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Lap 41: Button has surged past the slower machines with the benefit of his super soft rubber and is closing rapidly on leader Vettel.
Lap 41: Alonso is now 8.1 seconds off the lead in third as he begins to cut through the lapped cars.
Lap 40: The incident between Felipe Massa and a charging Lewis Hamilton will be investigated by the stewards.
Lap 40: It is chaotic back in the pack as Webber and Hamilton battle through the lapped traffic.
Lap 40: Vettel obviously needs to push at this stage but his tyres are quite old.
Lap 40: Everyone from Heidfeld in 10th is one lap down. The German has Buemi and Barrichello tight up behind him.
Lap 39: There are three lapped cars in between Vettel and Button, who clears one of them by passing Barrichello after the restart.
Lap 39: The safety car comes into the pitlane and we are racing once again.
Lap 38: The safety car will come in at the end of this lap.
Lap 38: Rosberg is 15th in the one remaining Mercedes, with Kovalainen 16th, d'Ambrosio 17th, di Resta 18th, Liuzzi 19th and Karthikeyan 20th.
Lap 38: That reactionary stop from Alonso could prove to be the winning move if the Spaniard can go the distance on the tyres he fitted.
Lap 38: Down the order, Alguersuari did gain track position over Trulli in that battle. Let's see if the Lotus driver can hang on to the Spaniard.
Lap 37: Both Button and Vettel will need to stop again, while Alonso could plan to go the distance from here.
Lap 37: Maldonado is eighth, with Petrov ninth, Heidfeld 10th, Buemi 11th, Barrichello 12th, Alguersuari 13th and Trulli in 14th place.
Lap 36: Meanwhile, Button is possibly compromised by this intervention as he needed some fast laps in clear air on his super softs.
Lap 36: Sutil is now fourth on the road, followed by Kobayashi. After that it is Webber and Hamilton.
Lap 36: Massa was wide and drifted out towards the wall, damaging the left front corner of the car. He drove slowly to the chicane and parked.
Lap 36: Vettel leads behind the safety car from Button and Alonso. There are several lapped cars in between the leaders.
Lap 36: Hamilton then tried again and pulled off an unbelievable move up the inside as they went through the tunnel.
Lap 35: Further replays show what happened between Hamilton and Massa. They battled at the hairpin, made contact but Massa held track position.
Lap 35: Replays show that Schumacher just lost drive coming out of La Rascasse. He is out of the race.
Lap 35: Heidfeld, Buemi, Rosberg and Liuzzi all react with stops.
Lap 35: Schumacher is pushed into the pitlane by a team of marshals with no drive.
Lap 35: Schumacher has stopped on track as Massa climbs out of his crashed Ferrari at the chicane.
Lap 35: Vettel does not opt to pit, while Alonso is in for fresh rubber.
Lap 35: The pair made contact and Massa sustained front wing damage. He has since crashed and is out of the race.
Lap 35: The safety car has been deployed.
Lap 35: Di Resta pits for his second tyre stop of the afternoon, as Hamilton tries to pass Massa at the hairpin.
Lap 35: Massa is out of the race at the chicane.
Lap 34: Leader Button is in and takes another set of super soft rubber.
Lap 34: Barrichello pits from fourth.
Lap 33: Timo Glock pulls off the track with what appears to be suspension damage on the Virgin.
Lap 33: Just ahead of this train is Barrichello, who is fourth but a massive 50 seconds behind the leader. Kobayashi is fifth with Sutil sixth and Heidfeld seventh.
Lap 33: Remarkably, Button is quickly closing on his team-mate to lap him as Hamilton is slowed by this train behind Buemi.
Lap 32: Buemi is up to eighth and holding up the drivers that have stopped. Webber, Massa and Hamilton are all nose-to-tail behind the Swiss.
Lap 32: Button has picked up his speed again as he pulls back to over 14 seconds clear of Vettel.
Lap 31: Schumacher sends a move up the inside of Rosberg at the hairpin and makes it through to 14th. Petrov is next man up the road in 13th, some five seconds away.
Lap 30: Kobayashi, Sutil, Heidfeld and Buemi are all looking at a one-stop plan and are yet to visit the pits.
Lap 30: Maldonado has rejoined in 12th place so that is track position gained for Hamilton in the stops.
Lap 30: Barrichello is now up to fourth, but is yet to stop and is almost a minute behind leader Button.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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