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Vettel leads behind the safety car, followed by Alonso, Massa, Robserg, Schumacher and Kobayashi.
Hamilton's car is now being lifted away by a tractor unit.
With Hamilton out, any penalty would be pointless.
Race control says there will be no action over the Hamilton/Webber incident.
Button rejoins from the stop in 12th position, behind Pastor Maldonado.
Teams had to hurriedly withdraw their pit boards as Hamilton hit the wall in that clash.
Some order is now restored as the field catches up to the safety car.
Button has changed to intermediate tyres.
Replays show Hamilton getting a better run out of the final chicane and drawing slightly alongside Button, but clipping his team-mate, and bouncing into the pit wall.
Hamilton climbs out of the McLaren and walks away with another no score on his points total.
Button comes into the pits.
Just before the McLaren incident, race control had announced that the Turn 1 incident between Hamilton and Webber was under investigation.
Hamilton parks his damaged car on track and the safety car comes out.
The safety car has been deployed.
"What is he doing?" says Button over the radio in reference to his team-mate.
He is crawling along the first part of the lap with his left rear wheel trailing.
Hamilton has a lot of damage and could be out.
The two McLarens make contact on the pits straight.
His lead is big enough that it doesn't matter.
Leader Vettel has been over the grass at the Turn 8/9 chicane.
Another replay of the Schumacher/Hamilton incident shows the McLaren putting two wheels on the grass and twitching onto the run-off, with Hamilton falling behind Button.
Di Resta has made a mistake somewhere and slipped down five places to 13th.
The position changes down the field are amazing. Kobayashi is storming up in eighth ahead of Heidfeld ninth, Maldonado 10th, Petrov 11th and Webber up two places to 12th.
Replays show Hamilton diving down the inside of Webber at the first corner of the race, then slithering into the Red Bull as they turn in.
Vettel pulls out a further 2.2s over Alonso on this lap. The lead is now 4.2s.
Alguersuari has made up two places and runs in 22nd having passed D'Ambrosio and Karthikeyan.
Hamilton goes very wide over the run-off at the Turn 10 hairpin after getting down the outside of a defensive Schumacher.
Di Resta has made a fine start and runs eighth with Heidfeld ninth, Kobayashi 10th, Petrov 11th, Maldonado 12th, Sutil 13th and Webber 14th.
Schumacher slithers sideways at the second chicane and Hamilton gets close, but cannot pass.
Vettel is flying, 1.2s quicker than Alonso in the first sector of the second racing lap.
Massa is right behind Alonso in third, then a small gap back to the two Mercedes and two McLarens.
Vettel completes the first racing lap with a 2s lead over Alonso.
Button runs wide at the Turn 6/7 chicane and loses out to Schumacher and Hamilton.
Relatively clean through the opening complex of corners, but Webber is way down the list after that spin.
Vettel leads from Alonso, Massa, Rosberg and Button.
Webber is spun right down the order.
Hamilton and Webber make contact at Turn 1.
Alonso immediately draws alongside on the outside at Turn 1
Vettel slides through the final chicane to get the race underway.
Alonso tucks right in behind Vettel
By: Emlyn Hughes, Matt Beer
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