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Abu Dhabi GP
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Lap 30: Webber is now chasing Maldonado and has Vettel right behind.
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: Maldonado is under attack on DRS again, with Perez now making it past the Williams and up to fourth.
Lap 30: Kovalainen pits from 13th and de la Rosa is in and out from 17th place in the HRT.
Lap 29: No further action will be taken for that clash between Webber and Massa.
Lap 29: Alonso resumes in seventh, now behind Vettel on the road.
Lap 29: Alonso is in for his switch to hard tyres for the run to the end.
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: Massa rejoined from his stop in 15th position, just behind Michael Schumacher.
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 28: Schumacher pits from eighth place in a race full of action and incident so far.
Lap 28: Vettel sets the fastest lap as he comes around in seventh.
Lap 28: No further action will be taken on the earlier incident between Maldonado and Webber.
Lap 28: But that will surely come under scrutiny from the stewards as Massa complains about how Webber re-joined.
Lap 27: Massa pits the Ferrari and Ricciardo is also in this time round.
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: Vettel is now up to seventh spot with Schumacher eighth, Massa rejoins in ninth and Ricciardo is 10th.
Lap 27: Webber tries DRS on Massa and ends up wide on the run-off. Massa is then tipped into a smoky spin.
Lap 26: Vettel now up to eighth spot, as Koabyashi takes on another set of tyres and gets underway again in 16th position.
Lap 26: Webber has now caught up with Massa in a scrap for sixth.
Lap 26: Vettel has passed Schumacher and Kobayashi pits from eighth position.
Lap 26: Raikkonen asks for his pitboard to show the gap back to Alonso, which is currently a handy 6.7 seconds.
Lap 26: Webber is seventh with Kobayashi eighth, Schumacher ninth and Vettel is 22.4s off the lead in 10th spot.
Lap 26: So the full order is Raikkonen leading by 6.7s over Alonso, Button, Maldonado, Perez in fifth and Massa sixth.
Lap 25: Perez finally makes his move on Massa, barging past the Ferrari to take over what is now fifth place.
Lap 25: Vettel is now on Schumacher's tail and this is a fight for ninth place.
Lap 25: That contact between Webber and Maldonado is now under investigation.
Lap 25: Button tries the inside of Maldonado at Turn 11 and makes it work, taking over third place.
Lap 25: The McLaren is finally out of the way and the circuit is all-clear once again.
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 24: Vettel has passed Ricciardo. He can pass go and collect one point.
Lap 24: Raikkonen sets the fastest lap at 1m47.238s, making his lead a strong 6.2 seconds.
Lap 24: Finally, a handful of marshals are pushing the McLaren through a gap in the barriers.
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: It is taking an age to remove Hamilton's car away from the scene. Yellow flags remain in place.
Lap 23: Vettel is catching Ricciardo hand-over-fist. The gap is under one second now - battle for 10th.
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: Webber is now looking for his move on Maldonado. Button is right with that pair.
Lap 22: Alonso matches new leader Raikkonen on pace in the mid 1m47s bracket with the gap between them 5.4 seconds.
Lap 22: Yellow flags remain out as Hamilton's McLaren is removed from the circuit.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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