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Lap 65: Outside line for Hamilton on DRS and he takes the lead.
Lap 65: Hamilton looks for a bold move on Alonso at the hairpin but surely DRS is the way to go.
Lap 65: Vettel rejoins in fifth, behind Perez.
Lap 64: Vettel resumes behind Perez after the recent pace spurt from the Sauber.
Lap 64: Vettel gives up the fight and pits for fresh rubber. That's not worked for Red Bull at all.
Lap 64: Hamilton is already homing in on Alonso and is just a few car lengths behind at the hairpin. DRS moves the McLaren even closer - 0.4 seconds.
Lap 62: Hamilton is up to second place and sets off in pursuit of Alonso, some 2.1 seconds ahead.
Lap 61: DRS engaged for Hamilton and he breezes past Vettel to take over second place.
Lap 61: While it is all-action up front, Glock has been into the pitlane and Marussia has retired the car.
Lap 61: Hamilton is boxed in the rear end of Vettel's Red Bull and a DRS move is surely inevitable on this lap.
Lap 60: Button is 16th and still nowhere near any points. He is 7.6s behind Vergne.
Lap 60: Hamilton is right with Vettel now and could soon be in place to make a DRS move.
Lap 60: Outside the points we have di Resta in 11th, Hulkenberg 12th, Maldonado 13th, Ricciardo 14th and Vergne in 15th spot.
Lap 60: Hamilton now just two seconds behind Vettel and only 4.3 off the lead.
Lap 59: 1m17.020s from Hamilton for a new fastest lap as he charges towards a move on Vettel.
Lap 59: Massa rejoined in 10th position, but all the action will soon be with the top three...
Lap 59: The lead gap is now just 6.1 seconds and Hamilton now has Vettel in his sights.
Lap 59: Rosberg is promoted to sixth after that stop from Massa, with Webber seventh and Raikkonen on his tail in eighth, then Kobayashi ninth.
Lap 59: Nervous times on the Ferrari pitwall as the team hope Alonso can maintain his pace to the flag on massively worn Pirellis.
Lap 58: Massa pits from sixth place. Ricciardo also comes in.
Lap 57: Webber is right with them now in eighth spot.
Lap 57: So behind the leaders it is now Perez in fifth, who took full advantage of the squabble into Turn 1, then Massa in sixth and Rosberg seventh
Lap 57: Hamilton marches on, now 8.9 seconds off Alonso and still closing at a second per tour.
Lap 57: @OfficialSF1Team is delighted by Perez's driving: "Very brave, very brave @SChecoPerez! Well done!"
Lap 57: Grosjean is now just 14.6 seconds off leader Alonso, surely boxing the Ferrari man into avoiding a second stop.
Lap 57: Rosberg tried to have a go at fifth placed Massa in the final chicane, but cut the corner. The German then gave track position back to the Ferrari driver, but in doing so also lost out to Perez, who was right with them.
Lap 56: Another second per lap gain from Hamilton over the lead pair, who will surely be furious if he doesn't win this one.
Lap 55: Alonso and Vettel seem to be committed now though. No way they can win if they pit.
Lap 55: If Alonso and Vettel don't pit, Hamilton will be with them five laps before the end...
Lap 54: Hamilton told a one stop from Alonso and Vettel is "not impossible" but Hamilton is closing rapidly even if they don't pit again.
Lap 54: Hamilton is congratulated by the team on his second gain over Alonso, with Ferrari still to react.
Lap 53: Button has visited the pits for his third stop. He slips to 16th position after taking on soft tyres.
Lap 53: Purple all over the timing screen from Hamilton as he closes to 13.1 seconds behind Alonso.
Lap 53: Webber slots in behind Rosberg, but beats one-stop man Raikkonen out of the pits.
Lap 52: Webber dives in for his final stop. Can he stay ahead of Rosberg?
Lap 52: 1m17.244s is the new fastest lap as Hamilton gives it his all.
Lap 52: Rosberg in seventh is now just 5.3s behind Massa and continuing to charge, with Perez eighth, Raikkonen ninth and Kobayashi 10th.
Lap 51: Hamilton is now clear of traffic and is pushing now with his fresh rubber.
Lap 51: Replays of yet another McLaren fumble, with the right rear man slow to bolt on the new wheel.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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