Adedayo Bamgbose: Why do I have a feeling Mercedes will use Bottas to slow Vettel down?

David NicholsonHirst‏: Ferrari should sack their strategy guy, my gran could see a pit stop was required.

Nathan Marzan: Great strategy from mercedes. Effectively given hamilton a free pit stop. Ferrari too scared to try anything different

Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

Why is Vettel always spinning when he's on the inside in these conditions?

In Monza he was on the inside of Hamilton and he spun, Hamilton recovered. In Japan - Verstappen on the outside managed to recover, while Vettel spun.

Here with Ricciardo, the same thing. Why is Vettel always spinning?

I think he's so cautious to avoid major contact that he spins his own car out and it's just killing his races.

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Hamilton is only two seconds behind Kimi Raikkonen, who will be coming into the pits soon. Valtteri Bottas is third, primed to be in blocker mode to help his team-mate. Max Verstappen is fourth, with Sebastian Vettel needing to produce some absolute magic to keep this title race going one more week. He is fifth, but only a second-place finish is probably going to be good enough

That virtual safety car was Ferrari's chance to bring in Raikkonen. They missed the opportunity. Mercedes were on the ball, they brought in Hamilton, for basically a free pitstop, and that has given him an iron-like grip on this race.

Roxy‏1: Have Ferrari got a strategy team or do they use a magic 8 ball?

Listen to the opening lap spin that has given Sebastian Vettel an awful lot of work to do.

We are back under way, and, as expected, Valtteri Bottas moves aside to let Hamilton through into second. Hamilton, in effect, holds a massive lead in this race with him having stopped already, and Raikkonen having to come in again.

Vettel is fifth and needs to get up to second to deny Hamilton, if the Englishman wins it.

Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

Pirelli didn't have any data but they said they reckon the soft tyres could go 35 laps, and this is a 56 lap race...

Bottas' engineer: "Lewis is 3.7 seconds behind, don't hold him up."

Kimi Raikkonen's engineer: "Kimi most likely Hamilton is only on two stops."

Don't hold up Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas is told. Hamilton on the softs, Raikkonen, in the lead, but on some ultrasofts and it seems Ferrari have missed an open goal there. Those Raikkonen tyres will not last much longer.

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A free pitstop for Lewis Hamilton. He dives in for the pits, that may well be his only stop of the race.

Is that the stop that wins Hamilton the world title. He comes back in third, behind Bottas, who will surely move over as he has done before this season.

No pit stop for Kimi Raikkonen. A huge error from Ferrari? It wouldn't be the first time a race has been won and lost under a safety car or virtual safety car.

• Kimi Raikkonen leads after overtaking Hamilton in the first corner, Hamilton is second, with Bottas in third
• Vettel overtakes Ricciardo after the first corner, then spins causing him to re-join the track in 15th place, but has now moved up to sixth
• Ricciardo retires on lap 11 with engine failure, causing a virtual safety car
• Verstappen makes his way up to fourth from 18th
• Alonso retires, after a collision with Lance Stroll who received a drive-through penalty
• Grosjean retires after driving into the back of Charles Leclerc

No overtaking! Anyone diving into the pits? Daniel Ricciardo's stricken Red Bull is having to be collected and moved to safety.

Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

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Daniel Ricciardo has pulled over on the exit of turn 11.

He is out of the race, and by the time we got to hear his on board, it didn't sound like there was any power in his engine there.

He had six seconds back to his team-mate Verstappen, but is now out of his car.

Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull is pulled over on the side of the track and he is out of the race.

That moves Sebastian Vettel up to seventh.

The Red Bull man is absolutely distraught as he gets out of the car. That is his fifth retirement in 10 races, and seventh of the season. Your heart goes out to him.

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Lewis Hamilton says he is struggling to keep up with Kimi Raikkonen, whose lead stands at 2.6 seconds, but remember Raikkonen's tyres are not going to last as long as Hamilton's.

1. Raikkonen
2. Hamilton
3. Bottas
4. Ricciardo
5. Verstappen
6. Hulkenberg
7. Sainz
8. Vettel
9. Ocon
10. Perez

Hamilton's engineer: "We're happy for you to target Raikkonen."

We have a race on. Don't go anywhere. Not mentioned Max Verstappen, yet. He started 18th, he is now sixth, incredible.

Sebastian Vettel has gone from fifth to fourth to 15th to ninth.

Brilliant stuff. Fingers can't type fast enough!

Raikkonen: "Is the right rear OK, there's massive oversteer."

Engineer: "We don't see anything obvious, just carry on."

A drive-through penalty for Lance Stroll, for causing the incident that wiped out Fernando Alonso.

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