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2010 Formula 1 Australian GP
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Australian GP
2010 Australian Grand Prix Race day at Albert Park
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Lap 17: Hamilton appears to have survived the clash with Webber and is all over the gearbox of Massa's Ferrari.
Lap 17: Karun Chandhok in 16th skates off the road at Turn 1 and drives through the gravel trap. He makes it back onto the track.
Lap 16: Webber has recovered from the Turn 3 gravel and is now eighth.
Lap 16: The order, then, is Vettel from Button, Kubica, Rosberg, Massa, Hamilton and Alonso.
Lap 16: A fascinating piece of racing but Webber is badly compromised having out-braked himself and gone straight on into the gravel trap.
Lap 16: Barrichello in ninth is coming under attack from de la Rosa. Liuzzi is 11th and catching the pair of them. Alguersuari is 12th and Schumacher is tight up behind him.
Lap 16: Webber is off into the gravel, Hamilton is through and Massa follows on.
Lap 16: Hamilton and Webber fight on to Turn 3 and they are wheel to wheel ...
Lap 16: Webber is through and past Massa as the Brazilian fumbles Turn 1. Hamilton comes through as well!
Lap 15: Webber is right on Massa after they streak past di Grassi's Virgin ...
Lap 15: Alonso is now free to close on this pack, setting up the prospect of a fascinating battle.
Lap 15: A great scrap developing here with Massa fifth, Webber sixth and Hamilton seventh all nose to tail.
Lap 15: Alonso now has six seconds to make up. His next target is Hamilton.
Lap 14: Light spots of rain are falling once again but should not last long, as Alonso passes Barrichello for eighth.
Lap 14: Schumacher is all over the gearbox of Alguersuari, as Sutil climbs out of the Force India and retires. 17 runners left in the race.
Lap 14: The teams fitted softer slick tyres during that pitlane scramble and could run for the rest of the way unless more rain arrives.
Lap 14: Vettel cements his advantage with a 1m31.856s, pulling to 2.4 seconds up on Button.
Lap 13: Alonso dives up the inside of de la Rosa at Turn 9 and takes over ninth place.
Lap 13: Liuzzi is 11th ahead of Alguersuari 12th and Schumacher is up to 13th place.
Lap 13: Rubens Barrichello is now eighth after being passed a short time ago by Hamilton with de la Rosa ninth and Alonso slicing through the field in tenth.
Lap 13: It is a new fastest lap from Vettel as he pulls 1.7 seconds clear of Button. Kubica is a further two seconds behind in third.
Lap 12: The McLarens are finding good pace at this stage with Button harrying Vettel and Hamilton now hot on the case of Webber's Red Bull.
Lap 12: Adrian Sutil has come into the pits with a problem. He will soon go one lap down.
Lap 11: Lewis Hamilton is the fastest with a lap of 1m33.039s. He is eighth after that rush of stops for dry tyres.
Lap 11: The order is Vettel from Button, Kubica, Rosberg, Massa and Webber.
Lap 11: Webber resumes well down the queue of cars and he drops behind Massa into the first corner.
Lap 11: Webber pits from the lead, handing a lead to the yet-to-pit Sutil.
Lap 11: Timo Glock is in and out of the pits for dry tyres. He resumes at the back of the field in 19th.
Lap 10: Vitaly Petrov has spun away his 14th place into the gravel. The Russian is out of the race.
Lap 10: With Red Bull unwilling to stack the stops, Webber is losing out badly on his worn intermediates.
Lap 10: Lucas di Grassi did not pit for tyres. He is the only driver down the order yet to come in.
Lap 10: Vettel resumes ahead of Button and Kubica.
Lap 10: Vettel pits - but Webber doesn't. This could be costly for the Australian!
Lap 10: The Red Bull pair continue to lead but will surely pit this time.
Lap 9: It's a mighty scramble for fresh rubber.
Lap 9: With most of the field in for tyres, the order at the top is Vettel from Webber and Liuzzi an amazing third with Alguersuari fourth.
Lap 9: Liuzzi, Algusuari and Sutil have gone through.
Lap 9: All but the Red Bulls dive for the pits.
Lap 9: Hamilton's pace is poor, falling back from Rosberg.
Lap 8: Button's pace is good, indicating dry tyres is the way to go very soon.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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