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2010 Japanese Grand Prix Race day at Suzuka
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Lap 48: Meanwhile, Vettel leads by a comfortable 2.2 seconds from Webber, with Alonso a similar distance back in third.
Lap 47: Sutil's car dropped a lot of oil through the 130R corner and round the final chicane.
Lap 47: Sutil comes into the pits and retires. Alguersuari also pits after light contact with Kobayashi in that battle for position.
Lap 47: Sutil has big problems in the Force India and spins on his own oil at the 130R, promoting Kobayashi into 10th.
Lap 46: Kobayashi shows real racing brains as he passes Alguersuari for 11th position. A great move as the Spaniard went to cover the inside.
Lap 45: The inevitable comes for Hamilton at the hairpin as Button breezes by to take fourth.
Lap 45: Heidfeld is eighth and holding the gap at 2.6 seconds behind the Mercedes drivers, with Barrichello a further 1.1 seconds behind in ninth.
Lap 45: Button is right with Hamilton now.
Lap 45: Behind the five championship contenders, Rosberg and Schumacher continue to run line astern in sixth and seventh.
Lap 44: Button is now just 2.2 seconds behind Hamilton and will likely make swift work of his team-mate in the ailing McLaren.
Lap 44: Kamui Kobayashi is still in 12th but has now caught up to the back of Jaime Alguersuari. Sutil is 10th and 1.1 seconds ahead of these two.
Lap 42: Hamilton is particularly struggling to get out of the hairpin where that gearbox issue first became a problem.
Lap 42: Rosberg was able to maintain track position into Turn 1 and keeps sixth position.
Lap 42: Schumacher and Rosberg were side-by-side coming over the line last time round.
Lap 42: Hamilton is pressing on with that gearbox problem but team-mate Button is closing on him rapidly.
Lap 42: Vettel leads by two seconds from team-mate Webber, Alonso a further 2.1 seconds behind in third.
Lap 41: Schumacher is attacking team-mate Rosberg again as they battle for sixth. The gap between the pair is less than 0.5 seconds.
Lap 41: Hamilton is currently fourth, with Button 8.5s behind him and on fresh tyres.
Lap 40: Hamilton tells his team that he has lost third gear in the McLaren.
Lap 40: Kobayashi rejoins in 12th position after a 3.7 seconds stop.
Lap 40: Hamilton has fallen 4.2 seconds behind Alonso after a very poor lap - missing a gearshift at the hairpin.
Lap 40: Kobayashi is in this time and he pits from sixth position, but his chance of points is blown.
Lap 40: Button pits for his soft tyres and resumes in fifth.
Lap 39: The McLaren mechanics are now out to stop Button.
Lap 39: Webber is just 1.4 seconds behind Vettel as the Red Bulls pack up behind leader Button.
Lap 39: Kobayashi posts another slow lap with 1m37.485s. Sauber needs to react and quickly.
Lap 39: Rosberg and Schumacher are now closing the gap down to under nine seconds behind Kobayashi.
Lap 38: Kobayashi is beginning to lose pace in sixth position and really needs to come into the pits.
Lap 38: Heikki Kovalainen pits from 14th position and the lead of the new teams battle. He rejoins in the same position, but now team-mate Trulli is on his tail.
Lap 38: Hamilton has Alonso's Ferrari in his sights now as the mouthwatering potential for a scrap between the pair begins to build.
Lap 37: Button will fall into a sizable gap behind Hamilton when he pits so McLaren might as well try packing up the field for now.
Lap 37: Kobayashi isn't able to continue extending the advantage as we await his pitstop. He remains in sixth, but only 9.4 seconds ahead of Rosberg and Schumacher.
Lap 37: Vettel is now in the dirty air from Button as a train begins to form behind the leader.
Lap 37: Hamilton sets the fastest lap and is now just 2.9 seconds behind Alonso.
Lap 36: Alonso is being told to push by his team, but is not happy with the traffic this afternoon.
Lap 36: Hamilton has closed to 3.3s off Alonso's Ferrari.
Lap 35: Button's pace is relatively poor at this stage on well-worn rubber, with the Red Bull pair rapidly closing on his lead.
Lap 34: Yamamoto finally pits and Glock can get on with it. The German takes over 16th place.
Lap 34: Hamilton sets his best time of the race at a 1m35.492s and is beginning to close on Alonso again.
Lap 33: He is still stuck behind Yamamoto and they are a massive 56.4 seconds behind Trulli, who is 15th.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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