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Bahrain GP
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Lap 44: Massa maintains 10th with Kobayashi 11th, Schumacher 12th and Perez less than one second behind him in 13th.
Lap 44: Hulkenberg is 14th in the second Force India, with Senna 15th, Vergne 16th and Ricciardo jumped ahead of Petrov in the last round of stops to take 17th.
Lap 45: Raikkonen has the lead gap pegged at 3.3 seconds, lapping on a similar pace to Vettel now. Grosjean is only just edging closer at the moment
Lap 45: Kobayashi's pace is fading in 11th. Schumacher and Perez are now right with him.
Lap 46: Schumacher quickly gets past the Sauber and takes over 11th.
Lap 46: Webber is a customary fourth, with sizable gaps both in front and behind the Red Bull.
Lap 46: Still over 10 laps remaining, so Raikkonen may be attempting to keep life in the rubber for the closing stages.
Lap 48: Perez also nipped through and passed his Sauber team-mate and the Mexican is now on Schumacher's tail again.
Lap 48: Di Resta continues in a fine fifth, with Rosberg on a similar pace just 1.5 seconds further behind.
Lap 48: MercedesAMGF1: "Michael chasing MAS but defending on PER at the same time. All for 1 championship point. Come on Michael!"
Lap 49: Force India looks to be gambling on two stops for di Resta, so his aging tyres may be a bit of a struggle over the final laps.
Lap 49: Hulkenberg in 14th posts his best lap of the race so far and is catching up to Kobayashi quickly.
Lap 49: Raikkonen turns up the wick and closes to 2.6 seconds off the leader.
Lap 49: Raikkonen clears traffic in the form of Petrov's Caterham and continues his chase of leader Vettel.
Lap 50: Hulkenberg is now on top of Kobayashi as the Japanese driver's tyres continue to fade. This is a fight for 13th.
Lap 50: Rosberg has closed to under a second behind di Resta as the Scot begins to struggle for grip on his elderly rubber.
Lap 51: Hulkenberg moves to the outside of the Sauber and cuts back in at the exit of Turn 4. He gets a better drive off the corner and takes 13th.
Lap 51: Pressure all over the gearbox of di Resta, but he is resiting Rosberg for the moment.
Lap 52: Meanwhile, Vettel has the lead back out to 3.4 seconds and seems to be keeping Raikkonen at bay for the moment.
Lap 52: Button is seventh behind the di Resta versus Rosberg scrap, but as they fight he is beginning to close them in.
Lap 52: Di Resta is told to use "double KERS" to defend from Rosberg's DRS, which works for the moment in keeping the Mercedes behind.
Lap 52: Alonso (eighth) is 3.7s down on Button, with Hamilton just one second behind the Ferrari. Kobayashi gives up the ghost and pits from 14th.
Lap 53: Rosberg smokes his tyres into the first corner and dives past di Resta. The Scot fights back but it is too late and Rosberg is up to fifth.
Lap 53: Five laps remain in an action-packed Bahrain Grand Prix.
Lap 54: Button is encouraged on by his McLaren team, who are eying a move on the fading di Resta.
Lap 54: Alonso has fallen back to 4.3s behind Button. Hamilton is now beginning to give the Spaniard some serious attention.
Lap 54: Massa is 2.8s further back in 10th, then comes Schumacher, who is still fending off Perez.
Lap 54: Vettel's lead is now 3.4 seconds over Raikkonen's Lotus, with team-mate Grosjean still a strong third.
Lap 55: Kobayashi rejoined after Sauber couldn't make two stops work, in 17th. He is on the tail of Ricciardo.
Lap 55: Button pits with a suspected puncture and he drops down the field.
Lap 56: It is his fourth stop of the afternoon and he comes out in 13th place, after his left rear lost air pressure.
Lap 56: Kobayashi has passed Ricciardo and takes 16th place from the Australian.
Lap 56: Button reports that he can hear a strange noise from the engine or exhaust on the team radio.
Lap 56: Senna pits and this is a long stop for the Brazilian.
Lap 56: Vettel begins his penultimate tour with a 3.2 second lead over Raikkonen.
Lap 57: Senna drives straight into the garage and it's game over for Williams this afternoon.
Lap 57: Button is touring back to the pits with an extremely rough sounding McLaren.
Lap 57: The team clears a space in the garage and Button drives straight in to retire.
Lap 57: Di Resta is holding off Alonso, but there is just 0.8s between them, with Vettel well into the final lap.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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