"Box, box" both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are told. They're double stacking, a touch risky? Nope, because the Mercedes crew are absolutely on it. Smooth as silk and they are back out in first and third respectively.

Engineer: "Box, box."

Bottas: "Don't make me lose time."

Roxy: Hang on, has Sainz overtaken Kubica and now Russell despite having to come in on the first lap for damage? Woeful for Williams.

Alex Lloyd: Ferrari have well and truly thrown Leclerc under the bus there. All this talk about end of the race and they’ve stuck him behind Verstappen.

Kristine Kirby: I think Ferrari were wrong to impose any team order THAT early (lap 10, if my sleepy self remembers, was up to midnight with the #Masters) - just let them race. Why aren't they doing that? It is what they said they'd do @LewisHamilton is building his lead over BOT now.

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Ferrari react to that Max Verstappen stop by telling Sebastian Vettel to head into the pits from third. Smooth stop and Vettel stays ahead of Verstappen when he returns to the track.

Will the leaders now react to what's happening behind them?

Engineer: "Box, Sebastian. Box now. Max has pitted."

Verstappen: "Is that wind picking up again?"

Engineer: "It is slightly more variable."

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The wind speed measuring device is spinning furiously now. It doesn't look it, but its quite gusty out there now.

Max Verstappen pits from fourth for his second stop and is back out on medium tyres.

Charles Leclerc is edging closer and closer to Max Verstappen, who is fourth. The gap between the two is down to 3.2 seconds.

Daniil Kvyat pits for a new front wing but it's a poor stop. He has almost enough time to nip out of the cockpit for a cup of tea as his team struggle to get the old wing off. Eventually the job is done and he's back out in 17th.

Lewis Hamilton is starting to rebuild his advantage over Valtteri Bottas. He's three tenths quicker than the Finn on the latest lap and is 3.6 seconds clear of his team-mate.

So we did just witness a moment when Sebastian Vettel was attacked on a corner, this time by Max Verstappen and he didn't spin!

Since Germany last year, somebody cast a spinning curse over Vettel, where in every attack he would wheel-to-wheel racing confidence and end up spinning - avoiding danger. This happened subsequently in Monza, Suzuka, USA and in Bahrain two weeks ago.

Going wheel-to-wheel to Verstappen a few laps ago he defended well and kept his position.

Has his curse been lifted?

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Engineer: "We are thinking about plan B."

Sure enough, Kimi Raikkonen is soon on Romain Grojean's tail and makes his move with an effortless pass down the inside at Turn 14. Sergio Perez is up next for the Finn.

Smooth as you like move on Antonio Giovinazzi by Lance Stroll as he powers past the Alfa Romeo on the back straight and into 13th.

Not many other battles in the offing elsewhere at the moment, although Kimi Raikkonen is edging closer to Romain Grosjean as he looks to move up to ninth.

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Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

Not a word from Max Verstappen on the radio yet, even when he was pushed onto the grass by Sebastian Vettel.

Is he concentrating?

Engineer: "Looks like the wind has calmed down a bit Max, you might find it a little bit easier."

Sebastian Vettel, third, has giving himself some welcome breathing space over Max Verstappen with the two separated by 3.6 seconds.

Kimi Raikkonen, who is seventh, is the only driver in the top 10 yet to pit... but not for long. He heads in to slap on the hard tyres and resumes in 10th.

Valtteri Bottas is the big winner after those stops. He's quicker than Lewis Hamilton and chomping away at his team-mate's advantage. There's now 1.2 seconds between the two.

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