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Lap 22: Vettel has passed Senna on this lap and is through to 11th. Ricciardo separates the German from the points.
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 is 0.6s behind Senna and shaping up to try and take 11th spot from the Brazilian.
Lap 22: Meanwhile, Alonso makes a move on Maldonado as the Spaniard pulls off a DRS on the Williams.
Lap 21: Gutting for Hamilton though, who is forced out of a comfortable lead for the second time in Abu Dhabi.
Lap 21: Vettel has passed Kovalainen and is up to 12th position, after Hamilton's demise.
Lap 21: That puts Raikkonen in the lead for Lotus.
Lap 21: Hamilton has stopped on the grass as the team report a loss of all power.
Lap 21: Yellow flags now out for Hamilton.
Lap 21: It's happened again for McLaren as the dominant race leader pulls to a halt.
Lap 21: Leader Hamilton is slowing...
Lap 20: Vettel is through and takes the place. Meantime, Senna has passed Kovalainen to take 12th spot.
Lap 20: Vettel has caught up to the back of Vergne's Toro Rosso. This is a developing battle for 14th.
Lap 20: Hamilton clocks a 1m47.266s to pull 3.4 seconds clear of Raikkonen.
Lap 20: Things brewing nicely behind Hamilton and Raikkonen as Maldonado, Alonso, Webber and Button run right together down the long back straight.
Lap 19: Petrov has made an error and dropped back several positions. Vettel then also passes Glock and is up to 15th spot.
Lap 19: Alonso has plenty of heat on his case though, with both Webber and Button right behind.
Lap 18: Senna is 13th with Vergne 14th, Glock 15th, Petrov 16th and Vettel now in 17th position.
Lap 18: Maldonado, third, is falling away from the rear of Raikkonen and into the clutches of Alonso.
Lap 18: Behind the top eight, Kobayashi remains in ninth with Schumacher 10th, Ricciardo 11th and Kovalainen 12th.
Lap 18: Perez is right on Massa's tail at the moment as the pair circulate seventh and eighth.
Lap 18: He gave position back to the Lotus. Then a few corners later he is through for a third time and now safely into 17th.
Lap 17: Replays show that Vettel had all four wheels off the circuit when he came back past Grosjean for the second time.
Lap 17: Another quick lap from Hamilton and his lead is out to 2.3 seconds over Raikkonen and Maldonado.
Lap 17: Vettel and Grosjean swap positions twice, before the German finally prevails. He is up to 17th position.
Lap 16: Vettel is on Grosjean's gearbox now and there is three cars abreast as the pair of them come through past Pic in the Marussia.
Lap 16: No DRS for another lap so the straight line speed challenged Webber can't get close to Alonso this time.
Lap 16: Grosjean also made it through past the HRT driver. Vettel is now chasing Grosjean as they begin a fight over 18th position.
Lap 16: A 1m47.886s fastest lap for Hamilton as he pulls back to a 1.6 second lead.
Lap 16: Hamilton is over a second clear of Raikkonen as they race around to the scene of the crash for the first time since the restart.
Lap 15: Vettel has passed di Resta and de la Rosa. He is up to 19th position.
Lap 15: Alonso's Ferrari is quicker down the straight but all that action has let Maldonado get away in third.
Lap 15: Only 15 laps in and we've had more drama at Abu Dhabi this year than in the previous three events combined.
Lap 15: Alonso was busy trying to get past Maldonado and only just holds off Webber as they head onto the back straight.
Lap 15: Webber is eying a move on Alonso to pay back the Spaniard for his first lap shuffle.
Lap 15: The safety car comes into the pitlane and we are racing once again.
Lap 14: Hamilton backs the field up to get them tight, before deciding when to try and bolt away...
Lap 14: Hamilton slows the pack and gets ready to launch off into the lead again.
Lap 14: The safety car will pit at the end of this lap.
Lap 14: So the championship leader drops to 21st position.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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