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Lap 32: Di Resta and Barrichello pit from 10th and 13th positions.
Lap 32: Webber clearly has the rubber of choice at this stage and Hamilton is forced to defend at the end of the DRS run into Turn 3.
Lap 32: Vettel is told to move his brake bias forwards as his rear tyres reach the end of their life.
Lap 32: It's terminal for Maldonado and he is wheeled into the Williams garage. Day over.
Lap 31: Hamilton is clearly focused in his Red Bull sandwich, telling the team not to talk to him while braking.
Lap 31: Buemi is also on the move. He has spent a few laps trapped up behind di Resta, but he passes the Scot to take ninth.
Lap 31: Senna takes on supersoft tyres and rejoins in around 16th position.
Lap 31: Ricciardo took advantage of Kobayashi's advance to nip past the Virgin driver in a good move for what is currently 19th, as Senna pits.
Lap 31: Vettel pulls out to a 1.7 second lead with the fastest lap as Webber looms large in Hamilton's mirrors.
Lap 31: Kobayashi is climbing his way through the lower order after his second stop. He passes the fight between Ricciardo and d'Ambrosio to take 18th.
Lap 31: Button's pace remains poor and he has fallen 4.9 seconds behind the lead battle.
Lap 30: Just two seconds cover the lead trio as the laps count down to what should be the final stops.
Lap 30: However, the fresh rubber being fitted by Vettel and Hamilton should make it a close fight with Webber into the closing stages.
Lap 30: Rosberg has fallen back to 14th place after that tyre stop. His immediate target is Senna, some four seconds up the road.
Lap 29: Webber's strategy continues to look good on the harder tyres, with life left in the rubber to run on after the leaders stop again.
Lap 29: Maldonado is into the pits for his second stop from 17th place.
Lap 29: Buemi in 10th - promoted after Rosberg's stop - is now onto the back of di Resta's Force India.
Lap 29: Some signs of wear showing on Hamilton's rear tyres, as Webber closes further with the aid of DRS into Turn 3.
Lap 28: The Mercedes driver rejoins well outside the top 10 for now.
Lap 28: Rosberg pits his Mercedes for the second time.
Lap 28: Meanwhile, Hamilton is right with Vettel, with Webber still on the gearbox of the McLaren.
Lap 28: Sutil has passed Force India team-mate di Resta and takes over ninth, but he is 4.5s back from Alguersuari.
Lap 27: Alonso follows his team-mate down into Turn 4, demoting Rosberg to seventh.
Lap 27: Rosberg locks up into Turn 3 and Massa is past the Mercedes.
Lap 26: Alguersuari posts his best lap of the race so far and is helped by the squabbling trio in front of him.
Lap 26: Rosberg, Massa and Alonso is still a battle to watch but there is still no change in the order as the scrap continues.
Lap 26: Webber is close enough to worry the first two, with his harder rubber able to deliver strong pace for several laps longer than the softer.
Lap 25: Alguersuari is gamely hanging onto the leading group in eighth. He is 2.1s back from Alonso and 2.5s clear of di Resta, with Sutil 10th.
Lap 25: Hamilton is matching leader Vettel on pace at the moment, setting the gap to both the leading and chasing Red Bulls at 1.3 seconds.
Lap 25: Kobayashi does indeed pit to change the front wing.
Lap 25: The Japanese driver is instructed to pit at the end of this lap.
Lap 25: Kobayashi has sustained light damage to the Sauber front wing and now has the two Lotus drivers all over the back of him.
Lap 24: Senna gets through next on Kobayashi and takes over 14th position.
Lap 24: Button lacks ultimate pace at this stage, now clocked three seconds behind Webber in fourth place.
Lap 24: Barrichello managed to force his way past Kobayashi and take 13th, with the Japanese now 14th, Senna 15th and Kovalainen 16th.
Lap 23: The incident between Petrov and Schumacher will be investigated by the stewards after the race.
Lap 23: Rosberg is also a man under pressure as the Ferrari pair snap at his heels in a battle over fifth.
Lap 23: Maldonado passed the wrong side of the pit entrance bollard, hence the punishment.
Lap 23: Kobayashi in 14th is under strong attack from Barrichello and Senna, as Maldonado comes in to serve his drive through penalty.
Lap 23: Hamilton is clocked 1.4 seconds behind leader Vettel and is now coming under some pressure from Webber in the second Red Bull.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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