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Lap 57: Webber finally makes his stop for hard rubber, handing the lead back to Hamilton.
Lap 56: Vettel is told to "be smart" on the radio to secure points for fifth place.
Lap 56: Vettel remains boxed up behind Massa but both also need to make final stops.
Lap 56: Rosberg rejoins in eighth with Kobayashi ninth, Petrov 10th and Perez in 11th spot.
Lap 55: Webber is ahead on the road at the moment but only by 12.7 seconds, dropping him to third when he makes a final pit visit.
Lap 55: Hamilton is clocked 2.7 seconds clear of Alonso and looks to be on course for his second victory of the season.
Lap 55: Sutil now takes over sixth place with Schumacher up to seventh for the time being.
Lap 55: Red Bull has nothing to lose here but Webber is sure to end up behind Hamilton and Alonso on the road.
Lap 54: Rosberg takes his set of medium compound tyres and rolls back into the action.
Lap 54: Webber is told to push but his sector times are slower than Hamilton and now Alonso.
Lap 54: Rosberg is now fully 38 seconds behind Vettel in sixth and now the Mercedes is into the pits.
Lap 54: Webber's threat is surely over as Vettel continues to push Massa around the circuit.
Lap 54: Hamilton secures his track position with his fastest lap of the race on fresh rubber.
Lap 54: It's tight at the pit exit but Hamilton is clear ahead of Alonso.
Lap 53: Webber continues as Alonso takes his final set of tyres.
Lap 53: Di Resta pits from ninth place, handing track position and 10th place to Kobayashi for now.
Lap 53: After passing traffic, Alonso rattles through the chicane and steers his Ferrari down the pitlane.
Lap 53: Hamilton claws back half a second through the first sector.
Lap 53: Hamilton is up to speed through the final sector but this will be very close as Alonso is encouraged on by the team.
Lap 52: Ferrari head back into the garage as Alonso tries to run on with his softs.
Lap 52: Hamilton needs to push now on those tyres ahead of Alonso's stop, which looks to be at the end of the lap.
Lap 52: It's a clean stop for Hamilton and he's away on fresh hards.
Lap 52: Meantime, the showers to the north-west are dissipating, leaving us with the likelihood of dry running until the end.
Lap 52: Alonso continues and will look for a fast lap on his old rubber.
Lap 51: Hamilton tells his team the tyres are starting to go off and he pits the McLaren.
Lap 51: Petrov's pace in 11th on those medium tyres is decent and he is consistently posting strong sector times.
Lap 51: Alonso is now two seconds behind Hamilton as the top three teams look at when to make the switch to hard rubber.
Lap 50: Hamilton leads from Alonso, Webber, Massa and Vettel as they race into the final 10 laps of a fascinating German Grand Prix.
Lap 50: Kobayashi doesn't give the German a chance as he comes into the pits for his second stop.
Lap 50: Webber is now picking up his pace but is still 8.2 seconds behind leader Hamilton.
Lap 49: Sutil pits from sixth for his final stop.
Lap 49: Schumacher is about to be in the wars again. He is catching eighth placed Kobayashi very quickly and will be on his tail by the end of the lap.
Lap 49: Vettel continues his chase of Massa, setting the fastest lap to close up on the Ferrari. The pair have the freshest soft rubber in the field
Lap 48: The rest of the teams will be keen to see how the Russian performs on the harder tyre over the next couple of laps.
Lap 48: Petrov now comes into the pits and takes on the medium compound tyre.
Lap 47: Petrov missed the chicane and came out ahead after taking the access road, but he is ultimately forced to cede position to the Mercedes.
Lap 47: Up front, Alonso has started to slowly close the gap to Hamilton, which is now clocked at 2.9 seconds.
Lap 47: Schumacher sends one up the inside of Petrov at the NGK chicane. They both outbrake eachother and the Russian only spots him at the last minute.
Lap 46: Schumacher has caught that gap to Petrov. The fight for ninth is now on.
Lap 46: Vettel continues to chase Massa, but still can't make it past despite a mistake at the chicane for the Ferrari driver.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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