing earlier to build up an advantage may come back to haunt him.
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We have a 15-lap showdown between Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton for the race win here. Brilliant.
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Ferrari to Kimi Raikkonen: "We see some vibration on your rear tyres. Try to keep them alive."
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Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter
Not the fastest stop from Mercedes. They've put Bottas on to softs.
Bottas comes back out on in fourth, three and a half seconds behind Max Verstappen but with the faster car and on fresher tyres.
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A great job for the team from Valtteri Bottas. Raikkonen was four seconds clear of Hamilton after the Briton's pit stop, but after being held up by Bottas for five laps, the gap between Raikkonen and Hamilton is now less than a second.
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Mercedes to Lewis Hamilton: "You are on the limits on that rear left."
Another pit stop for Hamilton would not be in the Mercedes plan.
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Bottas is half a second ahead of Raikkonen, who in turn is half a second ahead of Hamilton. Eighteen laps to go.
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Jeremiah Kariuki: Bottas is doing the "wing man" job to the best! Keep Kimi behind and backing him into Hamilton.
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With a sea of red in the stands, the fans are watching on as Kimi Raikkonen attacks Valtteri Bottas, on the oldest tyres out there.
"You're doing a really good job Valtteri, Kimi has blistered that left rear," is the message to Bottas as he continues to frustrate his fellow Finn and thousands and thousands of Ferrari fans.
All the meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton is getting closer to Raikkonen as well.