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Lap 33: Vettel sets the fastest lap but it doesn't last long as Button goes quicker in 1m20.340s.
Lap 32: Kovalainen and Hamilton also pit that time round.
Lap 32: Meanwhile, Webber has nosed his way past Hulkenberg, who now pits the Force India.
Lap 31: Raikkonen is now 10 seconds behind Button in fourth and falling away from the top three as perhaps his soft tyres begin to fade.
Lap 31: Petrov is 15th and Vergne is on his tail, then Massa a further 1.7s back and Hamilton in 18th place. Pic is 19th with Grosjean 20th.
Lap 31: So di Resta drops to 11th place and he has Maldonado beginning to charge after him. Ricciardo is 13th with Kovalainen 14th.
Lap 30: Button's pace remains strong and he closes to four seconds off the lead.
Lap 30: Vettel tries again on DRS but he is struggling to close significantly on the Ferrari for the moment.
Lap 30: Kobayashi in ninth has dropped di Resta to the tune of 4.5s, as we now see Rosberg getting past the Scot to take 10th place.
Lap 30: Button is told he will catch the lead battle as he moves to 3.5 seconds behind Vettel.
Lap 29: DRS gets Vettel ever closer to the leader, piling the pressure on the Spaniard.
Lap 29: Vergne has been into the pits from 14th. Kovalainen and Petrov move up one spot.
Lap 29: Vettel now just 0.9 seconds behind and looming large in the mirrors of leader Alonso.
Lap 28: Massa rejoined from his stop in 17th, just 3.5s ahead of Hamilton.
Lap 28: Button sets the fastest lap of the race, now edging under five seconds behind Alonso.
Lap 27: Vettel continues to close on leader Alonso, edging closer to being in the DRS zone on the Ferrari.
Lap 27: Senna pits from 20th position in the Williams.
Lap 27: Kobayashi appears to have won the battle against di Resta. They are ninth and 10th, with Rosberg now on top of them in 11th, Maldonado 12th.
Lap 26: Raikkonen in fourth is the top man using the soft tyres with Schumacher behind on similar rubber. Most have chosen mediums for this stint.
Lap 26: Alonso responds with his own personal best but Vettel is now just 1.6 seconds behind. Button's progress has been pegged over recent laps.
Lap 26: Grosjean also pits, as this enormous scrap between Kobayashi and di Resta for ninth continues.
Lap 25: Rosberg is also through on Maldonado and has moved up into 11th spot, as Massa comes in from 16th.
Lap 25: Perez is looking racy in his Sauber, harrying sixth-place man Hulkenberg.
Lap 25: Kobayashi rejoined from his stop right in the middle of that group. He and di Resta are embroiled in a huge fight for ninth.
Lap 25: Alonso's pace isn't as strong on these harder tyres, with Vettel now back to under two seconds behind the Ferrari.
Lap 24: Di Resta sneaks through ahead of the Williams driver and up into ninth.
Lap 24: Button sets the fastest first sector as he clocks his fastest lap of the race to close to 5.6 seconds behind Alonso.
Lap 24: Webber is still ninth with Maldonado now 3.5s behind him and holding up di Resta and Rosberg in the process.
Lap 23: Medium compound rubber for Kobayashi, who resumes down behind Webber.
Lap 23: De la Rosa also stopped in the HRT, promoting Hamilton to 19th spot. His next taget is Pic, who is yet to come in.
Lap 23: Kobayashi finally heads in for his first stop.
Lap 22: Raikkonen is now through on Schumacher, with the Lotus showing strong pace on the soft tyres.
Lap 22: Vettel is clocked 3.3 seconds behind leader Alonso, with Button now 6.7 seconds off the lead and told by McLaren he is "racing to win"
Lap 21: Vettel breezes past Kobayashi on DRS and is back up to second place.
Lap 21: Webber is through on Maldonado and up into ninth place.
Lap 21: Alonso takes the lead back, with Vettel resuming just behind the yet-to-stop Kobayashi.
Lap 21: Vettel pits from the lead, taking medium compound rubber.
Lap 20: Button resumes behind Kobayashi on the road, with the Sauber man yet to stop.
Lap 20: Di Resta runs in 12th following his first stop, with Rosberg 13th, Vergne 14th, Massa 15th, Kovalainen 16th and Petrov in 17th spot.
Lap 20: Button is the next to head in for a switch to hard tyres.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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