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Lap 33: Webber has caught Schumacher and Petrov is immediately ahead of both of them. This is a three-car scrap for seventh.
Lap 33: Rosberg is now 6.2s behind current leader Massa as Alonso pits his Ferrari.
Lap 32: Webber is now just 1.3s behind Michael Schumacher and that could be an interesting fight for ninth in the next lap or two.
Lap 32: Hamilton is warned to save his rubber ahead of his final - third - stop.
Lap 32: Webber is up to 10th and has just passed Perez, who is struggling on with his second set of tyres.
Lap 32: Hamilton has good pace at this stage - perhaps benefiting from his soft rubber saved in qualifying.
Lap 32: Hard tyres go on Vettel for what the team hope will be the run to the flag.
Lap 32: Sutil, Kobayashi and Heidfeld all pit this time round and that will release Webber up the order.
Lap 31: Massa again has good pace at the end of his stint and now leads as Vettel pits.
Lap 31: Alonso is fading in sixth on heavily-worn rubber, ahead of di Resta, Petrov and Schumacher.
Lap 31: Schumacher is straight onto the back of Sergio Perez in the Sauber and the German is through and up to ninth place.
Lap 31: Rosberg is the lead three-stopper, now 12.2s back, with the McLarens closing on the Mercedes.
Lap 31: Webber sets another new fastest lap of the race in 14th and is 4.8s behind Heidfeld's Renault.
Lap 31: Vettel leads from Massa by 3.3 seconds, with both looking to be on two-stop strategies.
Lap 30: Petrov is 10th now and has consistently closed down that five second gap to Kobayashi, with Perez 11th, Schumacher 12th after his second stop and Heidfeld 13th.
Lap 30: It doesn't last long as Hamilton breezes by the Ferrari into Turn 7.
Lap 30: Next up is a battle between Hamilton and Alonso.
Lap 30: Button has much fresher rubber than Alonso and is the next man to comfortably pass the two-stopping Ferrari.
Lap 30: The leader's pace has faded with his tyres into the 1m43s.
Lap 30: Vettel is told his engineer can't hear him on the radio.
Lap 30: Rosberg is right on the tail of Alonso's Ferrrari and sends a bold move into the final corner. The German is through and on a great charge.
Lap 30: Sutil is holding onto eighth place in the Force India with Kobayashi now falling away from him slightly. Webber has passed Barrichello for 14th.
Lap 30: Rosberg is 16.7s off the lead - still ahead of the McLaren pair after his profitable early stop.
Lap 30: Vettel's pace is over a second slower than those on fresher tyres but he looks to be holding out for a two-stop plan.
Lap 29: Webber pulls in 2.8s on Barrichello in one lap and is all over the back of the Williams driver.
Lap 29: Hamilton passes di Resta's Force India to put him back up into sixth - now right behind Button on the road.
Lap 29: Webber is flying on his new tyres and will quickly erase the 3.2s gap to 14th placed Barrichello.
Lap 29: Vettel leads from Massa and Alonso, but all are yet to make a second stop.
Lap 28: Schumacher is in the pits for his second visit.
Lap 28: Massa has not yet stopped, so Hamilton will be hoping he can clear the Ferrari with an earlier stop.
Lap 28: Maldonado also pitted last time round, as Webber immediately starts using some of that fresh grip available to him.
Lap 28: Vettel has the lead as it looks like the tyres are fading too quickly for a two-stop plan that many teams had been working towards.
Lap 27: Webber pits and takes on a fresh set of soft tyres. He rejoins down the list in 15th, but critically in clear air.
Lap 27: Rosberg resumes as Hamilton also makes another stop.
Lap 27: Webber is maintaining 11th position and is holed up behind Kobayashi. He is told by the team that he has no KERS available.
Lap 27: Alonso finally makes his move on Schumacher, sticking the Ferrari down the inside into the hairpin.
Lap 27: Leader Rosberg pits.
Lap 26: Button resumes in eighth, locking him into a likely three-stop strategy.
Lap 26: Karthikeyan also pits but he is well down the field in 22nd position.
Lap 26: Button makes an early stop, taking a fresh set of soft tyres.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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