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Lap 30: Raikkonen closes by a couple of tenths on his latest effort, putting the Finn just 1.7 seconds behind leader Vettel
Lap 30: Hamilton is told that Massa directly ahead is on the same strategy.
Lap 30: Behind the top eight, Alonso is now slowly dropping away from Rosberg in ninth, with Massa and Hamilton on his tail.
Lap 29: Webber makes the DRS and much fresher tyres work as the Red Bull blasts past into Turn 1 to take over fourth.
Lap 29: The stewards will investigate the driving standards of Alonso and Rosberg during that immense scrap, after the race.
Lap 29: Di Resta remains on his second set of tyres and now has Webber chasing down the Force India.
Lap 28: Vettel responds with his own fastest lap of 1m38.157s, but is only just a fraction quicker than Raikkonen.
Lap 28: Maldonado made it back into the pits but it's all over and he climbs out of the car.
Lap 28: Some strong responses on Twitter to Rosberg's aggressive defending of eighth position, having twice forced Alonso to the far right of the circuit. Here's one from former Le Mans winner @GUYSMITH16: "What is Rosberg doing ?" Fernando doesn't seem too pleased either!
Lap 27: Vettel has switched to the softer tyres, while Raikkonen is now on the harder rubber.
Lap 27: Maldonado spun at Turn 4 with an puncture and has dropped down the field like a stone.
Lap 27: Vettel's leads is just 2.2 seconds over the charging Raikkonen, who again sets the fastest lap.
Lap 27: Di Resta is up to fourth but yet to make his second stop, followed by Webber, Button and Kobayashi.
Lap 26: Vettel resumes in the lead, with Raikkonen still ahead of Grosjean.
Lap 26: Senna pits from what was 10th place, as this second rounds of stops reaches a conclusion.
Lap 26: Grosjean is also in for his second stop.
Lap 26: Vettel pits his Red Bull from a comfortable lead.
Lap 26: Alonso rejoined at the back end of the top 10 and has been engaged in a huge fight with Rosberg for the last two laps. They have swapped places three times.
Lap 25: Raikkonen now pits his Lotus, while Grosjean continues for the moment.
Lap 24: It's another dismal stop from McLaren, with Hamilton again delayed by a fumble at the left rear.
Lap 24: Rosberg came in on the last lap and has rejoined in 13th.
Lap 24: Webber, Hamilton and Alonso all pile into the pits.
Lap 24: Maldonado and Schumacher come into the pits this time round.
Lap 24: Raikkonen makes his DRS move at Turn 1 and finally makes it up to second place, demoting Grosjean to third.
Lap 24: Perez rejoined from his stop in 18th place, but has already got back past Ricciardo to take 17th.
Lap 23: Karthikeyan has also been into the pits for his second stop at the back of the field.
Lap 23: Now this is a developing story. @Lotus_F1Team: "Fascinating strategy discussions going from these chaps on the pitwall. Kimi now 0.7 to @RGrosjean yfrog.com/oea3ptrj"
Lap 23: Button is in the McLaren pit again and goes for another set of medium tyres.
Lap 23: Massa pits, allowing di Resta up to ninth position.
Lap 23: Nose-to-tail for the Lotus pair but still no move from Raikkonen despite the use of his DRS.
Lap 23: Di Resta is charging in this second stint! Only a few laps ago he was fending off Schumacher. He has passed Maldonado, Perez and is now on the back of ninth placed Massa.
Lap 23: Raikkonen is really making the soft tyres work at the moment, lapping faster than leader Vettel throughout the stint.
Lap 22: Vettel is 5.4 seconds ahead of the Lotus pair, with the team surely pondering if it should ask Grosjean to allow Raikkonen through.
Lap 22: Perez needs another set of tyres and he is quickly in for fresh boots.
Lap 22: @Lotus_F1Team: "Kimi just ate seven tenths into @RGrosjean's lead, and he's hungry for more... Fight clean boys... #WhereIsMyPodium". The team may have to make a decision about postions on track too!
Lap 22: Sure enough, the pair swamp Perez at Turn 4 and the Mexican loses out badly. Di Resta takes advantage and nips through against Maldonado, so the Scot is 10th, Maldonado is 11th with Perez down to 12th.
Lap 21: Perez in 10th is looking like he will be next to cause a queue. His pace is dropping, allowing the Maldonado versus di Resta fight to catch him.
Lap 21: Raikkonen continues to close on Grosjean and is now right on the tail of his team-mate.
Lap 21: The stewards have decided to further investigate that incident between Rosberg and Hamilton after the race.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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