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Lap 42: Hamilton will sense this opportunity and finds the door easily open at Turn 6 - taking third.
Lap 42: Kovalainen pits from 16th place in the Lotus. Maldonado pits from 18th and Lotus will claim a few scalps today.
Lap 42: Rosberg is told his fuel is critical for making the flag, backing up earlier calls for the German to save petrol.
Lap 41: Petrov is on team-mate Heidfeld's tail in a battle for 12th, with Perez two seconds behind them in 14th. Barrichello is 15th.
Lap 41: Hamilton locks up heavily at Turn 6 and that may be a costly flat-spot for the McLaren man.
Lap 41: Behind the top eight, Paul di Resta is still running well in ninth with Kobayashi 1.3s behind him in 10th. Sutil is 11th with Heidfeld 12th.
Lap 41: Vettel leads comfortably from Massa ahead of the fight between Rosberg and Hamilton.
Lap 41: Webber pits for his final stop.
Lap 40: Hamilton can't get good speed out of Turn 13 and is unable to make a move on the Mercedes.
Lap 40: Hamilton continues to fight to take the final podium place from Rosberg and has DRS on the straight.
Lap 40: Hamilton tries the outside line at Turn 6 but can't get through for the moment.
Lap 40: Vettel is through to lead from Massa as Rosberg comes out right in front of Hamilton.
Lap 39: Leader Rosberg pits and is likely to resume behind Vettel.
Lap 39: Webber sends a DRS move on Schumacher and takes the dirty line through past the German and up to sixth.
Lap 39: Hamilton resumes well clear of Button but behind the two-stopping Massa.
Lap 38: Hamilton pits in an attempt to jump Rosberg with an earlier stop.
Lap 38: Replays pick up Button locking up heavily on his soft tyres before his stop.
Lap 38: Alonso is now eighth and behind that battle.
Lap 38: Petrov pits the Renault from ninth and staying out so long may hurt his chance of points this afternoon.
Lap 38: Button resumes fifth ahead of the scrap between Schumacher and Webber.
Lap 38: Button pits for his hard tyres for the run to the flag.
Lap 37: Alonso makes it easy and surges past the Russian and into eighth place.
Lap 37: Vettel is 16.7s behind Rosberg, who needs to be opening the gap quicker than he is to come out ahead at the Mercedes' final stop.
Lap 37: Alonso has caught Petrov and here we go again between these two, as Perez stops from 10th.
Lap 37: Hamilton is now well clear of Button and chasing down three-stop leader Rosberg.
Lap 36: Petrov is struggling in the 1m43s bracket and Alonso will be onto him at the end of this lap.
Lap 36: Vettel is half a second slower than Rosberg once up to speed on fresh hard tyres.
Lap 36: Alonso is now ninth and starting to close down a 2.8s gap to Petrov. The Ferrari will be behind his best buddy in just a lap or two ...
Lap 36: Hamilton sends a bold move into the first corner and Button has little option but to avoid a collision and lets his team-mate through.
Lap 36: Hamilton is now making signs of wanting past his team-mate.
Lap 35: Button and Hamilton are nose-to-tail still, but behind Rosberg on the road after the great early stop from the Mercedes.
Lap 35: Vettel's pace on fresh - hard - tyres is now critical against those three stoppers still on used softs.
Lap 35: Buemi pits from 17th place and the good qualifying performance is falling away during the race.
Lap 35: Rosberg is clocked 16 seconds ahead of Vettel on the road.
Lap 34: This leaves Petrov fending off a strenuous attack from Webber for seventh, but it doesn't last long and the Red Bull is through.
Lap 34: Rosberg leads from Button and Hamilton and those three need to push now to see if they can get a stop ahead of Vettel and Massa.
Lap 34: Petrov, Schumacher and Webber are providing tremendous entertainment. Schumacher gets through past Petrov for what is currently sixth.
Lap 34: Massa is away on the hard rubber, resuming behind Vettel in fifth.
Lap 33: Massa pits from the lead for his final stop.
Lap 33: Di Resta pits for the second time this afternoon and rejoins outside the top 10.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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