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Formula 1
German GP
2010 German Grand Prix Race day at Hockenheim
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Lap 39: Alonso is closing rapidly on Massa as the Brazilian faces di Grassi's Virgin.
Lap 39: Massa now clears Glock's Virgin as the Ferrari pair battle through traffic.
Lap 39: Michael Schumacher in 10th is closing in on team-mate Nico Rosberg again. The gap is now exactly one second. Petrov and Kobayashi are still in close attendance.
Lap 38: Hamilton is told to save fuel as the McLaren team may need to use an aggressive fuel-save mode at the end of the race.
Lap 38: The lead gap is down to two seconds as Massa drops time passing Kovalainen.
Lap 38: The gap between the top six and the rest of the field is astounding. Webber is just under 20s off the lead, but seventh place de la Rosa is a full 30 seconds behind him.
Lap 37: So Alguersuari takes over 15th with Sutil back out after a stop to clear the floor of the car of gravel, incurred during that off-track moment.
Lap 37: Alonso clocks a 1m17.666s fastest lap with the gap to leader Massa now 2.5 seconds.
Lap 37: Webber is putting the pressure on Button and is just 0.6 seconds down on the McLaren as they flash over the line.
Lap 36: Jaime Alguersuari is finasll through on Adrian Sutil ... oh and now we see the reason. The German made an error at the Sachs curve and is into the pits.
Lap 36: Hulkenberg pits after losing that place to de la Rosa. It will be interesting to see if he can regain track position when the Sauber driver stops.
Lap 35: Championship leader Hamilton is fourth and now 16.9 seconds behind Massa, holding off Button and Webber.
Lap 35: So de la Rosa is now seventh with Hulkenberg eighth, Kubica just 1.6s behind them in ninth and Rosberg right behind the Pole in 10th.
Lap 35: Vettel, third, has dropped away from Alonso in recent laps and is now 6.6 seconds off the lead.
Lap 35: Eighth placed de la Rosa has now caught Hulkenberg. Oh and now the Spaniard makes a move at Turn 6 ... and it sticks!
Lap 34: The gap is just two seconds between the Ferrari pair and we surely haven't seen the end of Alonso's ambitions for the lead.
Lap 34: Liuzzi is finding some pace now in 17th. He is 11.3 seconds behind the Sutil versus Alguersuari fight, but catching at almost 1s per lap.
Lap 34: It's a Ferrari one-two in Germany with Massa leading Alonso at half distance.
Lap 33: Webber is trying to put the pressure on Button in the fight for fifth, but the Red Bull doesn't have a significant pace advantage.
Lap 33: Schumacher is really beginning to lose some pace. So much so, that Barrichello in 14th is beginning to catch Kobayashi.
Lap 32: Sutil and Alguersuari are still fighting tooth and nail for 15th with no end to this scrap in sight just yet.
Lap 32: Alonso responds with a 1m17.751s and is now 2.8 seconds off the leader.
Lap 31: Rosberg in 10th has edged away from team-mate Schumacher to the tune of 2.2 seconds. Petrov and Kobayashi are now hounding Schumacher.
Lap 31: Massa takes the fastest lap with a 1m17.991s as the gap is clocked at 3.2 seconds.
Lap 30: Alguersuari rejoined only just behind Sutil after that recent stop. They are now fighting hard over 15th place but they are a whopping 54s behind Barrichello.
Lap 29: Vettel is now 1.9 seconds further back in third, with Hamilton, Button and Webber close together almost 15 seconds off the lead.
Lap 29: The top six have opened up a healthy gap over Hulkenberg and de la Rosa, who are seventh and eighth, but yet to stop.
Lap 29: Alonso responds with the fastest lap, clocked at 1m18.075s.
Lap 29: "Keep this going, you can win," engineer Rob Smedley tells Massa on the radio.
Lap 28: Massa is pressing home his advantage with a 1m18.399s fastest lap and is now leading by 3.4 seconds.
Lap 28: A close four-car group is fighting for the final points-paying position. Rosberg is 10th with Schumacher 11th, Petrov 12th and the man they will all fear - Kobayashi - in 13th.
Lap 28: Alonso may be preserving his tyres and fuel for a late attack on his team-mate.
Lap 27: Alguersuari pits from 15th place, handing the place to Sutil, who is putting in his quickest laps of the race currently.
Lap 27: The lead gap is now three seconds as Alonso begins to see Vettel looming in his mirrors.
Lap 27: Massa seems happier with his tyres now fully warmed and has pulled clear of Alonso over the last couple of laps.
Lap 26: Kovalainen pits for tyres from 16th place. He was leading the new teams battle with an eight second buffer over di Grassi.
Lap 26: Rosberg was ahead of Schumacher before the stops ... and he maintains that trend, taking over 10th place.
Lap 25: Petrov rejoined and is quickly embroiled in a battle with Kobayashi. The Russian takes 12th position as Rosberg finally pits.
Lap 24: Petrov pits the Renault from eighth and could possibly rejoin ahead of Barrichello.
Lap 24: Massa sets the fastest lap and now leads by 0.8 seconds over team-mate Alonso.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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