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Formula 1
Malaysian GP
2010 Malaysian Grand Prix Race day at Sepang
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Lap 35: The McLaren has fresh rubber and rapid straight line speed so looks set to make a move.
Lap 35: Vitaly Petrov has pulled off the circuit in the Renault. He was in 13th place but is out, handing the position to Rubens Barrichello.
Lap 35: Hamilton is now right on the gearbox of Sutil's Force India.
Lap 34: The McLaren is just 2.6 seconds down on Sutil's Force India and Hamilton will soon be with the German.
Lap 33: Hamilton sets the fastest lap at 1m37.745s as he enjoys fresh soft tyres.
Lap 33: Alguersuari is now 13 seconds behind Felipe Massa. Hulkenberg will have 12th placed Buemi on his tail soon.
Lap 32: Vettel leads by 5.8 seconds over team-mate Webber. Rosberg is third, from Kubica and the yet-to-stop Alonso. Sutil is now sixth.
Lap 32: What a fantastic move by Alguersuari! He takes the Williams round the outside of Turn 5 and moves up into that tenth place.
Lap 32: Hamilton and Button are now seventh and eighth, with Alonso ahead still to stop.
Lap 31: Jaime Alguersuari is shaping up to fight Nico Hulkenberg for tenth place. The gap is 0.4s and this is currently for the final point.
Lap 31: The McLaren pair go wheel-to-wheel and Hamilton fends off Button.
Lap 31: Hamilton finally pits for soft rubber.
Lap 30: Massa is pushing to keep ahead of team-mate Alonso as new soft tyres give him the fastest lap in 1m38.002s.
Lap 29: Karun Chandhok sets his personal best lap of the race as he battles like mad to stay in touch behind Jarno Trulli. The gap between them is 9.5 seconds. This is the battle for 16th.
Lap 29: Hamilton is likely to tumble to around sixth after his stop, resuming close to team-mate Button.
Lap 29: The airport rain radar is now showing light showers building up very quickly just to the east of the circuit. We may just get a sprinkle in the final few laps of the race.
Lap 28: Vettel has the hammer down up front and now is 5.1 seconds up on Webber. Hamilton remains between the pair but is yet to stop.
Lap 28: Massa has made good gains by running long, clearing the Williams and the Toro Rosso pair. He has a hefty 29 lap run to the flag on softs.
Lap 28: Rubens Barrichello in 14th is catching Vitaly Petrov. The Renault driver is continuing to lose pace and the Williams is closing.
Lap 28: Massa finally makes his pit visit, resuming ninth just ahead of Hulkenberg's Williams.
Lap 27: Webber responds to another fastest lap from Vettel but is now 4.3 seconds behind his team-mate after the stops.
Lap 27: Heikki Kovalainen is back out on the circuit after an 11 minute call to the pits. He makes it 19 runners in the race.
Lap 27: Sutil and Button run ninth and tenth ahead of imminent stops for the Ferrari pair.
Lap 26: Vettel sets the fastest lap at 1m39.854s as he finds good grip on his fresh set of the harder compound tyres.
Lap 26: Jarno Trulli is 16th but running slow lap times. Chandhok is just seven seconds behind him with Senna last in 18th place.
Lap 26: Massa is now sixth, from Alonso - struggling with the Ferrari gearbox - in seventh. The Scuderia are yet to pit either car.
Lap 26: McLaren would be wise to pit Hamilton soon as Rosberg, Kubica and Sutil are all quick on fresh rubber.
Lap 26: Jaime Alguersuari now has clear space after passing Petrov and is flying. He is running laps in the 1m40s bracket and homing in on Hulkenberg. They are tenth and 11th.
Lap 25: Hamilton is temporarily between the Red Bull pair before the McLaren's stop.
Lap 25: Webber reacts to Vettel's stop. There is a fumble on the front right and Vettel easily re-takes the lead.
Lap 25: Webber now leads, with Vettel second and Hamiton third. Rosberg leads the cars that have stopped in fourth, from Kubica, Massa and Alonso.
Lap 24: Vettel just makes it out ahead of Hamilton.
Lap 23: Leader Vettel is now in the pits.
Lap 23: The order is now Vettel from Webber and Hamilton - all yet to stop.
Lap 23: Heikki Kovalainen came out of the pits for a couple of laps following that problem at the rear of the Lotus, but has since retired from the race.
Lap 23: Rosberg is in the next time around, switching to harder tyres for the run to the end. It's a rapid 3.9 second stop from Mercedes.
Lap 22: Alguersuari slices up the inside of the Renault and is now through to 11th place. Buemi follows him through as Petrov loses out.
Lap 22: Petrov and Alguersuari are having a right ding-dong on the circuit and will collide if they aren't careful.
Lap 22: Kubica resumes just ahead of Massa and holds off the Ferrari in the opening complex.
Lap 22: Behind Jenson Button, Hulkenberg is tenth with Petrov 11th, Alguersuari 12th and Buemi is catching them in 13th.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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