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2009 German Grand Prix Race day at the Nurburgring
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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: Sutil was incredibly on to split the Ferraris but that contact with Raikkonen has damaged the front wing of the Force India.
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 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 28: Nick Heidfeld and Nelson Piquet pit together from sixth and seventh positions. A straight race between the teams here.
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 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: 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: Felipe Massa finally pits and Rubens Barrichello now must push very hard to fend off Webber.
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 25: Robert Kubica has now pitted, releasing Webber and Button to continue catching up on the lead.
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 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 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 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: 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 22: The issue surrounding Sebastien Bourdais' car could not be remedied. The Toro Rosso driver is the first retirement of 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 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: Bourdais has made it back into the pits and this looks like a lengthy stop for the Frenchman.
Lap 20: Button now has a go at Nick Heidfeld and he is through into 10th place at Turn 1. Button continuing to make progress as we see Bourdais taking a trip off the road as he goes down the hill towards the NGK Chicane.
Lap 20: Rubens Barrichello continues to run behind Massa in third overall. This is bad news for the erstwhile leader as Felipe is still several laps away from his first stop.
Mark Webber is now 13 seconds ahead of Barrichello as he makes his first stop.
Mark Webber is now 13 seconds ahead of Barrichello as he makes his first stop.
Lap 20: Jenson Button passes Sebastien Buemi for what is 12th place as they exit the Mercedes Arena.
Interestingly, Button has emerged ahead of Heikki Kovalainen in that first round of stops. Kovalainen is 14th, as Fisichella pits from ninth.
Interestingly, Button has emerged ahead of Heikki Kovalainen in that first round of stops. Kovalainen is 14th, as Fisichella pits from ninth.
Lap 19: With the first round of stops in progress for the leaders, Adrian Sutil is up to sixth and due to go on for several laps yet. His pace is decent and he is hanging on well to the front-runners.
Rosberg is now seventh, with Kubica eighth, Fisichella ninth and Alonso tenth ... and into the pits. Alonso stops and is out in a total pitlane time of 26.0 seconds.
Rosberg is now seventh, with Kubica eighth, Fisichella ninth and Alonso tenth ... and into the pits. Alonso stops and is out in a total pitlane time of 26.0 seconds.
Lap 18: Mark Webber stayed out as long as possible before taking that penalty and, with the pack slowed behind Kovalainen, he has slotted in ahead of Felipe Massa, who is also yet to stop.
That will be a nett second place for Webber once the front runners make their stops.
That will be a nett second place for Webber once the front runners make their stops.
Lap 17: Button is immediately using the pace from his new tyres and posts his personal best lap of the race so far. He is still 14th is catching Sebastien Buemi in 13th at over two seconds per lap.
Lap 17: Mark Webber leads after making his quick drive-through but he will be back in soon for a fuel stop.
To the relief of many, Kovalainen makes his first stop to take the harder tyres and a two-stop fuel load.
To the relief of many, Kovalainen makes his first stop to take the harder tyres and a two-stop fuel load.
Lap 16: Barrichello is back out in between the train of cars behind Kovalainen, again fitted with the super soft rubber and on a three-stop strategy.
Lap 16: Button rejoins the action in 14th position in front of Nelson Piquet, but has several drivers ahead of him who have yet to stop.
Lap 15: Rubens Barrichello pits from the lead as Webber takes his drive through.
Lap 15: Button's strategy is not looking good as he will likely fall behind several cars in the final order.
He takes more soft tyres and a three-stop fuel load.
He takes more soft tyres and a three-stop fuel load.
Lap 14: Jenson Button reports on the radio that his super soft tyres are graining as he makes his first stop.
Lap 14: Rosberg's pace in ninth is slowing all the time. Kubica is tight behind him and Fisichella is right there now.
Lap 14: Rubens Barrichello now has a lead of almost 17 seconds over Heikki Kovalainen and the developments in the stewards' room hand him the advantage.
Lap 13: Giancarlo Fisichela is now all over the back of Alonso ... and he simply sails up the inside of the Renault at Turn 1. Very easy for the Italian and now he will have a crack at Kubica and then Rosberg.
Lap 13: That is devastating news for the Australian, who was well on course to take over the lead at the first stops.
Lap 12: Mark Webber has been handed a drive through penalty for causing a collision with Rubens Barrichello off the start.
Lap 12: The scrap between Kovalainen, Button, Massa, Vettel and Raikkonen continues to ebb and flow with the McLaren setting a slow pace.
Lap 11: Rosberg is running in the low 1m37s bracket and this is allowing Adrian Sutil to pull away in eighth to relative safety. Meantime Fisichella has caught the group in the space of one lap. We now have a four-car battle going on for ninth spot.
Lap 11: Meanwhile, Vettel is getting impatient behind Felipe Massa and has tried a move around the outside at the NGK chicane but he wasn't able to take away fifth.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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