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2010 European Grand Prix Race day at Valencia
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Lap 10: Hamilton took the chance to change front wing as the Ferrrari pair dive in and stack.
Lap 10: Mark Webber was clearly moving and was thankfully able to climb out of the smashed RB6.
Lap 10: This is a lucky break for the lead pair but disaster for the Ferraris, who are stuck behind the safety car.
Lap 10: The pair of Ferraris are directly behind the safety car while Hamilton and Vettel pit.
Lap 10: The Red Bull landed upside down and then flipped back the right way and ploughed into the Turn 12 run-off tyre barrier.
Lap 10: Button is the top man to have made a stop and this could shuffle the field significantly.
Lap 10: It was a huge accident as Webber launched off the back of the Lotus and flew upside down through the air.
Lap 10: There is a scramble for the pits but the top four have missed the pitlane entry!
Lap 10: Mark Webber tries to pass Kovalainen for 17th and has an enormous accident just like Josef Kral suffered this morning in the GP2 race.
Lap 10: There has been a huge accident involving Mark Webber and Kovalainein in the Lotus.
Lap 9: The safety car has been deployed.
Lap 9: Rosberg pits from 17th in the Mercedes. He too has suffered a terrible start to the race. He's back out after a 5.8s stop for hard tyres.
Lap 9: Kubica is holding on strongly in fifth with Button now 2.6 seconds behind. Barrichello is seventh in his Williams.
Lap 8: Webber rejoins in around 18th place and has a mountain to climb now.
Lap 8: Hamilton's pace has faded slightly over the last couple of laps and Alonso is now under two seconds behind.
Lap 8: He switches to the harder tyre but there is a problem with the left front and it's a long 7.9s stop.
Lap 8: Webber pits from ninth place in the Red Bull after a disastrous opening to the race.
Lap 7: Lotus send Trulli out to complete some more laps in the hope that his gearbox problem is remedied.
Lap 7: So Hulkenberg in eighth leads Webber, Buemi, Schumacher and Sutil. Webber is easily quicker than the Williams but as yet can't find a way past.
Lap 6: Vettel clocks the fastest lap at 1m43.055s and looks comfortable out front. However, both Hamilton and Alonso were only around a tenth off the leader's pace.
Lap 6: Barrichello in seventh is going with Button and hanging onto the leading cars, but Hulkenberg in eighth is now holding up those behind him.
Lap 5: The positions are static for the moment as Trulli pits. He switches off the engine and the team will attempt a fix.
Lap 5: Vettel now has a 2.9 second lead over Hamilton, with a similar margin back to Alonso's Ferrari.
Lap 5: Replays show Hamilton was challenging hard for the lead in Turn 2 but Vettel held firm, with light contact between the rear wheel of the Red Bull and front wheel of the McLaren.
Lap 5: Blue flags wave as Trulli is limping back to the pits. It looks like we are about to lose one Lotus.
Lap 4: Ferrari's radio to Alonso suggests pieces are falling off Hamilton's front wing after that clash with Vettel as Hamilton fought for the lead
Lap 4: Jarno Trulli pitted at the end of the first lap and runs in 24th and last position after some problems.
Lap 4: Alonso, Massa and Kubica are in tight formation disputing the final podium place.
Lap 3: Sutil is 12th with team-mate Liuzzi 13th, Rosberg down to 14th, Petrov 15th and De La Rosa in 16th place.
Lap 3: Vettel sets the fastest lap two as he pulls 2.3 seconds clear of Hamilton, who seems to have the pace to keep the Ferrari pair at bay.
Lap 3: Behind the Williamses comes Webber who is trying to gain positions back from ninth. Buemi is tenth and Schumacher is up to 11th place.
Lap 2: Vettel leads by 1.6 seconds over Hamilton, Alonso, Massa, Kubica, Button and the Williams pair.
Lap 2: Webber is down to ninth and clearly has some trouble after contact with Button on the run to Turn 3 on the opening lap.
Lap 2: Hamilton tells the team he has a vibration after antics between himself and Vettel at Turn 2.
Lap 1: Kubica puts a great move on Button to grab fifth as Vettel streams off into the lead after a hard-fought start.
Lap 1: Webber is dropping down the field and is already down in seventh position after an awful start.
Lap 1: Down to the bridge for the first time it is Vettel from Hamilton, Alonso, Massa and Button under threat from Kubica.
Lap 1: Vettel drops the hammer and is away well into the lead but Hamilton takes Webber for second on the run to Turn 2.
Lap 1: The five red lights go out and we are racing in Valencia!
Vettel and Webber stop in their slots. The field is forming up quite slowly behind them.
We await the lights ...
We await the lights ...
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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