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Lap 36: It's a fumble at the rear for McLaren and Kobayashi is long gone as Button resumes on hard tyres.
Lap 36: Kobayshi is now 15 seconds behind Button, who is told to give it "everything you've got" before he pits.
Lap 36: Senna is also in from 13th place. It's a quick stop and he rejoins.
Lap 35: Riccardo makes his last pitstop from sixth on the road.
Lap 35: Di Resta rejoined in 14th spot after his recent spot, just ahead of Kovalainen, but Grosjean is right with the Finn now.
Lap 35: Massa is now clocked 16 seconds behind the dominant Vettel ahead of the final stops.
Lap 34: Karthikeyan has pitted from 20th spot, but this doesn't look good. He is wheeled into the garage.
Lap 34: Maldonado is in for service this time by.
Lap 34: Plan B looks like a two-stop for Button, with the team now looking to go longer than Kobayashi to have fresher tyres at the finish.
Lap 34: The pitstop shuffle puts Maldonado up to a temporary fourth ahead of Kobyashi, with Ricciardo now ahead of Hamilton and Raikkonen.
Lap 33: Di Resta pits the Force India from 11th place, handing that spot to Mark Webber.
Lap 33: Vettel sets the fastest lap again as Red Bull plan in his final stop.
Lap 33: Pic pits from 19th place in the Marussia.
Lap 33: Hamilton keeps his foot burred and pulls clear of the Lotus at the tightening first corner. Great stuff.
Lap 32: Hamitlon resumes and it's wheel-to-wheel with Raikkonen...
Lap 32: Kobayashi resumes behind Maldonado on hard tyres.
Lap 32: Hamilton and Hulkenberg also pile in.
Lap 32: Grosjean has passed Glock and moves up into 16th place. He is six seconds behind Kovalainen.
Lap 32: Kobayashi is the next man to head in for a second stop.
Lap 31: Webber's long stint on hards proved they can cover the remaining distance, but that could be a handful by the end for the Finn.
Lap 31: Hamilton will surely have to react to that as the Lotus resumes on fresh hards.
Lap 31: Raikkonen makes his second pitstop.
Lap 31: Massa continues to fall away from Vettel now as the pair lap some backmarkers.
Lap 30: Grosjean is catching both Kovalainen and Glock. He is 17th, with Pic 18th, Petrov 19th and de la Rosa in 20th.
Lap 29: McLaren has some of the quicker cars at the moment, with Button closing on Kobayshi and Hamilton doing likewise on Raikkonen.
Lap 29: Kovalainen is 15th and struggling badly now. Glock (16th) is catching him at almost two seconds per lap. He needs to come in.
Lap 29: Vettel reminds us of his dominance so far with a new fastest lap of 1m38.246s, pulling over 11 seconds clear.
Lap 28: Di Resta is down to 11th after that pass and Webber rejoined in 12th place after his stop. Vergne is 13th with Senna 14th.
Lap 28: Vettel is still 10 seconds clear of Massa up front, with plenty of time in hand for Red Bull to make a strategy call.
Lap 28: Grosjean has passed Pic and takes over 17th place in the Lotus.
Lap 28: Schumacher tries a cheeky move on di Resta into Turn 1 and after a second bite he makes the move stick. He is up to 10th.
Lap 27: Raikkonen's pace has faded towards the end of his stint, with Hamilton now closing in on the Lotus.
Lap 27: Webber pits from ninth position in the Red Bull.
Lap 27: Kovalainen's pace is now dropping off in 14th and Senna is right with him.
Lap 27: Button gets the call that McLaren are going for plan B, which could be three stops as drivers continue to complain of tyre troubles.
Lap 26: Further down the order, Grosjean in 18th spot is on the gearbox of Charles Pic.
Lap 26: Vergne finally passes Kovalainen after spending 25 laps looking at the Caterham rear wing. He's up to 13th.
Lap 26: Vettel is matching Massa on pace now with the gap a steady 10 seconds between first and second.
Lap 25: Di Resta is 11th and now has Schumacher all over the back of him. Kovalainen is now 12.2s further back in 13th spot, still ahead of Vergne.
Lap 25: Ricciardo was six-tenths quicker than Webber on the last lap. A fight for ninth is shaping up between the pair.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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