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Lap 29: Raikkonen resumes behind the one-stopping Schumacher in fourth place.
Lap 29: Vettel, third, is now just 5.6 seconds behind Raikkonen and will take over second place as the Lotus stops.
Lap 29: De la Rosa and Kovalainen pit together from 18th and 19th. They rejoin in the same order.
Lap 28: Hulkenberg resumes ahead of Riccardo, with Webber forced to make a move past the Toro Rosso at the top of the hill.
Lap 28: Charles Pic has passed Karthikeyan's HRT for 15th position.
Lap 28: Massa has also been in for his second change of tyres.
Lap 28: Webber does indeed need a second stop and makes it now, as does Hulkenberg.
Lap 28: Button is told everything is good in his world as he continues to edge away from Raikkonen, building the lead to 11.7 seconds.
Lap 27: Di Resta pits from 11th position in the Force India. He rejoins in a safe 12th spot, as Petrov also comes in.
Lap 27: Vettel is now under seven seconds from Raikkonen and closing in on team-mate Webber.
Lap 27: Webber stopped at a similar point to Raikkonen, with those teams surely pondering if they can stretch the tyres to defend from Vettel.
Lap 27: Glock pits from 15th position in the Marussia.
Lap 27: Webber is told that Red Bull expect second pitstops for Raikkonen and Hulkenberg.
Lap 26: Raikkonen is now 10.4 seconds behind leader Button. After an early stop on lap 11, he is likely to need another change of rubber.
Lap 25: Kobayashi pits from 13th place in the Sauber. He is down and away after a 4.3 second stop.
Lap 25: Vettel sets the fastest lap as he finds good speed in his relatively fresh set of hard compound rubber.
Lap 25: Hulkenberg, now up to third again, is told his "pace is looking good"
Lap 25: Rosberg is flying in that Mercedes now. He has passed Kobayashi for 12th spot and is catching the Senna versus di Resta fight at two seconds per lap.
Lap 24: At the same place, Vettel drives around Massa thanks to his fresh rubber and sets off in pursuit of team-mate Webber.
Lap 24: That near-tangle between Schumacher and Vettel at the pit entry will be investigated after the race.
Lap 24: Senna passes di Resta round the outside into Les Combes and takes 10th from the Force India driver.
Lap 23: Raikkonen is now 8.5 seconds behind Button in second place and still plans a stop before the end.
Lap 23: Behind the top eight, Vergne is holding onto ninth with di Resta 10th, Senna 11th, Kobayashi 12th and Rosberg now fastest in 13th.
Lap 23: Up front, Button is setting a very strong pace as he is told "plan A" - a one stop - is good.
Lap 23: Vettel, on fresh rubber, is already closing quickly on Massa.
Lap 22: Ricciardo is between that pair, having recently been demoted by Massa, with the Ferrari now fifth on the road.
Lap 22: Vettel dives out of the pits and that has worked well - he's ahead of Schumacher on the road.
Lap 22: Vettel reacts with his first stop, taking hard compound rubber.
Lap 22: Vergne tows up behind the Scot up the Kemmel straight and easily moves into ninth place, with Senna holding a watching brief.
Lap 21: Raikkonen is up to third, with Hulkenberg fourth and all on a two-stop plan.
Lap 21: Rosberg comes into the pits from ninth place. Di Resta, Vergne and Senna quickly sweep past.
Lap 21: Button will plan to run to the finish from here, while Vettel still needs a second stop.
Lap 21: Button resumes in the lead and is ahead of Vettel on the road.
Lap 21: Button switches to the harder tyres after another rapid McLaren pitstop.
Lap 21: Petrov is 14th in the Caterham, with Glock 15th, Karthikeyan 16th, de la Rosa 17th, Pic 18th after that stop and Kovalainen in 19th.
Lap 21: McLaren are ready in the pits for leader Button.
Lap 20: Behind Ricciardo, Massa is eighth with Rosberg ninth, di Resta 10th, Vergne 11th, Senna 12th and Kobayashi in 13th spot.
Lap 20: Vettel managed to continue as Schumacher resumes on hard tyres after his stop.
Lap 20: Meanwhile, Vettel was right with Schumacher as the pair nearly collide with the Mercedes coming in to the pits.
Lap 20: That recent switch between Australians Webber and Ricciardo has put the Red Bull up to sixth.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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