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Lap 28: Perez is 13th and on the tail of di Resta, with Senna 14th, Maldonado not having a great race in 15th, Kovalainen 16th and Petrov in 17th.
Lap 28: Schumacher maintains 11th and has recovered some pace. He is holding di Resta (12th) at two seconds now.
Lap 28: Webber is still 8.5 seconds behind leader Vettel, but the Australian has picked up his pace to fend off the Ferraris.
Lap 27: So Hulkenberg moves up a spot to sixth, with Grosjean now seventh, Hamilton eighth, Ricciardo ninth and Vergne 10th.
Lap 27: Vettel is told to look after his tyres, with concerns from the team over wear of the right front.
Lap 27: Hamilton rejoins from that stop in eighth place, just ahead of Ricciardo's Toro Rosso.
Lap 26: Not a great stop there from McLaren and Hamilton will surely be unable to make the flag from here.
Lap 26: Hamilton is in for a very early second stop.
Lap 26: Schumacher continues to lose pace, with di Resta in 12th now on his tail.
Lap 26: Hamilton may be finding a way to cope with his recalcitrant McLaren as he fends off Raikkonen once again.
Lap 25: Ferrari's speed is good at the moment, with both Alonso and Massa closing on Webber.
Lap 25: Vettel's speed is dominant once again up front with a new best of 1m44.110s, pulling 8.8s ahead of Webber.
Lap 25: Vergne is straight past Schumacher down the long straight into Turn 3. The Toro Rosso driver takes over 10th place.
Lap 25: Battle continues between Hamilton and Raikkonen, with the McLaren setting a very slow 1m46s pace.
Lap 25: Vergne is immediately all over the back of Schumacher's Mercedes, as it loses pace yet again.
Lap 24: Schumacher has slipped to 5.4 seconds behind Ricciardo. The German is 10th and Vergne is up to 11th, having passed di Resta.
Lap 24: Hulkenberg is seventh but still more than 15 seconds behind this entertaining battle. Grosjean is eighth with Ricciardo ninth.
Lap 24: Hamilton fights back, diving down the inside of the Lotus at Turn 4. Great racing between the world champions there.
Lap 23: Raikkonen tries again and this time blasts past Hamilton to take over fifth.
Lap 23: McLaren diagnose a "mechanical balance change" as Hamilton struggles for pace with ever-worsening tyres.
Lap 22: Raikkonen tries a DRS move on Hamilton but isn't quite close enough and the McLaren remains ahead.
Lap 22: Vergne is now quickest of all in the first sector of the lap. He is 12th but closing on di Resta's Force India.
Lap 22: Meanwhile up front, Vettel leads by 7.4 seconds and is pulling away from team-mate Webber.
Lap 22: So Maldonado pits from 10th place. It is a quick stop and he resumes down the order in 15th.
Lap 22: Hamilton has a new problem now in the form of Raikkonen closing on the tail of the McLaren.
Lap 22: Ricciardo makes up another position, as he passes the ailing Maldonado, before the Williams driver finally pits.
Lap 21: Massa is told to pull away from Hamilton, with Ferrari thinking that Hamilton is suffering from graining, which may eventually clear.
Lap 21: Schumacher is down to 11th with di Resta still behind him in 12th. Vergne is 13th with Perez 14th, Senna 15th and Kovalainen in 16th spot.
Lap 21: Massa's pace is very good at this point, clocking the fastest first sector while also passing Hamilton.
Lap 21: Ricciardo has passed Schumacher and is up into 10th. This is a great run so far from the Australian. He is into the points.
Lap 20: Plenty of history between that pair but it is clean this time and Massa takes fourth.
Lap 20: Hulkenberg is seventh but 15 seconds behind Raikkonen's Lotus. Grosjean is now eighth with Maldonado struggling with his tyres in ninth.
Lap 20: Massa is all over the gearbox of Hamilton's McLaren and looks likely to make a DRS move.
Lap 20: Hamilton's pace has faded in recent laps and he is now under pressure from Massa.
Lap 20: Grosjean continues his recovery through the field after his stop. He passes Maldonado and moves up into eighth place.
Lap 19: Karthikeyan is one of the last to pit and he is in and out in 20th position.
Lap 19: Hamilton tells McLaren that he doesn't think the tyres will last.
Lap 18: That means Perez could still go the distance, but it's an awful long way to stretch the supersoft.
Lap 18: Not the greatest stop for Sauber but he's away on supersofts.
Lap 18: Perez finally makes his first stop, with a one-stop plan not looking like it is going to work.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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