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Lap 30: Alonso resumes in clear air and fourth on the road for the moment.
Lap 30: Alonso makes his stop from third.
Lap 30: But Massa has the DRS and breezes back past the Lotus into Turn 4.
Lap 30: Di Resta was briefly up to 10th. He comes in for a stop. Further back, Pic is also in for tyres.
Lap 29: Massa resumes ahead of Raikkonen but the Finn fights back into Turn 3 and is ahead on to the straight.
Lap 29: Hulkenberg pits from what is now sixth position in the Force India.
Lap 29: Massa is predictably in for service at Ferrari.
Lap 29: Ricciardo and Karthikeyan also came in for a stop.
Lap 29: Rosberg and Maldonado pit together from 10th and 11th. He maintains track position over the Venezuelan.
Lap 28: This could give Raikkonen and opportunity to clear Massa, who will surely react with a stop on this lap.
Lap 28: Meanwhile, Raikkonen is in for his pitstop and resumes in clear air.
Lap 28: Vettel has lead every lap since Hamilton's gearbox went bang in Singapore, a stint of 170 tours at the head of the field.
Lap 28: Button has rejoined from his stop in ninth position.
Lap 27: Senna pits the Williams from 11th place.
Lap 27: Vettel sets the fastest lap at 1m30.486s to move a dominant 10.1 seconds clear of Webber.
Lap 27: Rosberg was able to retake the position and maintains 10th for the moment.
Lap 27: Hard tyres go on Button's car for a run to the finish.
Lap 26: Senna makes a late move on Rosberg at the end of the straight, but Rosberg sees him coming at the last moment and avoids contact.
Lap 26: Button is the first man to blink with a pitstop at McLaren.
Lap 26: Hamilton is setting his best pace at the moment in the low 1m31s bracket but is now 10 seconds behind Alonso in fourth.
Lap 25: Webber now has Alonso in his mirrors but has responded with a decent lap.
Lap 25: Rosberg has slipped to 10th and is now left to try and fend off Senna and Maldonado.
Lap 24: Alonso is now 9.4 seconds back in third, but closing on Webber who appears to have used the best of his Pirellis.
Lap 24: Rosberg is losing pace slightly and Grosjean takes full advantage on the long straight to demote the German. The Lotus is up to ninth.
Lap 24: Vettel is hammering his team-mate now with the lead out to 7.1 seconds over Webber.
Lap 24: Hulkenberg is maintaining eighth and has pulled away some 8.4s from Rosberg.
Lap 23: One stop looking very much the strategy choice now, with drivers still looking comfortable on the opening set of tyres.
Lap 23: One good thing has come out of Perez's downfall - Schumacher has passed someone and is up to 23rd position...
Lap 23: Oh this doesn't look good. The Mexican drives straight into the garage and it looks like a retirement.
Lap 22: Massa has slipped away from the tail of Button in recent laps as he continues to be pressured by Raikkonen.
Lap 22: Perez comes back into the pits for a third time.
Lap 22: Button reports understeer and shuddering from his McLaren, but continues in fifth.
Lap 22: Vergne jumps up to 20th with that recent stop for Perez. Now he passes Glock to take 19th.
Lap 21: Perez brings his car into the pitlane. Sauber goes to work, sending him out on hard tyres. Can he make these tyres last for almost 39 laps?
Lap 21: Vettel clocks 1m31.109s as the new fastest lap and is now 4.7 seconds clear out front.
Lap 21: Perez tried again and was passing Ricciardo for 14th, but the Toro Rosso front wing end plate touched the Mexican's right rear, deflating it
Lap 20: Perez is touring back to the pits with a right rear puncture - perhaps as a result of running off the track a short time ago.
Lap 19: Laptimes continuing to improve as the fuel load burns down, with little worry over tyre degradation as even the soft rubber holds up well.
Lap 19: Perez launches his Sauber up the inside of Ricciardo but he is so late that he over-runs the corner. Ricciardo retakes 14th.
Lap 18: Perez is now less than one second behind 14th placed Ricciardo.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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