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Formula 1
Abu Dhabi GP
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Lap 20: Hamilton clocks a 1m47.266s to pull 3.4 seconds clear of Raikkonen.
Lap 20: Vettel has caught up to the back of Vergne's Toro Rosso. This is a developing battle for 14th.
Lap 20: Vettel is through and takes the place. Meantime, Senna has passed Kovalainen to take 12th spot.
Lap 21: Leader Hamilton is slowing...
Lap 21: It's happened again for McLaren as the dominant race leader pulls to a halt.
Lap 21: Yellow flags now out for Hamilton.
Lap 21: Hamilton has stopped on the grass as the team report a loss of all power.
Lap 21: That puts Raikkonen in the lead for Lotus.
Lap 21: Vettel has passed Kovalainen and is up to 12th position, after Hamilton's demise.
Lap 21: Gutting for Hamilton though, who is forced out of a comfortable lead for the second time in Abu Dhabi.
Lap 22: Meanwhile, Alonso makes a move on Maldonado as the Spaniard pulls off a DRS on the Williams.
Lap 22: Vettel is 0.6s behind Senna and shaping up to try and take 11th spot from the Brazilian.
Lap 22: That puts Alonso up to a vital second place as he used the second DRS zone to punish Maldonado for a slow run through the chicane.
Lap 22: Vettel has passed Senna on this lap and is through to 11th. Ricciardo separates the German from the points.
Lap 22: Yellow flags remain out as Hamilton's McLaren is removed from the circuit.
Lap 22: Alonso matches new leader Raikkonen on pace in the mid 1m47s bracket with the gap between them 5.4 seconds.
Lap 23: Webber is now looking for his move on Maldonado. Button is right with that pair.
Lap 23: "Just leave me alone," Raikkonen tells his team in a classic message on the radio as he pulls to a 5.7 second lead.
Lap 23: Vettel is catching Ricciardo hand-over-fist. The gap is under one second now - battle for 10th.
Lap 24: It is taking an age to remove Hamilton's car away from the scene. Yellow flags remain in place.
Lap 24: Webber dives for a move on Maldonado but the door is closed and the Red Bull spins onto the run-off.
Lap 24: Finally, a handful of marshals are pushing the McLaren through a gap in the barriers.
Lap 24: Raikkonen sets the fastest lap at 1m47.238s, making his lead a strong 6.2 seconds.
Lap 24: Vettel has passed Ricciardo. He can pass go and collect one point.
Lap 24: Replays show Webber trying an outside move on Maldonado but he wasn't clear of the Williams and spins down to seventh.
Lap 25: The McLaren is finally out of the way and the circuit is all-clear once again.
Lap 25: Button tries the inside of Maldonado at Turn 11 and makes it work, taking over third place.
Lap 25: That contact between Webber and Maldonado is now under investigation.
Lap 25: Vettel is now on Schumacher's tail and this is a fight for ninth place.
Lap 25: Perez finally makes his move on Massa, barging past the Ferrari to take over what is now fifth place.
Lap 26: So the full order is Raikkonen leading by 6.7s over Alonso, Button, Maldonado, Perez in fifth and Massa sixth.
Lap 26: Webber is seventh with Kobayashi eighth, Schumacher ninth and Vettel is 22.4s off the lead in 10th spot.
Lap 26: Raikkonen asks for his pitboard to show the gap back to Alonso, which is currently a handy 6.7 seconds.
Lap 26: Vettel has passed Schumacher and Kobayashi pits from eighth position.
Lap 26: Webber has now caught up with Massa in a scrap for sixth.
Lap 26: Vettel now up to eighth spot, as Koabyashi takes on another set of tyres and gets underway again in 16th position.
Lap 27: Webber tries DRS on Massa and ends up wide on the run-off. Massa is then tipped into a smoky spin.
Lap 27: Vettel is now up to seventh spot with Schumacher eighth, Massa rejoins in ninth and Ricciardo is 10th.
Lap 27: Replays show no contact between the pair in the second phase of that moment, with Massa spinning after hitting the kerb off line.
Lap 27: Massa pits the Ferrari and Ricciardo is also in this time round.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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