Live text
Formula 1
European GP
2011 European Grand Prix The European Grand Prix
Live AppleTV Race Audio
Live Standings
presented by
Stopped
Summary
Live Text
Sort by
Lap 52: Alguersuari is pulling away from Sutil with the gap now up to four seconds between eighth and ninth.
Lap 51: Sizable gaps remain throughout the top eight, with all the action now behind the lead lap.
Lap 51: Petrov sends a move up the inside of Kobayashi but out-brakes himself into Turn 17. The Japanese driver retakes 15th.
Lap 50: Petrov is 16th with Schumacher 10 seconds back in 17th. The German is now losing pace and seems unable to catch that four-car scrap ahead of him.
Lap 49: Hamilton comfortably restores his fourth position as Massa emerges fifth and Button sixth.
Lap 49: Heidfeld is 10th with Perez 11th, Barrichello 12th, Buemi 13th, di Resta 14th and Kobayashi 15th.
Lap 49: Massa and Button are in for their final stops.
Lap 49: Vettel's lead is now 8.6 seconds over Alonso and Webber, with the latter running wide and losing ground on the latest tour.
Lap 49: Sutil is ninth and 2.2s behind the Spaniard. They are going for it heavily. Sutil won't be able to believe how Alguersuari ended up ahead of him.
Lap 48: Hamilton sets his fastest lap on the harder tyre and is now just two seconds behind team-mate Button, who he will jump when the latter stops
Lap 48: So the order has changed with the stops. Alguersuari is now eighth - a sensational effort from Toro Rosso going long in the middle stint.
Lap 48: Vettel resumes with no threat to his dominance of this grand prix.
Lap 48: Vettel is finally in for his last stop.
Lap 48: Hamilton is finding better pace on this compound with some 1m42s laps, fending off the challenge from Massa in his Ferrari.
Lap 47: Buemi pitted from eighth and rejoined at the front of this scrap. He is in 12th, with Barrichello, di Resta and Kobayashi all right behind him.
Lap 47: Vettel continues to lead and is still faster than those on the fresh, harder tyres.
Lap 47: Barrichello is holding up di Resta, Kobayashi and Petrov. This is a rapidly developing scrap for 12th.
Lap 47: Rosberg is in for his final stop.
Lap 46: Webber is demoted behind the Ferrari as the pair come out in heavy traffic.
Lap 46: Di Resta pits from eighth and Buemi takes over that position, with Alguersuari now ninth and he has gained track position over Sutil.
Lap 46: It's a quick getaway for Alonso and he piles out of the pits back ahead of Webber on the road!
Lap 46: The Toro Rosso strategy of going long in the middle stint has really worked for Alguersuari. He now has a chance of getting some points this afternoon.
Lap 46: Alonso is in the pits for his final planned stop.
Lap 46: Massa is 18 seconds ahead of Hamilton on the road ahead of the Ferrari's stop, which will be close on the exit between the pair.
Lap 45: Di Resta moves up another place with his team-mate's stop and is now eighth, with Buemi ninth, Sutil 10th, Alguersuari 11th and Heidfeld 12th.
Lap 45: Sutil pits from eighth in the Force India and rolls out still in the top 10.
Lap 45: Webber clocks a 1m42.699s lap, which Alonso beats by a couple of tenths despite his old tyres.
Lap 45: Vettel continues to clock rapid sectors, so is still happy with his final set of soft rubber.
Lap 45: Glock is also in from 21st and rejoined after a decent stop.
Lap 44: Kovalainen comes into the pits for his final stop of the afternoon from 19th place.
Lap 44: For now, the Ferraris are staying out on softs to look at the pace of their rivals on hard rubber.
Lap 44: Ferarri is the team putting the pressure on around these stops, with Alonso looking to pass Webber and Massa looking for Hamilton's place.
Lap 44: Alguersuari finally pits from eighth, promoting Sutil back into that position.
Lap 43: Heidfeld rejoined in 12th position after his stop, with Perez 13th and Barrichello came back out in 14th.
Lap 43: Hamilton is also in for a much-needed change of rubber.
Lap 43: Webber is the first front-running man to pit for medium compound tyres.
Lap 43: Amazingly, all 24 cars are still running and the only damage sustained so far was by Schumacher, who had to pit for a front wing change after his first stop, when he tangled with Heidfeld.
Lap 42: Vettel has pulled out to a 3.9 second lead as he continues to find more pace than his team-mate late in this stint.
Lap 42: Massa is now five seconds behind Hamilton and closing, while the KERS-less Button is told to stay out on his soft rubber.
Lap 42: Those stops temporarily promote di Resta to 10th and Buemi to 11th.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
Published:
Lap:
