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Formula 1
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Lap 14: Rosberg is in as well and emerges side-by-side with Button out of the pits.
Lap 14: Button gets the 'box to overtake' call and heads in to attempt an undercut on the Ferrari.
Lap 14: Petrov is still eighth but now five seconds back from Rosberg.
Lap 14: Alonso is surely demanding a way past his team-mate as he comes under major pressure from Button.
Lap 13: Trulli pits for Lotus and Barrichello works his way quickly past Glock to take what is now 19th place.
Lap 13: Rosberg is joining the back of the Massa train. The Brazilian is now defending heavily from his team-mate.
Lap 13: Senna has another go at Perez and locks up his front left into Turn 1. He sails long onto the run-off area but rejoins.
Lap 13: Massa reports he has touched the wall in his Ferrari.
Lap 13: Vettel is cementing his lead now and is clocked 3.8 seconds ahead of Hamilton's McLaren.
Lap 13: Kobayashi maintained track position in that pitstop race with Barrichello. They are now 19th and 21st, sandwiching Glock's Virgin.
Lap 12: Massa, Alonso and Button are now nose-to-tail in the scrap over fourth position.
Lap 12: Di Resta pits the Force India and rejoins the battle.
Lap 12: Senna was not able to get the move completed and they maintain position in 15th and 16th places.
Lap 12: Hamilton is still pulling away from Webber and McLaren may plan an early change of rubber for its driver to try and undercut the leader.
Lap 11: Senna uses the DRS to have a go down the outside of Perez for what is now 15th.
Lap 11: Button takes a look on Alonso at Turn 4 but there is no way past the Ferrari for the moment.
Lap 11: Hamilton drops to almost three seconds behind leader Vettel after a strong lap for the world champion.
Lap 11: Kobayashi and Barrichello pit together.
Lap 11: Behind Maldonado, his team-mate Barrichello is under attack from Perez and Senna, with Kovalainen just 3.1s behind them in 19th.
Lap 11: "We can have the cars in front," says Button's engineer as McLaren plot strategy for the first stops.
Lap 10: Maldonado is onto the back of Kobayashi's Sauber and a fight for 14th is underway.
Lap 10: Button is finding speed now after a tyre-conserving quiet start to the race and he is now right on Alonso's tail.
Lap 10: Vettel sets the fastest lap but Hamilton only drops a tenth to peg the gap at 2.4 seconds.
Lap 9: Buemi continues his progress and is past Kobayashi into 13th place.
Lap 9: Hamilton reports a vibration, while being told front wing will be added to aid his understeer in the McLaren.
Lap 8: Petrov in eighth has fallen to 3.7s behind Rosberg, with Schumacher not yet closing on the Russian.
Lap 8: Further light drops are falling but not yet affecting the grip level too much. If it continues that will change.
Lap 8: Hamilton has faded to two seconds off leader Vettel, with well past the best of his supersoft rubber now used.
Lap 8: Massa has closed to just a second behind Webber and could be in a position to DRS the Red Bull in the coming laps.
Lap 7: Alguersuari makes his move and passes di Resta for 10th position.
Lap 7: Alguersuari is now just one second behind the Scot in 11th with Sutil dropping back in 12th, Kobayashi 13th and Buemi 14th.
Lap 7: Rosberg remains in seventh, 1.3s behind Button, with Petrov eighth, Schumacher ninth and di Resta 10th.
Lap 6: Supersoft tyres beginning to show signs of the punishing full fuel loads, with pitstops expected as early as lap 10.
Lap 6: Di Resta reports that he is struggling with the front tyres and suffering a lot of understeer. This will put Alguersuari onto him soon.
Lap 6: Vettel has edged the gap to 1.4 seconds on the next lap, keeping Hamilton clear of the DRS zone.
Lap 6: Alguersuari is also making progress in the leading Toro Rosso. He has passed Sutil for 11th and is catching di Resta.
Lap 5: Button has fallen away from the Ferrari battle and now has Rosberg in the slippery Mercedes right on his tail.
Lap 5: Schumacher tows up behind di Resta and passes the Scot to take ninth position.
Lap 5: Buemi then continues his surge forward and passes the other Williams of Maldonado for 14th.
Lap 5: Hamilton sets the fastest lap as he closes to 1.1 seconds behind leader Vettel.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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