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Di Resta is 11th and catching Barrichello by more than one second per lap. The Scot may yet snatch a point.
Vettel matches Button in the next sector.
Button takes 0.2s off Vettel in sector one.
Button takes 1.5s out of Vettel's lead and is 1.6s behind with four laps to go.
Massa has passed Alguersuari to take over eighth position. The Spaniard is ninth and Barrichello rounds out the top 10.
Webber is still not close enough to pass Schumacher.
Button has Vettel in sight.
Now Webber is back on Schumacher's tail and ready to hit DRS.
Button is clearly pushing to catch Vettel, he takes over a second out of him in the first two sectors of the next lap.
Behind this amazing scrap between the top four, Petrov has fallen back by 10 seconds in fifth, with Kobayashi sixth and Rosberg seventh.
Button is up to second and 3.1s behind Vettel, and lapping a lot quicker.
Sure enough, Button can hit his DRS and he flies into second ahead of Schumacher.
Button immediately attacks Schumacher and will be close enough for DRS.
As he slid sideways on the exit, Button was able to fly through into third.
Webber had been trying to attack Schumacher with DRS but was not close enough and braked too late for the final chicane.
Webber misses the chicane again and Button slices through into third.
Button is tucked right in behind Webber.
Now Webber must try again when they return to the DRS zone.
Webber quickly lets Schumacher back past after Turn 2 to avoid a penalty, then slots in ahead of Button still.
Button attacks Schumacher but cannot take the position.
Webber flies past Schumacher using DRS but then cuts the chicane.
The game is over for Maldonado and he pulls off at Turn 2 after that stop.
Maldonado rejoins. His team-mate Barrichello was also slow but has recovered his pace in 10th.
Rosberg is now attacking Kobayashi for sixth.
Maldonado pits after a very slow lap on the restart. He has dropped right down the field.
Petrov has passed Kobayashi for fifth but is 7s behind third place already.
Massa also passes Barrichello towards the end of the lap and takes over ninth.
Vettel leads by 2.2s over Schumacher.
Webber has a half-look at Schumacher into the final chicane.
Chaos in the midfield and Massa is picking his way through past a slowing Maldonado and into 10th.
Schumacher, Webber and Button are absolutely together but it's very damp off-line and DRS cannot be used yet.
Vettel is pulling away as Webber attacks Schumacher and Button catches both.
Button is quickly past the Virgin but is a little way behind the top three.
Schumacher looks to the outside before the chicane.
The safety car comes into the pitlane and we are racing once again.
Vettel charges away but Schumacher goes with him.
Vettel backs off towards the hairpin and prepares for another restart.
Button is behind Glock's Virgin for the restart. The Briton is asking on the radio how long the cars ahead have been on slicks.
The safety car will pit at the end of this lap.
One marshal falls over in the road, but escapes unscathed.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Matt Beer
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