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Formula 1
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2009 German Grand Prix Race day at the Nurburgring
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Lap 21: Mark Webber resumes behind Kubica but ahead of Button in seventh. He is still in with a chance of the win, with Barrichello still delayed by Massa's Ferrari.
Webber is on to the hard tyres as Massa now leads the race.
Webber is on to the hard tyres as Massa now leads the race.
Lap 21: Fisichella came out of the pits in 16th place and has maintained track position over Fernando Alonso. Rosberg and Kubica who are seventh and eighth will stop soon and we'll see how that four-car battle before the stops, shakes out.
Lap 22: The issue surrounding Sebastien Bourdais' car could not be remedied. The Toro Rosso driver is the first retirement of the race.
Lap 23: Sebastian Vettel is in to the pits for his first stop. He also takes the harder tyres and resumes ahead of Kovalainen in 11th.
Lap 23: Nico Rosberg is now sixth and sets his quickest lap of the race so far. He has pulled well away from Kubica in recent laps and has a buffer of over three seconds.
Lap 23: Robert Kubica is currently seventh, with Webber and Button right on his tail. Both will be keen to clear the BMW as they need to sprint at this phase.
Lap 24: Sebastien Buemi stops for the first time. He comes in from a decent 12th position, and Jarno Trulli also pits. Trulli was down in 18th after pitting early in the race having sustained minor damage.
Lap 25: Buemi rejoins in 17th spot position and will have to drive hard for the rest of the race to stay ahead of Jarno Trulli.
Lap 25: Robert Kubica has now pitted, releasing Webber and Button to continue catching up on the lead.
Lap 26: Kimi Raikkonen is the next man to stop, taking the softer tyres.
Felipe Massa continues to slow Barrichello as the newly-released Webber sets a storming lap to close within 8.4 seconds of the leader.
Felipe Massa continues to slow Barrichello as the newly-released Webber sets a storming lap to close within 8.4 seconds of the leader.
Lap 27: Felipe Massa finally pits and Rubens Barrichello now must push very hard to fend off Webber.
Lap 27: Massa resumes and staying out long hasn't kept him ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who has also been lapping well on the harder tyres.
Lap 27: Robert Kubica has pitted and emerged just behind Alonso in 16th place. Therefore Alonso has jumped his friend in the stops, but up ahead Fisichella has cleared off away from both of them and is 13th in the Force India.
Rosberg is due to pit soon.
Rosberg is due to pit soon.
Lap 27: Rubens Barrichello is given the hurry up by Jock Clear, but that time lost behind Massa looks very costly for his three-stop strategy.
Lap 28: Nick Heidfeld and Nelson Piquet pit together from sixth and seventh positions. A straight race between the teams here.
Lap 28: Rubens Barrichello ups his pace by over two seconds now he is clear of the Ferrari. He leads by 1.5 seconds over Adrian Sutil, who is yet to make his first stop, as is third-placed Nico Rosberg.
Mark Webber is now only 5.3 seconds behind the lead and likely to make just one more stop in comparison to another two for Barrichello and Button.
Mark Webber is now only 5.3 seconds behind the lead and likely to make just one more stop in comparison to another two for Barrichello and Button.
Lap 29: Sutil makes his first stop from a very creditable second place. He heads out for another stint on the a hard rubber ... but clashes with Kimi Raikkonen as he rejoins!
Lap 30: Sutil was incredibly on to split the Ferraris but that contact with Raikkonen has damaged the front wing of the Force India.
Lap 30: Mark Webber is quicker than Barrichello at this stage as the Red Bull revels in the conditions on the harder tyres and the Brawn looks to be struggling on the softer rubber.
Lap 30: Heikki Kovalainen in eighth has got Nakajima, Fisichella, Glock and Alonso right behind him as Sutil comes back into the pits for a new front wing after that incident with Kimi Raikkonen.
Lap 31: Sutil rejoins well down the field but with apparently no other damage than the front wing, which has been replaced.
Lap 31: Nico Rosberg pits the Williams from second, taking hard tyres and slotting in between the Ferrari pair in sixth.
Lap 32: That has released Mark Webber into second and he is strongly on course for victory this afternoon, despite that drive-through penalty.
Lap 32: That's a great result for Rosberg and good work by the Williams team, as he was ninth before the first pit stops. He is well ahead of the Fisichella-Alonso-Kubica group that he was previously battling with.
Lap 32: The super soft rear tyres on leader Barrichello look past their best as Webber continues to home in on the leader.
Lap 33: Mark Webber is now just 1.2 seconds behind Barrichello as Button pits for his second stop.
Lap 33: The race stewards have announced that the Turn 1 incident between Kimi Raikkonen and Adrian Sutil will be investigated after the race.
Lap 33: Unsurprisingly Button opts for the hard tyre and he goes back out in seventh. The championship leader needs to get a move on as he needs to make a final stop along with the rest of the pack.
Lap 34: Kazuki Nakajima pits for the first time from 11th place, having made it just over half-distance on that set of tyres. He was in a close fight with Timo Glock, who has yet to stop.
Lap 34: Barrichello pits from the lead, handing the advantage to Mark Webber.
Lap 34: Barrichello takes the harder tyre after a disastrous second stint on the soft.
It was a lengthy fuel fill for Rubens and he looks to be going to the finish.
It was a lengthy fuel fill for Rubens and he looks to be going to the finish.
Lap 35: With the stops almost finished for the one-stoppers this afternoon, Giancarlo Fisichella is up to ninth place and is two seconds behind Kovalainen and chasing after him.
Lap 35: Jenson Button is harrying Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari and is easily past the Finn, who may have a problem.
Lap 36: The day goes from bad to worse for Barrichello, who is told on the radio they didn't get enough fuel in the car to go to the end.
Lap 36: Raikkonen is falling down the field and clearly has a technical problem.
Lap 37: Replays of Barrichello's stop show they were forced to switch to the backup fuel rig, which didn't deliver enough fuel to reach the flag.
Lap 37: Kimi brings the Ferrari into the pits and straight into the garage. Raikkonen is out of the race.
Lap 37: Mark Webber sets the fastest lap at 1m43.425s as he leads by almost 20 seconds from team-mate Vettel.
Lap 38: Felipe Massa is third, followed by Rosberg, Barrichello, Button, Kovalainen and Alonso.
Lap 38: Timo Glock and Fernando Alonso are enjoyed a spirited battle for ninth place behind Fisichella. Fisichella comes into the pits for the second time and he's back out after a total pitlane time of 24.2 seconds - exactly the same time as his first stop.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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