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The Force India understeers badly at the next corner as the damage takes effect.
Di Resta slides into Heidfeld at the final chicane and damages his front wing as both slither over the grass.
Rosberg is concerned he may have a puncture. Before the start he was hit up the back by Sutil. Sutil's Force India has slight damage to the front wing.
Webber gets very sideways at the hairpin and Schumacher gets an easy pass for sixth.
Vettel is 1.5s in the lead at the end of the first racing lap.
Di Resta has a slight look at Heidfeld for fourth approaching the final chicane.
Button has already passed Liuzzi to take over 20th.
Webber breaks away from Schumacher and attacks di Resta for fifth at the hairpin, but the Force India defends.
Schumacher is being creative in his efforts to pass Webber for sixth.
Button set 1m31.635s as he bolted to catch the back of the snake just as they were crossing the line.
Vettel is already scorching away from Kobayashi, who this time has a more comfortable gap back to Massa.
Schumacher has a good look at Webber for sixth as racing resumes.
Vettel charges away from Kobayashi as they head to the restart.
The safety car comes into the pitlane and we are racing once again.
And yet again, Vettel is bringing the pack to a crawl at the hairpin ready for a restart.
The stewards are investigating the Button/Alonso collision.
The safety car will pit at the end of this lap.
Glock is 16th with de la Rosa 17th, Trulli 18th, Karthikeyan 19th, Liuzzi 20th and Button rejoined last in 21st.
Barrichello is 11th with Maldonado 12th, Alguersuari 13th, Buemi 14th and D'Ambrosio 15th.
After that flurry of stops and action, Vettel still leads Kobayashi, Massa, Heidfeld, di Resta, Webber, Schumacher, Petrov, Rosberg and Sutil.
Button makes it back to the pits. He gets a fresh set of intermediates and is underway again.
The Ferrari made light contact with the wall on its rear as well as being stuck on the kerbs with its front wheels in the air.
Alonso has got out of the car and retired from the race.
Button attempted to pass Alonso at Turn 3 but the Ferrari turned in and the pair made contact.
The champion should stay ahead as he had not yet caught the safety car.
Vettel comes into the pits from the lead.
Alonso's car is perched atop the kerbs and cannot move.
Button is touring back to the pits with a left front puncture.
Alonso has spun off and beached the Ferrari at Turn 3.
The safety car has been deployed.
Vettel stays in the lead with Heidfeld now second, di Resta third and Schumacher crosses the line in fourth position.
Kobayashi gets out just ahead of Massa still as they rejoin in front of Heidfeld.
The Ferraris are having to queue in the pits.
Vettel stays out but Kobayashi, Massa, Petrov, Webber, Alonso and Rosberg all pit.
Jerome D'Ambrosio has been given a drive-through penalty for having the incorrect tyres fitted when the green flag was shown for the restart
Vettel looks set to put another 2s at least onto his lead on this lap if he stays out.
Button, de la Rosa and Alguersuari pit. Maldonado is also in and Karthikeyan crosses the line in ninth!
Vettel leads by 2.4s over Kobayashi.
Heidfeld, di Resta and Button pit for intermediates.
Di Resta is still fending off Webber, Alonso and Button for sixth.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Matt Beer
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