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Lap 51: Decision time for Ferrari now - can Alonso attempt to go the distance or should he push to try and leap Hamilton?
Lap 50: The right rear is slow to change on Hamilton's car and he resumes on soft compound tyres.
Lap 50: Hamilton comes in, committing to a two-stop plan.
Lap 50: Alonso has upped his pace in recent laps, edging to 2.6 seconds behind Hamilton - who is told to "give it everything you can"
Lap 49: Vergne keeps 16th position after that penalty, with Senna 17th, Kovalainen 18th, Petrov 19th, Pic 20th and Glock in 21st.
Lap 48: Webber is clocked 17.3 seconds behind the leader and is in a virtual battle with Rosberg, seventh, who has completed all his stops.
Lap 48: Vergne is 16th and comes in to serve his drive-through penalty.
Lap 48: Ricciardo is 11 seconds back from Kobayashi in 11th place, with di Resta 12th, Maldonado 13th, Hulkenberg 14th and Button 15th.
Lap 47: Behind the leaders, Rosberg is just 10 seconds behind Massa in seventh, with Perez eighth, Raikkonen ninth and Kobayashi 10th.
Lap 47: Hamilton helps McLaren make that decision, telling the team that his rear tyres are going off.
Lap 46: Rosberg meanwhile is flying on a 1m17.748, is 31.2s behind the leaders, and in theory could have completed all his stops.
Lap 46: Meanwhile, Hamilton is clocked 3.2 seconds clear of Alonso as the McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull teams ponder if and when to make a stop.
Lap 46: Vergne has been handed a drive-through penalty for that speeding infringement.
Lap 46: Jean-Eric Vergne is under investigation for speeding in the pitlane.
Lap 46: Unable to immediately fix the car, the mechanics then wheel Schumacher backwards into the garage.
Lap 45: Four Mercedes mechanics are trying to close the wing, but this is taking a while and Schumacher turns the engine off.
Lap 45: Schumacher is back into the pits at the end of the lap.
Lap 45: Schumacher's DRS appears to be stuck open. He loses control of the car briefly at Turn 8 and skates across the grass, before rejoining.
Lap 44: The top three could theoretically run these tyres to the flag, but McLaren's plan is clearly to make another stop.
Lap 44: Perez is going very quickly and has just set his own personal best (1m17.991) as he runs eighth on those supersofts...
Lap 44: Vergne also pits the Toro Rosso for the second time this afternoon. Petrov follows him in a short while later.
Lap 44: Hamilton has been worrying about the strategy of those behind, but he is at least a pitstop clear of the delayed Webber in fourth.
Lap 44: Schumacher comes in for his second stop from 12th. He will hope to gain track position over Kobayashi and di Resta here.
Lap 43: Rosberg now runs seventh, chased by the one-stoppers of Raikkonen and Perez.
Lap 43: Hulkenberg pits from 13th spot and Kovalainen is in from 18th in the Caterham.
Lap 43: So the order is now Hamilton from Alonso, Vettel, Webber, Grosjean and Massa.
Lap 42: Further down the field, Button remains in 17th spot and is unable to make any headway whatsoever. This could be another no score.
Lap 42: Perez resumes and is initially ahead of Rosberg but the Mercedes has warmer tyres and gets through at Turn 3.
Lap 42: So Kobayashi remains in 11th with Schumacher 12th, but they have lost two seconds on di Resta.
Lap 41: Perez now makes his single stop of the day as Rosberg and Raikkonen scrap...
Lap 41: Schumacher surged past Kobayashi at the Casino hairpin, but the Sauber driver was able to get track position back at the final chicane.
Lap 41: Rosberg set the fastest lap on that tour but it wasn't enough to keep Raikkonen at bay.
Lap 41: Raikkonen resumes and he's clear of Rosberg, which is good news for the Finn providing he can take supersofts to the finish.
Lap 40: Raikkonen finally makes his first and surely only stop of the day.
Lap 40: Hamilton sets the fastest lap at 1m17.773s.
Lap 40: Di Resta posts his best lap of the race so far with 1m18.443s, but Kobayashi is still there in 11th and Schumacher is right with them now.
Lap 40: That's good news for Rosberg, whose early stop was designed to help the Mercedes leap past Webber.
Lap 40: Grosjean has been released by Rosberg's stop and is now on Webber's gearbox after a grassy moment for the Australian at Turn 8.
Lap 39: Rosberg rejoins in ninth position, slotting into that large gap between Massa and di Resta.
Lap 39: Rosberg takes the opportunity to make a final stop to see what the Mercedes can do in clear air.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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