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Lap 49: Hamilton responds to Vettel with his own final stop.
Lap 49: Button is well clear of Webber as he resumes and looks on course for the final podium place.
Lap 49: Perez pits from that 11th place. He had just passed Petrov and the Russian retakes the position.
Lap 49: Button stops for his final McLaren pitstop.
Lap 49: A rapid stop from Vettel and he's back underway on his final set of hard tyres.
Lap 49: Massa is now eighth and 7.8s down on Rosberg, with di Resta ninth, Perez 10th and Heidfeld 11th.
Lap 48: Vettel pits from the lead.
Lap 48: Webber resumes on hard rubber, having also spent all his soft rubber earlier on.
Lap 48: Rosberg was again able to haul in team-mate Schumacher as they battle for sixth, but Rosberg then critically loses out as they go one lap down.
Lap 48: Hamilton is told to stay out as long as possible.
Lap 48: Red Bull sprint into the pitlane for a stop for Webber.
Lap 47: Rosberg is lapped by the rapid lead pair.
Lap 47: Button is third and also due his final stop shortly, making great use of his three-stops and running on the softs while rivals are on hard.
Lap 47: Heidfeld is on a fresher set of tyres and the call goes out to Petrov to move aside. The Russian duly eases off and Heidfeld takes over 11th.
Lap 47: 1.1 seconds is the lead gap as Hamilton continues to push ahead of the final stop.
Lap 46: Kobayashi pits from 13th. He has tried to charge through the field but any chance of points is long gone for the Japanese.
Lap 46: Hamilton is told of the leader's KERS problem and closes to 1.3 seconds behind Vettel.
Lap 45: Radio from the team tells Vettel to turn off and not use his KERS.
Lap 45: Trulli pits from 18th place in the Lotus. That promotes Barrichello into that position after a poor afternoon.
Lap 45: TV graphics appear to show Vettel not making use of the Red Bull's KERS.
Lap 45: The teams will be weighing the benefit of undercut by pitting first versus having the fresher tyres for the final lap.
Lap 45: Massa is now eighth with di Resta ninth, Perez 10th, Petrov rejoined in 11th, Heidfeld 12th and Kobayashi now 13th.
Lap 44: Red Bull and McLaren now face a critical decision on when to make the final stop.
Lap 44: Schumacher holds track position over his team-mate but the gap between them is just 2.1s.
Lap 44: Vettel is cutting through traffic and is about to lap Massa's Ferrari.
Lap 44: The lead two will want to go as long as possible before the final stop, with the challenge fading from those behind.
Lap 44: Buemi pits for the third time this afternoon in the Toro Rosso.
Lap 43: Rosberg pits one lap after Schumacher again. Last time Schumacher gained a five second advantage out of that.
Lap 43: Petrov also pitted last time round from eighth and he similarly will be looking to go to the end from here.
Lap 43: Schumacher pits from sixth and takes on another set of tyres. This releases Rosberg into that spot.
Lap 43: Vettel leads by just 1.2 seconds from Hamilton.
Lap 42: Alonso is warned of the challenge of making the distance and this doesn't look good for the Spaniard.
Lap 42: Heidfeld has caught Maldonado for 14th now and here we go ... the German makes the move into Turn 1 successfully.
Lap 42: Alonso is of course on hard tyres for this run, with his three allocated sets of soft rubber long since burned in the first three stints.
Lap 41: 26 laps looks to be a big test of Alonso's latest set of tyres, with Ferrari surely hoping to avoid a fifth stop!
Lap 41: Meantime, Rosberg begins to try and work out a way past Schumacher. Michael has to defend the inside at Turn 1 this time round.
Lap 40: Maldonado in 14th will soon come under attack from a charging Heidfeld. The gap between them is just 3.4 seconds.
Lap 40: Alonso makes his fourth stop and will face a long run to the flag from here.
Lap 40: Hamilton is now just 1.8 seconds behind leader Vettel and lapping quicker at this stage.
Lap 40: With Button now well clear of the scrap, Webber has resumed his battle with Alonso.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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