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Lap 19: Kovalainen has pitted and the Caterham driver rejoins back down in 21st position, as Pic pits the Marussia.
Lap 19: Button cuts to the inside at Curva Grande and makes it stick into the second chicane to take over second place.
Lap 19: Massa reports a loss of telemetry from his Ferrari, with Button now right on his gearbox.
Lap 19: Rosberg has now just set the fastest lap of the race on the hard tyre - 1m30.011s. Having had a pitstop the German is now in 17th.
Lap 19: Rosberg has passed Pic to take 18th. In the process he posts the fastest lap of the race - 1m30.011s.
Lap 18: Webber challenges Kobayashi on the main straight and is through to take eighth as they barrel down into the first chicane.
Lap 18: Raikkonen responds with a pitstop to take the hard rubber.
Lap 18: Perez continues to make the hard tyres work and has driven around Raikkonen into the Roggia chicane. That's a fine pass from the Mexican.
Lap 18: Schumacher rejoined in 15th place and will now have to try and pull back past the one-stoppers, as Maldonado sets the fastest lap of the race - 1m30.193s.
Lap 17: Raikkonen now the fastest man on the track having been released from behind Schumacher's Merc.
Lap 17: Button is told he is running to "plan A", which is surely a one-stop. He is actually closing on Massa at the moment.
Lap 17: Rosberg is down in 19th position after his first stop of the afternoon. He is chasing after Charles Pic.
Lap 17: Hamilton continues to lead strongly as McLaren ponders its strategy options.
Lap 17: @OfficialSF1Team gets all cryptic: MSC in pits. two stop strategy for him. an indicator for others. #F1
Lap 17: So slight changes to the order wit the two-stoppers coming in. Kobayashi is up to eighth with Webber ninth, di Resta 10th and Senna in 11th.
Lap 16: Schumacher pits and takes the hard tyres for what is likely to be a two-stop plan.
Lap 16: Schumacher is clearly holding up Raikkonen and Perez at this point so he's beginning to struggle with grip now.
Lap 16: Maldonado rejoined in 21st position after his first stop. Glock has also been in for tyres and has dropped to 23rd.
Lap 16: Schumacher's "quali' pace isn't that great as he fends off Raikkonen and Perez ahead of the German's first stop.
Lap 15: Meantime, Rosberg is into the pits for his first stop. He takes on hard compound tyres and rejoins further down the order.
Lap 15: Hulkenberg makes a move up the inside of D'Ambrosio into the Roggia chicane and is through to 15th.
Lap 15: Button is told his "pace is very strong" while team-mate Hamilton again sets the fastest lap at a 1m30.194s.
Lap 15: Maldonado pits from 17th position. He rejoins towards the rear of the field.
Lap 14: Perez sets the fastest final sector time as he continues to enjoy the grip from the harder compound tyres.
Lap 14: Webber's progress is dented slightly after he runs wide at the second Lesmo corner. He indulges in a spot of lawn mowing, but is able to continue.
Lap 14: Webber in 10th is closing down on Kobayashi, with di Resta, Senna, Rosberg and Ricciardo in 14th all in close attendance.
Lap 14: Several cars are developing distinct lines on the inside of their rears, among them Schumacher and di Resta.
Lap 13: Schumacher is asked for "three quali laps" by the Mercedes team ahead of what would be an early first stop.
Lap 13: Kobayashi in the other Sauber is not able to go with this group. He remains in ninth, but has dropped back from Perez by 2.7s.
Lap 12: Hulkenberg is about to challenge D'Ambrosio for 15th place. The Lotus driver is beginning to drop back with a suspected KERS issue.
Lap 12: Perez is now right on the gearbox of Raikkonen's Lotus and is setting very quick times on the hard compound tyres.
Lap 12: Webber pulls out and passes di Resta easily into the Ascari chicane. That moves the Australian up to 10th.
Lap 12: Vergne lucky to be walking away from that. It looked fairly innocuous in terms of impacts (though the spin was at frighteningly high spead), but as his car travelled sideways across the sleeping policeman at the Rettifilo, the front wheels went high in the air and the car came thumping back down on the floor where the drivers sits. We have seen back injuries with less impacts. Good news for the Frenchman.
Lap 12: Hamilton continues to set the pace up front with his lead now up to 3.7 seconds over Massa's Ferrari.
Lap 12: Up ahead of this lot, Kobayashi is holding onto a solid ninth place and edging away from the developing scrap.
Lap 11: Webber - now 11th - is on the tail of di Resta's Force India, with Senna 12th, Rosberg 13th and Ricciardo 14th.
Lap 11: Meanwhile, Perez, who started on hard tyres, has now passed team-mate Kobayashi to take over eighth place.
Lap 10: Maldonado has passed Kovalainen and taken over 17th position.
Lap 10: Vergne walks away, with yellows still out at Turn 1. His car is being lifted away by the marshals.
Lap 10: The DRS has been disabled as Vergne's car is recovered from the first chicane.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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