Jack Nicholls
BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

Underwhelming race so far from Vettel? Without wanting to be too harsh...

Jolyon: He's still stuck behind Kimi Raikkonen in 8th.

And Lewis Hamilton (with at least a five-second penalty coming his way) gets up to third on the track, going past Nico Hulkenberg.

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1. Verstappen
2. Bottas +8.8
3. Hulkenberg +11.1
4. Hamilton +11.8
5. Albon +16.3
6. Sainz +18.8
7. Raikkonen +20
8. Vettel 20.6
9. Gasly +21.8
10. Giovinazzi +24.9

Bottas dives in the inside and he gets ahead of Nico Hulkenberg, who drops to third.

More bad news for Lewis Hamilton. He has a five-second penalty, he may be getting another one. His latest potential offence "driving unnecessarily slowly behind the safety car".

Not too long ago Max Verstappen spun, was nearly out of the race and screaming his frustration at going on the wrong tyres. He now leads.

Daniel Eckersley:Only thing this race needs now is for Williams to score.

Chamath De Silva: Could Hulkenberg win and end the streak?? What a place to do it

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Hulkenberg is closing in on his first ever podium. It's race number 166 for him. The Renault man is second.

A huge cheer from the fans at Hockenheim as Lewis Hamilton gets a five-second penalty for going into the pits on the wrong side of the bollard.

Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

Vettel slips down to ninth place, and Pierre Gasly slips by him.

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The safety car is ending, we've had 33 laps.

1. Verstappen (up from second)
2. Hulkenberg (up from ninth)
3. Bottas
4. Albon (up from 16th)
5. Hamilton (down from first)
6. Sainz (up from seventh)
7. Raikkonen (down from fifth)
8. Vettel (up from 20th)
9. Gasly (down from fourth)
10. Giovinazzi (up from 11th)

Paul Foxcroft: Absolute carnage here

Rob Hill: Absolute chaos, this. Nobody knows what to do with the tyres. Cars spinning around like Kylie Minogue.

Amit Mandalia: @bbcf1, external don’t want to mention who is in 2nd to avoid jinxing it... but look at who is in 2nd!

That would be Nico Hulkenberg. REJOICE!

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Out...

• Sergio Perez (into wall on lap three)
• Daniel Ricciardo (engine failure on lap 15)
• Lando Norris (mechanical failure on lap 28)
• Charles Leclerc (into wall on lap 28)

"We are still only half way through the race Max."

Get comfortable and enjoy this. It's absolutely brilliant.

Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

Oh that was incredible, Mercedes are untouchable at so many things yet here they were waiting for Bottas coming in with a set of slicks while everyone else is on inters.

And they twice tried to put the wrong tyres on Hamilton's car.

Mercedes have had to take a big deep breath, regain their composure and see what they can do next.

I've never seen so much chaos in a pitlane before.

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"How much damage to car?"

Engineer: "We are not sure what it is yet."

Verstappen is now leading, Hulkenberg second, Bottas third, Albon fourth, Hamilton fifth, but surely a penalty coming for Hamilton.

More on that pit stop, Mercedes didn't have the right tyres ready, nor the front wing ready as Hamilton's pitstop caught them out. Is that the moment Hamilton's race win went from him.

Nico Hulkenberg is second. Alexander Albon is fourth. This could be one amazing podium.

Kayleigh: I will actual cry if Hulk gets his first podium. In his home race.

Thomas Knights: Horrendous moment for Hamilton, entered the pit on the wrong side of the bollard too so slam dunk penalty for that too.

Daniel Eckersley: This is mental. Love it

Patrick McLaughlin: Wow. It’s all happening now !!

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Lewis Hamilton, in his last-ditch attempt to get into the pits after that front-wing damage, is now under investigation after going into the pits on the wrong side of the bollard.