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Lap 39: That wipes out Raikkonen's lead as he forms up behind the big Mercedes. Alonso and Button will have a fresh-tyred Vettel right behind.
Lap 39: Ricciardo gets away again but Perez gets away after a long stop at the Sauber pit.
Lap 39: Webber is out of the race with a destroyed rear wheel. Perez comes in to the pits and Ricciardo follows him.
Lap 39: The safety car has been deployed.
Lap 39: It's chaos back in that pack and the safety car could be needed here.
Lap 39: Perez comes through past Grosjean as well and engages in a fight with di Resta. The pair make contact and Webber is caught up in it.
Lap 39: Grosjean defends the inside against an attack from di Resta, but the Scot is through and up to fifth place.
Lap 38: Despite a fumble in that stop, Vettel is back on track with fresh softs and can look to close in on Button and Alonso.
Lap 38: Clear of Grosjean and in fourth place.
Lap 38: Soft tyres on Vettel and he resumes...
Lap 38: Vettel answers the call and this will be tight with Grosjean and co.
Lap 38: Fifth placed Grosjean has slipped to 14 seconds behind the leaders, with di Resta, Perez, Webber all close and Maldonado is catching them.
Lap 38: Vettel is called in to the Red Bull pits.
Lap 38: 40 laps will be a mighty stretch for Vettel, with all the risks of the rubber falling off the cliff in the closing stages.
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.
Lap 36: Meanwhile, Raikkonen has a 3.6 second lead over tyre-saving Vettel.
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: Button sets fastest sectors again as he piles the pressure on Alonso.
Lap 35: Vergne rejoined in 14th place after his stop. He took on a set of soft tyres.
Lap 35: Vettel is told he is "as fast as Alonso behind" as Red Bull ask him to keep pushing.
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: Vergne now comes in from sixth spot in the Toro Rosso.
Lap 35: Kobayashi is 11th with Schumacher 12th, Massa 13th, Senna 14th, Ricciardo 15th and Kovalainen in 16th place.
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 34: So Vergne moves into fifth, with Grosjean sixth, di Resta seventh, Perez eighth, Webber ninth and Maldonado 10th.
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: Senna drops down the order to 14th position.
Lap 34: Senna pits this time round from that fifth place and takes on soft tyres.
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 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 33: Positions are static further down the order, with all the main action in the race now focusing on the top seven.
Lap 33: It's a clean stop at Lotus and he resumes just ahead of Vettel on the road.
Lap 32: Leader Raikkonen is in this time.
Lap 32: Alonso is close behind Vettel in third, chased by Button.
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: Perez is also in for a single change of tyres.
Lap 32: Webber is called in to the Red Bull pit, releasing team-mate Vettel.
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 30: Maldoando is in this time, releasing the Red Bull pair.
Lap 30: Button lets them get on with that scrap as he pits for fresh tyres.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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