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Lap 47: Perez is also into the pits in the other Sauber and rejoins after a quick stop.
Lap 46: Massa pits for his tyres to the finish.
Lap 46: Kobayashi pits from eighth one lap later and rejoins the fight.
Lap 46: Hamilton resumes behind Sutil on the road.
Lap 46: Hamilton's fight with Massa is called off as he pits for hard tyres for the run to the end.
Lap 45: Meanwhile, Webber leads by 4.4 seconds from Vettel, with Alonso a further 7.9 seconds behind in third.
Lap 44: Buemi pits from 10th and Toro Rosso will be looking to get some undercut on Kobayashi's Sauber.
Lap 44: Rosberg pits the Mercedes, as Maldonado watched the race from the sidelines.
Lap 43: Kobayashi is promoted to ninth with Buemi now 8.6s back in 10th, Alguersuari 11th and Petrov making it a three-car train in 12th.
Lap 43: Massa continues to defend robustly from Hamilton, but contact is avoided for the moment.
Lap 43: Di Resta has pitted from ninth and that solves Sauber's problem and fingernails for the moment.
Lap 42: Hamilton can't make it past Massa on his latest lap, but does close significantly thanks to the DRS.
Lap 42: Ahead of them, Sauber is urging Kobayashi to protect that 10s lead over Buemi and secure this point. He is advised not to chase di Resta.
Lap 41: Petrov locks up his unloaded left front tyre into Turn 1, but cannot get close enough to make a move into Turn 4.
Lap 41: Hamilton is now closing in to make a move on Massa, with the pair surely keen to avoid further contact after a year of incident.
Lap 40: Kobayashi has a 10.1s buffer over the Toro Rosso duo, but rather than chase after the Japanese, the Alguersuari is under strong attack from Petrov.
Lap 40: Vettel matches the strategy of Webber, Alonso and Hamilton, taking softs into a three-stop plan.
Lap 40: Vettel is in the pits for his second stop.
Lap 40: Button sends the DRS move around the outside of the Ferrari and takes over fourth place in his McLaren.
Lap 40: Sutil in eighth is 6.1s behind Rosberg, with di Resta ninth, Kobayashi in 10th, Buemi 11th and Alguersuari 12th.
Lap 39: Button is now right behind Massa.
Lap 39: Webber pits from the lead, taking soft tyres for a third stint.
Lap 39: Alonso beats the current Red Bull pace as he enjoys the grip from his fresh soft tyres.
Lap 38: Meantime, Force India plays a strategy shuffle as di Resta moves aside and Sutil takes over eighth position.
Lap 38: Hamilton is told of a developing gearbox problem on his McLaren.
Lap 38: Schumacher rejoined from his second stop in 19th position and is closing up to the back of Trulli and Senna.
Lap 37: Alonso has resumed ahead of Button and Hamilton on the road after a well-executed Ferrari pitstop.
Lap 37: Perez lost nine seconds with that spin and has dropped down to 14th position.
Lap 37: Perez gets going again but has lost time in the middle sector.
Lap 36: Barrichello pits from 15th place in the Williams, as Perez recovers from a spin.
Lap 36: Alonso is the next man in, taking soft tyres for the next stint.
Lap 36: Vettel is only two-tenths slower than Webber on his latest tour, suggesting the gearbox is working fine for him at the moment.
Lap 36: Sutil has rejoined in ninth place and is four seconds behind di Resta, with Kobayashi 10th, Buemi 11th, Perez 12th and Alguersuari 13th.
Lap 35: Hamilton resumes behind Button but on the alternative tyre strategy.
Lap 35: Schumacher pits from 16th place. He was 10 seconds behind Kovalainen before they pitted, one lap apart.
Lap 34: Hamilton is in for a change of tyres as well but takes softs, boxing him into a three-stop plan unless it rains later on.
Lap 34: Meteo France suggests that rain could arrive in around 10 minutes from now.
Lap 34: Button has fallen to sixth after that stop, with Massa now in between the McLaren pair.
Lap 33: Kovalainen pits from 16th place in the Lotus, handing the position to the recovering Schumacher.
Lap 33: Webber leads by two seconds from the ailing Vettel. Alonso is still 7.5 seconds behind the Red Bull pair.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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