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Lap 11: Raikkonen is down in 19th place on those intermediates, but his pace is equal to the frontrunners.
Lap 10: Schumacher comes into the pits again from 20th place.
Lap 10: Kobayashi has been into the pits. He rejoins further down the order in 19th position.
Lap 10: Massa is fifth with Vettel remarkably up to sixth as the carnage clears the path ahead of the points leader.
Lap 9: These are extremely tricky conditions as light spots continue to fall around the circuit.
Lap 9: Button leads into lap nine by 0.8 seconds from Hamilton. Hulkenberg is close with them, as Alonso falls away in fourth.
Lap 9: Vettel has also passed di Resta and is up to seventh. Then, the German is immediately on the tail of Kobayashi.
Lap 9: Slippery surface flags all around the track as the light rain continues to mix things up.
Lap 8: Hulkenberg is just two seconds behind the McLaren pair as Button takes the lead.
Lap 8: Vettel is through on Ricciardo and Rosberg. He is into a sensational eighth position.
Lap 8: Hamilton leads them back around in the drizzle, with Button just behind.
Lap 8: Vettel has passed Petrov and takes over 11th position in the Red Bull. He is taking one or two places every lap.
Lap 8: Webber is the next spinner and drops down the order as he recovers in the Red Bull.
Lap 7: Raikkonen and Schumacher took on intermediate tyres. The Finn rejoined in 19th place with Schumacher down in 20th.
Lap 7: Up front, Button seems to have more grip than Hamilton and is challenging the leader.
Lap 7: Massa has now passed Webber and is holding back the Red Bull as it all kicks off again.
Lap 7: Grosjean has crashed out of 11th position at Mergulho and is out of the race.
Lap 7: Vettel passes Kovalainen and is up to 12th in this amazing opening to the final race of the season.
Lap 6: So it's Hamilton from Button and Hulkenberg followed by a royal squabble with Alonso, Massa, Webber, Kobayashi and di Resta.
Lap 6: Raikkonen and Schumacher pit, elevating Vettel up into 13th place.
Lap 6: Replays show Alonso running out of grip as he found the circuit ever wetter in Turn 1, dropping to fourth behind Hulkenberg.
Lap 6: The rain is falling ever more as they race around these pulsating early laps.
Lap 5: More rain coming down and Vettel has passed Vergne and is into 16th place.
Lap 5: Hulkenberg piles through as Alonso is forced to defend from Webber and Massa.
Lap 5: Alonso locks up at the Senna S - running wide onto the run off.
Lap 5: Replays of the first lap show Vettel turning into the Descida do Lago and chopping across Bruno Senna, who was alongside him.
Lap 4: Vettel has passed Pedro de la Rosa and now runs in 18th position.
Lap 4: Replays show a poor start for Vettel, who was boxed by team-mate Webber and the Ferrari pair into Turn 1.
Lap 3: Vettel posts the fastest lap of the race with 1m21.316s and he has passed Pic, into 19th spot.
Lap 3: Maldonado is also reported as being out of the race. Vettel has passed Karthikeyan and is up to 21st position.
Lap 3: But that won't be easy now as Hulkenberg blasts past Webber to take over fourth place.
Lap 3: Webber is right on the gearbox of Alonso and could still deny the Spaniard if he takes the final podium spot.
Lap 3: Vettel is 22nd and on the tail of Karthikeyan's HRT.
Lap 3: Unbelievable scenes at Interlagos as they race around the second lap with Hamilton leading from Button and Alonso.
Lap 2: Perez was also caught in in the melee at Turn 4 on the opening lap and he is out of the race.
Lap 2: Senna is out of the race. Vettel is advised to stay out by his race engineer.
Lap 2: Webber is looking for a way past Massa as... Alonso dives through for third, exactly what he needs to take the title!
Lap 2: Vettel got going again and is underway. Will he pit this time round?
Lap 2: Hamilton leads them around with Button now up to second and Massa third.
Lap 1: Vettel has damage to the left sidepod. He is stone last!
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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