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2009 Spanish Grand Prix Race day at the Circuit de Catalunya
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Lap 52: That early move to hard rubber has been extremely costly for Massa and Vettel, with their slow pace allowing Webber to take advantage.
Lap 52: Jenson Button leads from Rubens Barrichello.
Webber has pitted, with a long run on the soft tyre, and has leapt ahead of Massa and Vettel to take third.
Webber has pitted, with a long run on the soft tyre, and has leapt ahead of Massa and Vettel to take third.
Lap 51: Barrichello pits, so has no chance to get ahead of Button.
Lap 51: Rubens Barrichello now has 15 seconds advantage over Button. He needs to draw that out to over 20 to take position at his late stop.
Lap 50: Timo Glock closed right up to the back of Hamilton, but then comes into the pits.
Hamilton now pits on the following lap and keeps track position ahead of Glock as the pair continue their fight outside the points.
Hamilton now pits on the following lap and keeps track position ahead of Glock as the pair continue their fight outside the points.
Lap 50: Felipe Massa and Sebastian Vettel stopped early for hard tyres and now have very poor pace in the mid 1:25s bracket.
Lap 49: Button takes his mandatory hard tyres and resumes in clean air. This is the time for Rubens Barrichello to make a charge, with his advantage of soft tyres and lower fuel than his team-mate.
Lap 49: Robert Kubica and Nelson Piquet pit together from 11th and 12th places. They resume in the same order, but further down the list behind Nakajima.
Lap 49: Button pits from the lead.
Lap 49: Button continues to lead as he moves near his final stop. Barrichello also has another - later - stop to make but is hardly making up any ground on his team-mate.
Mark Webber is yet to make a final stop and runs third.
Mark Webber is yet to make a final stop and runs third.
Lap 47: Hamilton continues in ninth but Glock is now just one second behind him, with Kubica sticking to the Toyota like glue over the last 10 laps.
Lap 47: Hamilton is struggling for pace and is now over eight seconds behind Heidfeld - his progress being hampered further by Alonso's recent exit from the pits.
Lap 46: Fernando Alonso makes his final stop from fourth and comes out on top in a wheel-to-wheel battle with Hamilton.
Lap 46: Jenson Button now leads by 12 seconds over team-mate Barrichello. Jock Clear tells his man to push to beat Massa and Vettel, who pitted earlier than Brawn expected.
Lap 45: Lewis Hamilton has visible severe tyre wear on his right front tyre, which could be the reason why he cannot stay with Heidfeld's pace just ahead.
Lewis reports over the team radio that his rear tyres are finished. Timo Glock in 11th still has Kubica close behind him, but they are both beginning to close down the four second gap to Hamilton.
Lewis reports over the team radio that his rear tyres are finished. Timo Glock in 11th still has Kubica close behind him, but they are both beginning to close down the four second gap to Hamilton.
Lap 44: Massa is down and away and Red Bull can't do anything as they resume together in the same order on the unwelcome hard tyre.
Lap 44: Vettel follows the Ferarri in.
Lap 44: Felipe Massa continues to edge closer to Button but pits the Ferrari.
Lap 43: Nick Heidfeld is eighth and in recent laps has been able to extend the gap over Hamilton just slightly. The difference between them is 5.6s with Glock behind Lewis in tenth.
Glock still has Robert Kubica breathing down his neck in 11th. Nelson Piquet is 13th and maintaining that 11s buffer over Nakajima, with Fisichella bringing up the rear in 14th.
Glock still has Robert Kubica breathing down his neck in 11th. Nelson Piquet is 13th and maintaining that 11s buffer over Nakajima, with Fisichella bringing up the rear in 14th.
Lap 43: Felipe Massa continues in second, but has recently lost a wheel fairing from the Ferrari. Sebastian Vettel continues to hound the Brazilian, with the pair likely to stop at the same time.
Barrichello is fourth on that three-stop strategy and will have to push very hard to make up ground once the others switch to the harder tyre.
Mark Webber is fifth, from Webber, Alonso and Rosberg.
Barrichello is fourth on that three-stop strategy and will have to push very hard to make up ground once the others switch to the harder tyre.
Mark Webber is fifth, from Webber, Alonso and Rosberg.
Lap 41: Jenson Button leads by almost five seconds ahead of his second stop. He his lapping at times half a second quicker than team-mate Barrichello, who is told to push once again.
Lap 39: Kazuki comes out in 13th and has a 1.7s gap ahead of Fisichella. The Williams driver can now try and close down Nelson Piquet, who is 11 seconds up the road in 12th place.
Lap 38: Nakajima makes that stop now from ninth place. He rejoins further down the order after a total pitlane time of 23.6 seconds - quicker than Fisichella's stop. The Japanese driver should jump the Force India easily and emerge in 13th place.
Lap 38: Felipe Massa runs wide in Campsa and Vettel's Red Bull is very close behind once again.
Lap 37: Rubens Barrichello is not catching Vettel's Red Bull and his pace is slow after that second stop. Barrichello's only hope is that he will have a shorter final stint on the slower hard tyre at the end of the race.
Lap 37: Robert Kubica is closing down Timo Glock in a developing fight over 11th place.
Meantime, Kazuki Nakajima up the road in ninth is pushing hard setting personal best lap times ahead of his next stop. For the first 30 laps he was staring at the back of Fisichella's Force India, and will be looking at the very least to come out in front of the Italian.
Meantime, Kazuki Nakajima up the road in ninth is pushing hard setting personal best lap times ahead of his next stop. For the first 30 laps he was staring at the back of Fisichella's Force India, and will be looking at the very least to come out in front of the Italian.
Lap 35: Jenson Button leads by four seconds over Felipe Massa, who continues to hold off Vettel's Red Bull.
Rubens Barrichello is fourth at the the moment on his three-stop plan, with Mark Webber some distance behind in fifth.
Crowd favourite Fernando Alonso is sixth, ahead of Rosberg's Williams.
Rubens Barrichello is fourth at the the moment on his three-stop plan, with Mark Webber some distance behind in fifth.
Crowd favourite Fernando Alonso is sixth, ahead of Rosberg's Williams.
Lap 34: Lewis Hamilton took soft tyres at that stop and a short fill of fuel. The world champion will need to come in again later in the race, making it a late first stop of two.
Heidfeld rejoined in eighth, with Nakajima now ninth, Hamilton tenth, Glock 11th, Kubica 13th and Piquet 14th.
Hamilton has jumped Kubica is the story from that pitstop.
Heidfeld rejoined in eighth, with Nakajima now ninth, Hamilton tenth, Glock 11th, Kubica 13th and Piquet 14th.
Hamilton has jumped Kubica is the story from that pitstop.
Lap 33: The advantage swings to Button in the Brawn camp as Barrichello will be unable to sprint on his light fuel once he reaches the back of Vettel's Red Bull.
Lap 33: Nick Heidfeld and Lewis Hamilton pit together from fifth and sixth. It is a quicker stop by the German squad and Heidfeld actually extends his gap over Hamilton slightly.
Lap 32: Jenson Button takes the lead as Barrichello resumes behind the Massa and Vettel scrap.
Lap 32: Giancarlo Fisichella pits from tenth place in the Force India. He was fighting with Kazuki Nakajima for the first 30 laps of this race, and is back on the track after a total pitlane time of 25.0 seconds.
Nakajima will now have the chance to puts some good times in and jump the Italian.
Nakajima will now have the chance to puts some good times in and jump the Italian.
Lap 32: Barrichello pits for the second of his three stops.
Lap 31: Barrichello continues to lap quickly in the lead but needs to press on.
He is currently 13.5 seconds clear of Button but needs over 20 seconds to get a pit stop clear of his team-mate.
He is currently 13.5 seconds clear of Button but needs over 20 seconds to get a pit stop clear of his team-mate.
Lap 31: Nick Heidfeld is pushing as hard as he can to try and build a small gap on Hamilton before they stop for the first time, but the Briton is matching the BMW lap by lap and the gap between them is around 1.5 seconds.
Lap 29: Nick Heidfeld is fifth with Lewis Hamilton close behind him in sixth. Both have yet to stop. Mark Webber is seventh, with Fernando Alonso eighth, and Nico Rosberg emerged in ninth place after his recent stop.
Lap 28: Rubens Barrichello leads by 11.3 seconds from team-mate Button. The pair are dueling on opposing three and two-stop strategies.
Felipe Massa is a solid third in the Ferrari, with Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull once again harrying the Brazilian.
Felipe Massa is a solid third in the Ferrari, with Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull once again harrying the Brazilian.
Lap 27: Nick Heidfeld is up to sixth and sets his personal best lap of the race so far. He is towing Lewis Hamilton nicely along with him as the pair run quickly on their (now) light load of fuel.
Hamilton is advised on the team radio that if he keeps pace with the BMW in front, he can jump Heidfeld in the pitstop.
Hamilton is advised on the team radio that if he keeps pace with the BMW in front, he can jump Heidfeld in the pitstop.
Lap 26: He takes more soft tyres so does plan another stop. The Williams resumes behind Webber and Alonso.
Lap 26: Nico Rosberg pits from second.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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