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Lap 29: Petrov dives into the pits for his stop. He takes prime compound rubber and resumes behind the scrap between Massa and Hamilton.
Lap 29: Massa is 11th and Hamilton has caught him easily. The Briton is looking for a way round the Ferrari.
Lap 29: Button leads by 13.3 seconds from Vettel and Alonso. The McLaren man lost some time on that lap passing heavy traffic.
Lap 28: The Mercedes drivers have closed up to 1.8s behind the di Resta versus Alguersuari battle, as di Resta comes in from 14th to complete his drive-through.
Lap 27: Di Resta has damage to the front wing of his Force India but has continued on. Now he is given a drive-through penalty for causing a collision.
Lap 27: Massa resumes on the harder tyres - in between Webber and Hamilton.
Lap 27: Massa is in for his first stop from fourth.
Lap 26: Di Resta tried to pass the Toro Rosso up the inside at the old Loews hairpin, but the Spaniard turned in and they made contact.
Lap 26: Maldonado is in for his first stop of the afternoon, resuming behind Hamilton on prime tyres.
Lap 26: Trulli has done well to keep Alguersuari behind him in the opening stint of the race, as di Resta has a go at Alguersuari and it all goes wrong.
Lap 25: Trulli pits from 13th place and that releases Hamilton into some clear space.
Lap 24: Glock pits the Virgin and that releases the two Mercedes drivers into some free air. They are 6.6s behind di Resta, who is 16th.
Lap 23: Hamilton resumes on super soft rubber in a lowly 15th place.
Lap 23: Once again it is a late call and Hamilton surprises the McLaren mechanics with his visit.
Lap 23: Rosberg is not able to pass the Virgin into Ste. Devote and the three of them are together. Just ahead of this three-car scrap is di Resta.
Lap 23: Hamilton pits.
Lap 22: Button's advantage is up to 9.7 seconds as he pulls away from Vettel at around a second a lap thanks to the opposing tyre choice.
Lap 22: Rosberg is all over the gearbox of Glock's Virgin, as they fight for 17th.
Lap 22: Schumacher has passed d'Ambrosio for what is now 19th place after Kovalainen's stop. Schumacher is now less than one second behind his team-mate Rosberg.
Lap 21: Petrov is wide out of the first corner but it's just too tight for Hamilton to capitalise up the hill into Casino Square.
Lap 21: Di Resta pits the Force India from ninth place.
Lap 21: Hamilton is all over the gearbox of Petrov's Renault but is yet to find a way through.
Lap 20: Kovalainen pits from 17th in the Lotus. He was just 3.5s behind his team-mate's battle with Alguersuari when he came in.
Lap 20: Button continues to eke out his advantage as he finds promising speed from the super soft rubber at this stage.
Lap 20: Barrichello is 4.8s behind Hamilton in eighth and 2.3s ahead of di Resta who is having a good first Monaco in ninth.
Lap 19: Behind the top three, Massa is the first man yet to stop, chased by Maldonado, Petrov and Hamilton.
Lap 19: Button sets the fastest lap as he pushes on to a lead of 6.2 seconds over Vettel.
Lap 19: Heidfeld is 12th with Buemi 13th, Webber currently 14th after his stop, Trulli 15th and doing well with Alguersuari on his tail in 16th.
Lap 18: Alonso wasn't quite able to make it past the slowed Vettel and is third on the road, also on the harder tyres.
Lap 18: Vettel is now down to second after that bungled pitstop, but Vettel is on the harder tyre while button opted for super softs.
Lap 18: Barrichello moves still further up the list in the pitstop phase to eighth, with di Resta ninth, Kobayashi 10th and Sutil in 11th place.
Lap 18: Button leads for McLaren in Monaco.
Lap 17: Alonso reacts with his own stop in the Ferrari.
Lap 17: Vettel is back underway but he is now behind Button on the road after some disastrous pit work at Red Bull.
Lap 17: Rosberg has rejoined in 19th position and Schumacher has closed to within 1.4s of d'Ambrosio as they battle for 20th.
Lap 17: There is total confusion at Red Bull as Webber pits as well and they scramble to find the right tyres.
Lap 16: Vettel pits and Red Bull make a mistake!
Lap 16: Button has resumed in clear air ahead of Massa and is looking to get an undercut on the leader.
Lap 16: Rosberg admits defeat and pits his Mercedes.
Lap 16: Button resumes on another set of super soft rubber in fourth place on the road.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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