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Formula 1
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2010 German Grand Prix Race day at Hockenheim
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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 58: Vettel is now just 1.4 seconds behind a likely deflated Massa as they battle through lapped traffic.
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 56: Vettel is keeping the pressure on Massa with another new fastest lap. He's just 2.6 seconds behind the Ferrari.
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 55: Glock pits and Kovalainen duly takes over 18th place. Glock rejoins in a safe 19th position.
Lap 55: Alonso sets the fastest lap at a 1m16.625s, pulling to three seconds clear of Massa.
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 54: De la Rosa rejoined in 13th place and is quickly under attack from Hulkenberg.
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: Senna is through as well and up to 20th and di Grassi is in trouble. He pits.
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 52: Finally, de la Rosa pits from seventh. He takes on the super-soft tyres and rejoins, but out of the top 10.
Lap 51: Down in 14th, Hulkenberg's new tyres are helping him quite well. He has caught team-mate Barrichello as they are both lapped by the Ferraris.
Lap 51: Vettel sets the fastest lap and is now just 2.9 seconds behind Massa.
Lap 51: New leader Alonso is quickly closing on that train of cars and has already lapped Hulkenberg.
Lap 50: Rob Smedley says "sorry" to his driver as the Brazilian falls into second place behind Alonso.
Lap 49: With instructions from the pits, there is sure to be some controversy over that switch-over between the Ferrari drivers.
Lap 49: Massa slows and Alonso is through into the lead.
Lap 48: Schumacher is now 2.3 seconds ahead of Petrov, then it is 1.6s to Kobayashi, then another 2.6s to Barrichello in 13th.
Lap 48: Massa is told on the radio "Fernando is faster than you. Can you confirm you understood that message?"
Lap 47: Massa now has that sizable train in sight which is headed by de la Rosa in seventh and spreads all the way back to Hulkenberg in 14th.
Lap 47: The gaps are beginning to stretch in that midfield battle for the tail of the points. Rosberg in ninth has 1.2s over Schumacher.
Lap 46: Virgin currently leads the new teams battle with di Grassi 18th and Glock 19th. However, both have yet to stop and Kovalainen is just eight seconds behind di Grassi.
Lap 46: Webber is told about his engine oil problem on the radio and that hard braking may help move some oil around the car.
Lap 46: Massa is just 0.9 seconds ahead at the line and are homing in on a pack of cars, with Hulkenberg's Williams next to be lapped.
Lap 45: Vettel again takes the fastest lap at 1m17.122s.
Lap 44: No, because Petrov edges out the gap on the next lap to 0.7 seconds. Barrichello is now right there with them.
Lap 44: Petrov makes an error and that has put Kobayashi right onto him again. Can the Japanese make the most of the opportunity this time?
Lap 44: Webber is now 4.6 seconds behind Button but setting reasonable pace as Red Bull looks to protect a problem with the Australian's engine.
Lap 43: Barrichello is still pushing to catch this group in 13th. He is 1.6 seconds behind the Japanese driver.
Lap 43: Vettel sets the fastest lap at 1m17.242s but is almost six seconds behind the Ferraris.
Lap 43: Rosberg is the one now losing pace at the bottom end of the top 10. Schumacher is still one second behind him, with the same gap to Petrov and then Kobayashi, who is 12th.
Lap 42: The gap between Massa and Alonso is just a second.
Lap 42: Button is told of that message to Webber now he is no longer under threat from the Red Bull.
Lap 42: Behind the top six, de la Rosa continues in seventh but has yet to stop. Kubica is eighth, Rosberg ninth and Schumacher still 10th.
Lap 41: Webber is being told on the Red Bull radio to drop to four seconds behind Button's McLaren.
Lap 41: Sutil in 17th is flying on his new tyres after running off the road a few laps ago. He sets the fastest lap of the race with 1m17.300s.
Lap 40: Massa is now clear of the tailend pack and has a lot of clear track infront of him, with Alonso right behind.
Lap 39: Alonso clears di Grassi but the gap is down to just 1.1 seconds.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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