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Lap 48: Barrichello is promoted to second by Kubica's stop but he has little chance of beating the Pole or leader Webber, unless rain intervenes.
Lap 48: At the back of the field there is a tremendous fight for 12th place. Fisichella is holding it at the moment, but Alguersuari and Liuzzi are all tight up behind him.
Lap 47: Kubica pits for his fuel and soft rubber to the flag.
Lap 46: Barrichello is still third, with Button fourth and being told to push hard to counter the threat of Hamilton.
Lap 46: There maybe sunshine over the circuit right now, but beyond the circuit the clouds are building up very quickly once again. Rain still cannot be ruled out before the end of the race.
Lap 46: Liuzzi pits from eighth place in the Force India and can run to the finish, but is near the rear of the field.
Lap 45: Webber continues to lead but Kubica has closed to 5.5 seconds behind.
Lap 44: Hamilton rejoins from his pitstop in ninth position, just behind Tonio Liuzzi.
Lap 44: Raikkonen is in for his final stop, taking super-soft rubber to the finish.
Lap 43: There is no problem fuelling Hamilton with the sole-remaining fuel hose but he has a major moment on the pit exit road.
Lap 43: Hamilton makes his final stop.
Lap 42: Heikki Kovalainen is 11th with Grosjean 12th. Fisichella is 13th but coming under increasing pressure from Jaime Alguersuari who is the final runner in 14th.
Lap 42: Hamilton will have to pit earlier and for longer than Barrichello, but does not have to run the super-soft tyre after discarding them early.
Lap 42: At the back end of the points, Sebastien Buemi is eighth and has a comfortable 6.4s buffer over Tonio Liuzzi. Kobayashi is 10th.
Lap 41: Hamilton is right with Barrichello again and looking for a move on the Brawn.
Lap 40: Kimi Raikkonen is fifth, with Button up to a hard-fought sixth, ahead of Vettel.
Lap 39: Webber leads by 6.6 seconds over Robert Kubica. Barrichello is third, with Lewis Hamilton right behind him.
Lap 39: Giancarlo Fisichella pits for the first and only time from ninth position. he rejoins in 13th place, just ahead of Jaime Alguersuari.
Lap 38: Vettel resumes just behind Button after a slight fumble on the left-front wheel.
Lap 38: Vettel takes the harder tyres so plans a short final run on soft rubber.
Lap 37: Vettel indeed stops on this lap.
Lap 37: Vettel is due for a stop shortly but will need to swap to the softer tyres for a lengthy stint to the finish.
Lap 37: A light Vettel continues to catch team-mate Webber as the Red Bulls run one-two. He is the fastest man on track as we approach half distance
Lap 37: Romain Grosjean pits from ninth and has rejoined down in 13th.
Lap 36: Hamilton is again pressuring Barrichello while the Brawn is heavy and the McLaren is light. Both have one more stop to make.
Lap 35: Jenson Button has passed Sebastien Buemi for eighth position entering the Senna S. Buemi ran him close but Jenson squeezed through and now is set for a point.
Lap 35: Kamui Kobayashi's Toyota appears to be undamaged following that incident and he runs 12th.
Lap 34: Replays show that Nakajima's exit was the result of round two in the all-Japanese fight. Kobayashi pitted and resumed onto the track.
Nakajima was closing fast on the accelerating Toyota and tried to go both sides to pass the TF109. Kobayashi then weaved to keep his compatriot behind and they made contact, sending Nakajima off the track at high speed.
Nakajima was closing fast on the accelerating Toyota and tried to go both sides to pass the TF109. Kobayashi then weaved to keep his compatriot behind and they made contact, sending Nakajima off the track at high speed.
Lap 34: Hamilton was again ready to challenge Barrichello into Turn 4 but the yellow flags are only now bieng cleared from the Nakajima incident.
Lap 33: Webber leads by 6.8 seconds from team-mate Vettel, who has yet to make his one stop.
Lap 33: Kazuki Nakajima has crashed at the end of the back straight. He is okay after heavy contact with the Curva de Lago tyre barriers.
Lap 32: Barrichello and Hamilton are scrapping over current fourth place. The McLaren driver is moving up well on his one stop strategy with the aid of KERS.
Lap 32: But it's not a sandwich for long as Alguersuari pits for the first time this afternoon. He rejoins towards the rear of the field.
Lap 31: Kobayashi makes his first stop after a strong first stint.
Lap 31: Button has rejoined in 12th place and is currently in a Toro Rosso sandwich.
Lap 31: Heikki Kovalainen pits from eighth position in the McLaren and rejoins at the rear of the field, behind Nakajima.
Lap 30: The title leader takes more hard tyres and feeds out into heavy traffic between the Toro Rosso pair.
Lap 30: The top eight in the race are covered by just 13 seconds as this amazing race continues.
Lap 30: Button makes his first stop from second on the road.
Lap 30: It's a double blow for Williams. Kazuki Nakajima dropped right down the field to 15th and effectively last position following his pitstop.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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