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Lap 16: Button is battling with the recently stopped Vettel. The German slices through on new tyres and takes over seventh place from the Briton, who has yet to stop.
Lap 16: Hard tyres go on Alonso's car and he's out, just behind temporary leader Hamilton.
Lap 16: Rosberg pits from sixth position in the Mercedes.
Lap 16: Grosjean is up to 14th place after Vergne's stop. He is now just a few seconds behind team-mate Raikkonen.
Lap 16: Alonso is in this time, making sure he doesn't get leaped by the fresh-tyred Webber.
Lap 15: So it's Alonso from Hamilton now, with both still to stop after starting on the hard tyres.
Lap 15: Webber resumes ahead of Hulkenberg, which is a current fourth place.
Lap 15: Vergne pits from 14th place in the Toro Rosso. Senna also pitted the Williams last time round.
Lap 15: Webber is the next to jump in to get rid of the soft tyres.
Lap 15: The incident between Perez and Maldonado will be investigated by the stewards after the race.
Lap 14: Alonso and Webber continue out front, with Hamilton now up to third place thanks to his start on hard rubber.
Lap 14: Vettel is up to 11th place and sets the fastest lap - 1m39.215s.
Lap 14: Massa and Raikkonen are the next soft-shod men to make a pitstop.
Lap 14: Maldonado has made it back to the pitlane, but Perez climbs out of the car and retires from the race.
Lap 13: Perez spun, while Maldonado recovered and is touring back to the pits slowly.
Lap 13: Perez and Maldonado make contact on the lap out of the pits. Maldonado tried a move up the inside of Brooklands and the pair came together.
Lap 13: The DRS has been disabled due to the stopped car of Perez after his clash with Maldonado.
Lap 13: Schumacher dives into the pits on the next lap.
Lap 12: So it's now Alonso from Webber, Massa and Schumacher - all yet to stop.
Lap 12: Grosjean has passed Kovalainen, as he continues his recovery. He is up to 17th place, but Vergne is eight seconds ahead.
Lap 12: Maldonado and Perez react to Vettel's stop with a pit visit for fresh rubber.
Lap 12: Vettel rejoined from his pitstop in 15th position.
Lap 12: Massa makes his move down the Hangar straight and he finally muscles his way past the Mercedes and in to third.
Lap 12: Massa reports that his tyres are okay at the moment, insisting he is quicker than Schumacher...
Lap 11: Grosjean has passed Glock and is up to 18th position. Kovalainen is four seconds up the road.
Lap 11: Vettel makes an early stop to discard the softs and take to the harder rubber.
Lap 11: Perez is on the soft tyre but the Mexican is very gentle on the rubber and still getting great speed from his Pirellis in ninth.
Lap 10: Perez attempts a move on Hamilton but the McLaren driver resists strongly into the Wellington straight.
Lap 10: Alonso pulls three seconds clear of Webber as the scrap continues behind him.
Lap 9: Schumacher continues to hold a train from third to ninth, allowing Alonso and Webber to sprint away out front.
Lap 9: Grosjean moves ahead of de la Rosa and takes 19th, setting the fastest lap in the process - 1m38.945s. His next target is Glock.
Lap 9: Hamilton remains eighth and unhappy with his situation, but his best lap is now quicker than all but Alonso ahead of him.
Lap 8: Grosjean is recovering positions as quickly as he can, but this is the fourth time that the Frenchman has suffered a first lap crash this season.
Lap 8: Webber will hope his tyres hold on, but the soft rubber is sure to be punished by this opening stint on heavy fuel.
Lap 8: Alonso is clocked 1.9 seconds clear of Webber and finding good race pace on the hard tyres now.
Lap 8: Grosjean now passes Karthikeyan to take 20th position. His next target is de la Rosa.
Lap 8: Massa is encouraged to use his KERS and try to open the DRS earlier as he continues to hound Schumacher in a battle over third.
Lap 7: Grosjean begins his recovery through the field. He passes Pic to take over 21st position.
Lap 7: Massa tries the DRS shuffle into Brooklands on Schumacher but it doesn't stick this time after a robust defence from the German.
Lap 7: Perez remains in ninth place and is still on the tail of Hamilton, giving the Briton no rest whatsoever.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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