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Lap 17: Hamilton and Maldonado are both in the pits now.
Lap 17: Massa's race pace is strong at this stage, lapping slightly faster than leader Vettel on the last lap.
Lap 16: Karthikeyan is in for a stop from 20th position.
Lap 16: Hulkenberg has passed Schumacher on the road and moves up to 12th spot.
Lap 16: Hard compound as well for Perez, with these runners eying a long middle stint.
Lap 16: Raikkonen then blasts his way past Kovalainen's Caterham entering Spoon to take over ninth spot.
Lap 16: Perez is in for a stop this time.
Lap 16: Vettel continues for the moment, with his lead now 11.2 seconds over Massa.
Lap 16: Hulkenberg is down in 13th place after his first stop of the afternoon.
Lap 16: Raikkonen rejoined in 11th place after his stop, but quickly dispatches Vergne to take over 10th.
Lap 16: Kobayashi reacts to Button's stop and resumes just ahead of the McLaren.
Lap 15: Di Resta rejoins in 19th position after his stop.
Lap 15: Di Resta pits from 13th place in the Force India - that group being trapped up behind Kovalainen's Caterham.
Lap 15: Button resumes in clear air, eighth on the road and behind Maldonado.
Lap 15: Raikkonen and Hulkenberg also head in.
Lap 15: Webber passes de la Rosa and takes over 17th position.
Lap 15: McLaren are ready with hard tyres in the pits for Button.
Lap 15: Senna has just passed Glock and he is up to 15th spot.
Lap 14: Senna are Rosberg are also under investigation for the incident at Turn 1.
Lap 14: Hamilton is told he is doing a "great job" with tyres as the team look to go five laps longer than planned.
Lap 14: Kovalainen in 11th is now some 8.2s behind Ricciardo, effectively splitting the field in half. Vergne, di Resta and Schumacher on his tail.
Lap 14: Raikkonen looks to be struggling for pace now, with Perez right with the Lotus driver.
Lap 13: Webber has passed Petrov into Spoon curve and is up to 18th position.
Lap 13: Maldonado continues to drop away from Hulkenberg. He is maintaining ninth but now 3.2s back from the Force India. Ricciardo is 10th.
Lap 12: "Target plus two," Perez is told, meaning Sauber think he can run longer than expected on this first set of soft tyres.
Lap 12: Perez is setting a strong pace in his Sauber and is now right with Raikkonen. The Mexican could be planning a fairly long first stint.
Lap 12: Webber passed Karthikeyan on the last lap to move into 19th, with Pic 21st and Grosjean 16.3s back after his penalty, in 22nd place.
Lap 11: Vettel flashes past untroubled and over 6.2 seconds ahead and must have time to hope his alternator holds together on a warm day in Japan.
Lap 10: Glock is 15th with Senna now up to 16th, having passed de la Rosa. Petrov is 18th and Webber is up to 19th spot.
Lap 10: Vergne and di Resta are so far unable to do anything about the Caterham, with Schumacher in 14th now joining that group.
Lap 10: Maldonado in ninth is dropping away from Hulkenberg's Force India. Ricciardo is close to him in 10th, then Kovalainen is 5.6s back.
Lap 9: Hamilton has now fallen 2.4 seconds behind Perez as he continues to struggle for pace after getting his setup wrong on Saturday.
Lap 9: Kovalainen is doing a fabulous job to hold onto 11th. He has Vergne and di Resta on his tail.
Lap 9: Button is now 1.5 seconds behind Kobayashi's Sauber, with both drivers likely to run quite long in this first stint.
Lap 9: Webber has passed Pic and moves up to 20th position, after Grosjean's penalty.
Lap 9: Grosjean gets away after what seems like an eternity. He drops to the rear of the field.
Lap 8: Grosjean answers the call and comes into the pits.
Lap 8: Vettel sets the fastest lap as he pulls 4.1 seconds clear up front.
Lap 8: He is down in 18th place, trying to recover, but this will dent his progress further after that lap one incident.
Lap 7: Romain Grosjean has been given a 10 second stop-go penalty for causing a collision.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang
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