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Formula 1
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Lap 1: Vettel drops the hammer but it's a poor start! Alonso jumps both Vettel and Hamilton to lead into the first chicane.
Lap 1: Incredible start from Alonso as he leads Vettel down to the second chicane from Hamilton and Schumacher.
Lap 1: The safety car has been deployed.
Lap 1: Contact in the midfield. Rosberg is involved with Liuzzi, Petrov and Barrichello.
Lap 1: Ricciardo stalled at the start and is pushed into the pitlane by the marshals.
Lap 1: Forming up behind the big Mercedes is Alonso from Vettel, Schumacher, Hamilton, Massa, Button and Webber.
Lap 1: Heavy damage to Petrov's Renault and Liuzzi's HRT as the marshals begin recovering the accident.
Lap 2: Schumacher has now allowed Hamilton back past as the crowd cheers wildly at Alonso's lead into lap 2.
Lap 2: Williams awaits Barrichello and the Brazilian makes it back into the pits for a new front wing.
Lap 2: Kobayashi and d'Ambrosio have also been into the pits from repairs.
Lap 2: Liuzzi initiated the accident, losing control of his HRT way before Turn 1.
Lap 2: Replays of the start show hefty wheelspin from Vettel, with Alonso diving into the lead as the Red Bull man defended from Hamilton.
Lap 2: Liuzzi then slid sideways and slammed into Petrov and Rosberg, who were side-by-side in the chute between Turns 1 and 2.
Lap 2: Onboard Alonso shows total bravery from the Spaniard as he cut across the grass en route to the lead by the entry to the chicane.
Lap 2: Barrichello had nowhere to go and was also caught up in the incident. He managed to get going again and pitted for a new nose, rejoining at the back.
Lap 2: Senna comes into the pits from what is 17th position. He rejoins.
Lap 2: D'Ambrosio is out of the race as his Virgin entry is too badly damaged.
Lap 3: The safety car will pit at the end of this lap.
Lap 3: So Button is the big loser off the start, falling from third on the grid to sixth as they line up for the restart.
Lap 3: So Alonso leads the pack with Vettel second, Hamilton third, Schumacher fourth, Massa fifth and Button sixth.
Lap 3: Webber is seventh with di Resta up to eighth, Maldonado ninth and Perez 10th.
Lap 4: The safety car comes into the pitlane and we are racing once again.
Lap 4: It's a poor restart from Hamilton and Schumacher pulls easily ahead and into third.
Lap 4: Alonso leads but Vettel is all over the back of the Ferrari into the second chicane.
Lap 4: Webber jumps Button into Turn 1 and takes over sixth position.
Lap 5: Alonso needs to sprint away quickly as Vettel is very strong off the corners with his choice of gearing in the Red Bull.
Lap 5: Maldonado has passed Paul di Resta and has taken eighth position.
Lap 5: Alonso is forced to defend and Vettel goes all the way around the outside of the Ferrari in the Curve Grande. Sensational.
Lap 5: Vettel now leads after an outstanding move on Alonso, chased by Schumacher and Hamilton.
Lap 6: Crazy racing at Monza in the opening stages! Webber attempted to pass Massa round the outside at Turn 1 and the pair made contact.
Lap 6: Button is next on the road after Webber collided with Massa as the pair raced side-by-side into the first corner.
Lap 6: Webber lost his front nose and has subsequently crashed later in the lap. Webber is out of the race.
Lap 6: Alonso, Schumacher and Hamilton are going hammer and tongs for second position now. Incredible racing in the opening stages at Monza.
Lap 7: Massa emerged seemingly unscathed from that incident with Webber and he runs in 10th.
Lap 7: The DRS is now enabled.
Lap 7: Maldonado is up to a sensational sixth with Perez seventh and past di Resta. Massa is up to ninth, having passed Alguersuari.
Lap 7: Vettel is off to a 2.8 second lead over this fascinating scrap between Alonso, Schumacher and Hamilton.
Lap 7: Webber's Red Bull has been craned away from the Parabolica gravel trap.
Lap 7: Alonso has made a slight break from Schumacher over the last lap, with Hamilton now looking for a DRS move on the Mercedes man.
Lap 8: Replays later show that Webber had little control of the RB7 with no front downforce and he understeered straight into the gravel.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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