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2010 Formula 1 Malaysian GP
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2010 Malaysian Grand Prix Race day at Sepang
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Lap 9: Jenson Button comes into the pits from 15th place. He takes on a set of harder tyres in 5.4 seconds and is away again.
Lap 10: Hamilton has been given the black and white warning flag for driving standards after that weaving to defend from Petrov.
Lap 10: Michael Schumacher is out of the race with a broken left rear suspension.
Lap 10: Jarno Trulli has passed both Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok. The Italian runs in 19th place with Chandhok 20th and Senna 21st.
Lap 10: Schumacher had a major moment through Turn 6 as the left rear wheel came askew. The German has pulled off and is now behind the barrier.
Lap 11: Meanwhile, Hamilton is right with Liuzzi's Force India in what is now a battle for seventh.
Lap 11: Rubens Barrichello is another driver climbing back through the field. The Williams is up to 15th, passing di Grassi on the last lap.
Lap 11: Webber recently set the fastest lap but that honour is now taken by team-mate Vettel in 1m41.206s.
Lap 12: Heikki Kovalainen has a serious go at Lucas di Grassi for 16th place but locks up and runs wide. The Finn has a puncture and is on his way back to the pits. That was the battle between the new teams for 16th place.
Lap 12: Hamilton clears Liuzzi as the Force India slows ...
Lap 12: Liuzzi clearly has a problem and is touring to a retirement.
Lap 12: Cars are dropping out all over the place in the heat of Malaysia! Button sets the quickest first sector time on his hard tyres. He is 14th.
Lap 12: That puts Hamilton up to seventh and closing on Hulkenberg's Williams.
Lap 13: Button now sets the fastest lap of the race with 1m41.155s. He is now 13th and 17 seconds behind Alonso.
Lap 13: The Red Bull pair are now a strong 4.8 seconds clear of Rosberg's Mercedes.
Lap 13: Hulkenberg pits from seventh and gives Hamilton a big piece of clear air.
Lap 13: Petrov follows Hulkenberg in and out of the pits and they resume behind Button's McLaren.
Lap 14: Liuzzi has brought the stricken Force India back into the pit. The team is checking over the car but it doesn't look good.
Lap 14: Hamilton sets his best lap of the race as he goes over the line sixth. He is, however, 9.5 seconds behind Sutil and 21.1s off the lead.
Lap 14: Sebastien Buemi pits the Toro Rosso from what was eighth place. That releases the Ferrari pair into some clear space.
Lap 15: Jenson Button is still setting a very quick pace after that change of tyres. He is now 13 seconds behind Alonso. They are ninth and tenth.
Lap 15: Buemi had moved in to the top ten but pits, releasing Massa and Alonso in the Ferraris.
Lap 15: Hamilton takes the fastest lap with a 1m40.899s. He slashes the gap to Sutil to 8.3 seconds.
Lap 15: Hulkenberg is down to 11th following that tyre change. Vitaly Petrov is right behind him in 12th as Trulli and Chandhok pit.
Lap 15: Webber is being encouraged to push by engineer Cairon Pilbeam as the inter-team rivalry builds at Red Bull ahead of the stops.
Lap 16: Hamilton is now seven seconds behind Sutil and closing rapidly.
Lap 16: Hamilton is matching the leader's pace on his harder compound tyres. The Red Bulls started on soft tyres.
Lap 17: Bruno Senna pits from 17th place in the HRT entry. Both cars are running reliably so far.
Lap 17: Hamilton is told on the radio that no rain is likely any time soon and the race could be dry to the end.
Lap 18: The radar shows no convective showers building anywhere near the circuit and official predictions are for no rain in the next 30 minutes.
Lap 18: Hamilton is now six seconds off Sutil's fifth place.
Lap 19: Jenson Button is continuing to slowly pull in the two Ferraris in front of him. Massa is eighth with Alonso ninth - Button is 11 seconds back.
Lap 19: Alonso appears to be struggling to change gears on his Ferrari.
Lap 20: Hamilton needs to press on as team-mate Button is setting good pace on his fresher tyres.
Lap 20: Hamilton was closing rapidly on Sutil, who pits the Force India.
Lap 21: Sutil resumes behind the Ferrari pair but ahead of Jenson Button.
Lap 21: Jaime Alguersuari has been into the pits. He rejoins in 12th position, right behind Vitaly Petrov's Renault.
Lap 21: Kubica is the next man to call for new tyres.
Lap 22: Behind Jenson Button, Hulkenberg is tenth with Petrov 11th, Alguersuari 12th and Buemi is catching them in 13th.
Lap 22: Kubica resumes just ahead of Massa and holds off the Ferrari in the opening complex.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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