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Lap 39: Hamilton holds onto sixth - the gap to Raikkonen now nine seconds. But Vergne is catching the Briton quickly.
Lap 38: Kovalainen lost out badly in that second pitstop phase and Glock has caught up that 10 second deficit. He is on the Finn's tail.
Lap 38: Massa is still the man on the move as he homes in on Alonso. That's a tricky one for Ferrari.
Lap 38: Vettel enjoys his new tyres with a 1m42.644s as he pulls out the gap to Webber at 6.8 seconds. He's told not to worry about his team-mate.
Lap 38: Petrov has passed Caterham team-mate Kovalainen and he is up to 16th place.
Lap 37: Ricciardo posts a personal best in 10th. He is in clear air, with Schumacher still under attack from di Resta's Force India.
Lap 37: Hamilton maintains sixth but he is now 22 seconds back from Raikkonen, with Vergne seventh, Grosjean eighth and Hulkenberg in ninth spot.
Lap 37: Alonso is on for the final podium place, 9.8 seconds off the lead, with Massa still just 2.9 seconds behind his team-mate.
Lap 36: Di Resta in 12th is now all over the back of Schumacher's Mercedes, with Perez behind them but fastest of all with a lap of 1m43.054s.
Lap 36: So a flurry of second stops is completed with Vettel still leading by a reduced margin of 5.3 seconds over Webber.
Lap 36: Ricciardo has rejoined in 10th position after his second stop - now 8.6s clear of Schumacher.
Lap 36: Pitstop time for Lotus as well as Raikkonen gets his final service.
Lap 35: More soft rubber for Vettel as he resumes the lead, while Massa is in for his stop as well.
Lap 35: Replays of Grosjean running very wide in the last corner and almost clouting the retaining wall. He got away with it and continued.
Lap 35: Box is the call for Vettel and he's in the pitlane.
Lap 35: Ricciardo pits from seventh spot, handing position to his team-mate Vergne.
Lap 35: Vettel locks up at Turn 3 and will surely be in for a fresh set of rubber at the end of the lap.
Lap 35: Alonso has traffic at pit exit and is forced to clear the Marussia of Glock.
Lap 34: Perez pits the Sauber from 11th position. Kovalainen is also in, one lap after Caterham team-mate Petrov.
Lap 33: Vettel continues as Alonso heads in for service at Ferrari.
Lap 33: Grosjean in ninth sets the fastest lap of the race so far - 1m43.593s.
Lap 33: Petrov pits one lap after Glock to cover off any potential challenge from the Marussia driver in the late stages of the race.
Lap 33: Vettel is yet to make his second stop and leads by over 10 seconds from Alonso, with Massa now just two seconds behind his team-mate.
Lap 33: So in this round of stops, Hamilton is up to sixth with Ricciardo seventh, Vergne eighth, Grosjean now ninth and Hulkenberg down to 10th.
Lap 32: Indeed it is close as Grosjean barges past Hulkenberg to take position at Turn 3.
Lap 32: Schumacher and Senna come into the pits this time round.
Lap 32: Hulkenberg reacts to the Grosjean stop and that will be tight at the pit exit.
Lap 32: Glock pits from 18th place, hoping to gain some speed over the Caterham pair, who aren't all that far in front of him.
Lap 32: Red Bull makes a quick change of rubber and Webber is away again on more soft tyres.
Lap 32: Webber dives in for his second pitstop.
Lap 31: Di Resta passes Maldonado in short order and moves up to 14th position.
Lap 31: Grosjean is in for that second change of tyres, taking the pressure off Hulkenberg.
Lap 31: Di Resta is quickly onto the back of Maldonado's Williams, as the pair begin a scrap over 14th place.
Lap 31: Strategists pondering the second stop but there's still a way to go here.
Lap 30: DRS again for Grosjean but Hulkenberg continues to hold him off for the moment.
Lap 30: Hamilton is unable to find strong pace on his latest set of tyres. He is still eighth and only one-tenth per lap quicker than Ricciardo.
Lap 29: Grosjean has a go down the outside of Hulkenberg into Turn 3, but the German defends the inside easily and holds onto sixth.
Lap 29: Hulkenberg is up to sixth on the road after the stop for Hamilton but is under serious pressure from Grosjean's Lotus.
Lap 29: Di Resta pits from 12th place in the Force India. He rejoins down the order in 15th.
Lap 28: Webber clocks the fastest lap at a 1m43.761s, pulling 2.2 seconds of Alonso. Massa, fourth, is still closing on his team-mate.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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