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2010 German Grand Prix Race day at Hockenheim
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Lap 53: Lucas di Grassi has spun wildly out of the lead in the new teams battle. Glock takes over 18th with Kovalainen just 2.7s behind him.
Lap 54: Senna is through as well and up to 20th and di Grassi is in trouble. He pits.
Lap 54: Alonso is now 2.7 seconds ahead of team-mate Massa as they battle to lap the cars just outside the points.
Lap 54: De la Rosa rejoined in 13th place and is quickly under attack from Hulkenberg.
Lap 55: Di Grassi's Virgin is wheeled into the garage. His race is over. We expect Glock to pit soon and hand over the new teams lead to Kovalainen.
Lap 55: Alonso sets the fastest lap at a 1m16.625s, pulling to three seconds clear of Massa.
Lap 55: Glock pits and Kovalainen duly takes over 18th place. Glock rejoins in a safe 19th position.
Lap 56: Pedro de la Rosa in 13th is immediately onto the back of Barrichello's Williams thanks to those new tyres.Hulkenberg is just 0.6s behind them.
Lap 56: Vettel is keeping the pressure on Massa with another new fastest lap. He's just 2.6 seconds behind the Ferrari.
Lap 57: Hamilton is now 23.3 seconds behind the leader in fourth, with a comfortable gap back to Button fifth and Webber sixth.
Lap 58: Vettel is now just 1.4 seconds behind a likely deflated Massa as they battle through lapped traffic.
Lap 58: Vitaly Petrov is 10th and set to score a point this afternoon. However, his race engineer tells him sternly on the radio that he needs to shift early to seventh gear - or the team will be forced to turn his engine revs down.
Lap 59: Vettel is now right with Massa in a battle for second place.
Lap 59: Massa is closing on Schumacher to lap his former team-mate.
Lap 59: Oh disaster for Lotus! Kovalainen is touring on the circuit after turning in on de la Rosa at Turn 2. The Finn hands the new teams lead and 18th place back to Glock's Virgin.
Lap 60: De la Rosa lost a part of his front wing in the move to lap Kovalainen and he's into the pits, wrecking his chance of points this afternoon.
Lap 61: Vettel is eying the 18 points Massa is currently holding, which would greatly help the German's championship challenge.
Lap 61: Kovalainen pits and this could be the end of the day for Lotus. Glock is 18th and has a comfortable 45s buffer over Senna's HRT.
Lap 61: Kovalainen climbs out and retires from the German Grand Prix.
Lap 62: Alonso has a comfortable lead of 3.9 seconds with five laps to go in Germany.
Lap 62: Robert Kubica runs in a lonely seventh place, with Rosberg eighth, Schumacher ninth and Petrov in 10th.
Lap 63: Button has been closing on his team-mate, but Hamilton is told he no longer needs to save fuel. The McLarens are fourth and fifth.
Lap 63: Rosberg and Schumacher have yielded as the Mercedes pair get lapped by the Ferraris at home. The team will still pick up some points for eighth and ninth.
Lap 64: Alonso holds a 4.3 second lead over Massa now with Vettel continuing to push in third, now 5.4 second back.
Lap 65: Hamilton is fourth but now 26.1 seconds off the leading Ferrari with Button a further second back.
Lap 66: Mark Webber is sixth but certainly has backed off the pace a little after receiving that message from his race engineer some time ago.
Lap 66: Button runs wide at Turn 1 and drops to 2.4 seconds behind team-mate Hamilton, as the Ferraris enter the stadium on the final lap.
Fernando Alonso wins the German Grand Prix.
The Spaniard lost out at the first corner to team-mate Massa and was unable to find a way past the Brazilian until he was allowed through.
It's a strong day in the points for Alonso and Ferrari, but they will surely face controversy over that switch between the team-mates
Massa holds on for second but is sure to be unhappy about letting his team-mate through after leading strongly earlier on.
Vettel takes solid points for third, with Hamilton maintaining his championship lead with a fourth place.
Button takes valuable points for fifth, with Webber getting his ailing car home in sixth.
Kubica finishes seventh to score good points for Renault, with Rosberg eighth, Schumacher ninth and Petrov claims the final point for 10th.
Vettel grabbed the fastest lap with a 1m15.824s on the last lap.
Kobayashi came home in 11th, out of the points. Barrichello and Hulkenberg finished in 12th and 13th, ahead of de la Rosa in 14th.
It's the 23rd career win for Alonso but his delight is tempered by the controversial circumstances.
Alguersuari finishes in 15th with Liuzzi 16th and Sutil 17th. All three suffered from an incident at Turn 6 on the opening lap.
Timo Glock wins the new teams battle for Virgin with 18th ahead of Senna, who brings the HRT past the flag in 19th and the last classified finisher.
The Spanish national anthem plays on the Hockenheim podium for Fernando Alonso - winner of the 2010 German Grand Prix.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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