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2010 Spanish Grand Prix Race day at the Circuit de Catalunya
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Lap 31: Webber again sets the fastest lap as he pulls 11.7 seconds clear of Hamilton's McLaren. Vettel is a further 1.6 seconds behind in third.
Lap 31: But Chandhok's race hasn't lasted too much longer. He pulls off to the side of the track with a mechanical problem. Both HRTs are now out of the race.
Lap 30: The mechanics fitted a new nose to Chandhok's car and sent him on his way with fresh tyres.
Lap 30: Chandhok comes in with the front wing missing. Replays show that Alguersuari came through to put a lap on him, but cut back in on the racing line way too soon, chopping across the nose of the HRT driver in the process.
Lap 30: Schumacher is still holding on in fifth from Button, with Massa again right with that scrap.
Lap 29: Massa is setting his best pace of the day, despite that deranged front wing. "I think we found the solution," jokes Rob Smedley on the radio
Lap 29: Glock is 20th and right on the tail of Chandhok. In fact, Glock now passes as the Indian pits.
Lap 29: Buemi is 17th and 46 seconds ahead of Trulli in 18th. Trulli has Chandhok just three seconds behind him, but the HRT has yet to pit.
Lap 28: Hulkenberg is now 12th and has Petrov and Kobayashi tight up behind him. Liuzzi is 15th with Rosberg now 16th.
Lap 28: A 1m26.655s is the new fastest lap for Mark Webber in the Red Bull.
Lap 27: Barrichello currently occupies the final points paying position in tenth. Alguersuari is over ten seconds behind him in 11th.
Lap 27: Massa has continued in seventh despite that front wing damage from his clash with Chandhok.
Lap 26: Alonso, fourth, also has good pace at this stage and is also closing slowly on Hamilton and Vettel.
Lap 26: Webber now has a comfortable 10 second lead from Hamilton, while Vettel is closing slowly on the McLaren.
Lap 26: Chandhok is the only driver yet to stop this afternoon.
Lap 25: Massa was closing quickly on Schumacher and Button but he was caught out badly by Chandhok's HRT. The Ferrari has front wing damage.
Lap 25: Jaime Alguersuari has put a brilliant move across Nico Hulkenberg in a battle for 11th. The young Spaniard took the outside line into Turn 1 and with some demon late braking got the job done.
Lap 24: Button tries another move on Schumacher at Turn 1 but the veteran German easily defends the inside.
Lap 24: The stewards deem that Buemi rejoined the track in an unsafe manner.
Lap 24: Webber is now 9.4s clear of Hamilton, who is a further 2.2s up on Vettel.
Lap 24: Sebastien Buemi has been given a drive-through penalty for that run across the extra asphalt at Turn 1 when he passed Trulli for position.
Lap 23: Timo Glock pits from 19th place in the Virgin. He was just 2.7s behind Trulli before this stop, in a battle for 18th.
Lap 22: Pedro de la Rosa's race is over. The Sauber is wheeled into the Sauber garage with a problem.
Lap 22: Button lines up another move on Schumacher but he can't make it work around the outside of the German.
Lap 22: Webber sets the fastest lap at a 1m27.099s.
Lap 22: Nico Rosberg is still down in 17th position and mired in traffic. The German faces a really difficult period to the end of the race now.
Lap 22: Webber's lead is now 8.7 seconds over Hamilton, who is slightly quicker than the leader at this stage.
Lap 21: Pedro de la Rosa pits from 22nd position in the Sauber. Whereas Buemi has been able to make headway through the slower runners, De la Rosa hasn't progressed at all.
Lap 21: Button has massive straight-line speed over the Mercedes on the straight but the German defends strongly on the run to Turn 1.
Lap 20: Alonso is solidly in fourth, with Schumacher fifth and under threat from Button.
Lap 20: It appeared as though Di Grassi was exiting the pits slowly, but in fact neither car has stopped yet. Lucas was just being cautious - perhaps too cautious on this occasion.
Lap 20: So the order is Webber from Hamilton and Vettel after action at the stops.
Lap 20: Button is all over Schumacher's Mercedes as the world champion looks to make use of his F-duct down the main straight.
Lap 19: The Virgin belonged to Di Grassi who slowed dramatically on the run to Turn 1, confusing Hamilton and Vettel equally.
Lap 19: Hamilton encounters a Virgin, Vettel is forced wide and the McLaren has taken track position from the Red Bull!
Lap 18: A rash of stops now for most of the frontrunners. Meantime, Massa has fallen back to 11th spot with Rosberg shown as 17th.
Lap 18: Hamilton is down and away ... can he get Vettel ...
Lap 18: Webber and Hamilton are in to cover off the rash of stops.
Lap 18: Vettel's stop was also slow, which might give Hamilton a chance.
Lap 18: That didn't work well for Button after a slow stop and he is back out behind Schumacher's Mercedes.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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