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Formula 1 Abu Dhabi GP

2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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Lap 28: But that will surely come under scrutiny from the stewards as Massa complains about how Webber re-joined.
Lap 28: No further action will be taken on the earlier incident between Maldonado and Webber.
Lap 28: Vettel sets the fastest lap as he comes around in seventh.
Lap 28: Schumacher pits from eighth place in a race full of action and incident so far.
Lap 29: Vettel is just 22.9 seconds off the lead and could move up significantly if he can hold on to those soft tyres to the flag.
Lap 29: Massa rejoined from his stop in 15th position, just behind Michael Schumacher.
Lap 29: Vettel could leap up into a podium place once the others pit, but the question is can he go the distance without another tyre change.
Lap 29: Alonso is in for his switch to hard tyres for the run to the end.
Lap 29: Alonso resumes in seventh, now behind Vettel on the road.
Lap 29: No further action will be taken for that clash between Webber and Massa.
Lap 30: Kovalainen pits from 13th and de la Rosa is in and out from 17th place in the HRT.
Lap 30: Maldonado is under attack on DRS again, with Perez now making it past the Williams and up to fourth.
Lap 30: Kovalainen was 13th of course, but has rejoined in 16th place, with de la Rosa falling back to 20th after his stop.
Lap 30: Webber is now chasing Maldonado and has Vettel right behind.
Lap 30: Button lets them get on with that scrap as he pits for fresh tyres.
Lap 30: Maldoando is in this time, releasing the Red Bull pair.
Lap 31: So it's Raikkonen leading but yet to stop with Webber now second on the road as the Australian is ordered not to fight his team-mate.
Lap 32: Webber is called in to the Red Bull pit, releasing team-mate Vettel.
Lap 32: Perez is also in for a single change of tyres.
Lap 32: All that pitstop action puts Vettel up to second on the road, with Raikkonen 22.3 seconds ahead but yet to stop.
Lap 32: Alonso is close behind Vettel in third, chased by Button.
Lap 32: Leader Raikkonen is in this time.
Lap 33: It's a clean stop at Lotus and he resumes just ahead of Vettel on the road.
Lap 33: Positions are static further down the order, with all the main action in the race now focusing on the top seven.
Lap 33: Button, fourth, is the man looking most likely at the moment with the fastest lap. He's right on the gearbox of Alonso.
Lap 34: Senna is fifth and yet to stop in the Williams, with Vergne also yet to come in from sixth. Grosjean is seventh with di Resta in eighth spot.
Lap 34: Senna pits this time round from that fifth place and takes on soft tyres.
Lap 34: Senna drops down the order to 14th position.
Lap 34: Vettel, second at the moment, is clocked 1.4 seconds behind Raikkonen as Lotus tell the leader the Red Bull doesn't have to stop again.
Lap 34: So Vergne moves into fifth, with Grosjean sixth, di Resta seventh, Perez eighth, Webber ninth and Maldonado 10th.
Lap 35: Vettel will have to make it 40 laps on his set of soft tyres, changed at the end of the safety car period when he came in for wing repairs.
Lap 35: Kobayashi is 11th with Schumacher 12th, Massa 13th, Senna 14th, Ricciardo 15th and Kovalainen in 16th place.
Lap 35: Vergne now comes in from sixth spot in the Toro Rosso.
Lap 35: Button remains right with Alonso as he enjoys the grip from the medium compound, which has worked well for McLaren this weekend.
Lap 35: Vettel is told he is "as fast as Alonso behind" as Red Bull ask him to keep pushing.
Lap 35: Vergne rejoined in 14th place after his stop. He took on a set of soft tyres.
Lap 36: Button sets fastest sectors again as he piles the pressure on Alonso.
Lap 36: Grosjean is now up to fifth, but 12 seconds behind the leading four. Di Resta is his tail in sixth, with Perez and Webber right there.
Lap 36: Meanwhile, Raikkonen has a 3.6 second lead over tyre-saving Vettel.
Lap 37: Red Bull is eying the pit window for a second stop for Vettel, with a late final stop bringing him out right with that Grosjean squabble.

By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton

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