Tom Dodd: Remember James' message to Bottas in Singapore: "I'll pay it back to you"? Now is the time to deliver on that. Valtteri deserves the win today after that start.

Rachel T: Bottas getting the team payback they promised him after Singapore

But after saying the tyres are dropping off, race leader Hamilton does what he is told to do and comes into the pits. Red softs is what he goes back out on.

He is third five seconds behind Sebastian Vettel. Valtteri Bottas back with a 10-second lead over Vettel, 10 laps from his third win of the season, but his first since race four in Azerbaijan.

"Push hard now."

LH: "What do you think I've been doing all this time?"

Hamilton's lead is 7.7 seconds. Eleven laps to go. Will Hamilton stop again?

Charles Leclerc up to sixth and with 12 laps to hunt down Carlos Sainz, who is 5.6 seconds ahead of him.

VB: "Race situation?"

Engineer: "Lewis 10 sec up the road, he still has to stop."

VB: "Are you sure?"

Engineer: "He will."

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Bottas is told Hamilton will have to pit again. Will Hamilton, just like Sebastian Vettel did last time out, ignore what his team say and do his own thing?

King Neptune: Ferrari should damn all consequences and put their weight behind Leclerc for 2020 season. He's the man Ferrari had been missing for long years. He's fearless, and show far more experience for his age.

David NicholsonHirst: Mercedes should have pitted Hamilton a lap after Vettel and let them race, he's a sitting duck now.

"Tell me what I need to do to win this race!"

Are we going to have some team orders shenanigans at Mercedes?

Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

If Bottas doesn't get a move on now, Hamilton will win the race.

The only way he doesn't win is if he's too slow now on these soft tyres he's on.

Hamilton on 15-lap old mediums, Bottas on fresh softs. Bottas should be overtaking his team-mate sometime before the end, but the gap is still nine seconds.

"Box box box" Valtteri Bottas is told. It's his second pitstop of the day, and all on plan.

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Valtteri Bottas is put on the mediums to go until the end. He is behind Lewis Hamilton, by nine seconds but on fresher tyres.

Hamilton may well need to stop again.

Bottas to come in. He's currently holder of the fastest lap and in the lead.

KM: "The seat is loose. The seat is moving."

"OK."

1. Bottas
2. Hamilton +14.6
3. Vettel +31.7
4. Albon +45.8
5. Sainz +70.3
6. Gasly +81.1
7. Leclerc +81.7

SJP: Verstappen interview recently- 'If I have to touch someone I'll touch them'. What a hypocrite! Young drivers asking for more lenience then complaining when on the receiving end!