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Lap 18: De la Rosa didn't get going again either and he also retires.
Lap 18: Kobayashi pulls into the pits and he is wheeled into the garage. The Japanese driver is out of the race.
Lap 17: Raikkonen makes his move on Perez with the aid of DRS, demoting the Sauber to seventh.
Lap 17: Problems for the Spaniard and this is a long time in the pits for de la Rosa. This doesn't look good.
Lap 17: Fastest lap for Vettel now as he extends the advantage to 5.1 seconds over Webber.
Lap 17: De la Rosa pits from 20th position in the HRT.
Lap 16: Massa is the next man to work his way past Perez, who is still trying to run long on his first set of softs.
Lap 16: Di Resta rejoined from his first stop in 13th place, meaning Ricciardo gained another place in the stops. Great move there from Toro Rosso.
Lap 16: So it's Vettel leading by a distance from Webber, with Alonso resuming in third and chased by Hamilton.
Lap 16: Maldonado is up to eighth but he is yet to stop. Hulkenberg is ninth with Grosjean 10th, Schumacher 11th and Ricciardo 12th.
Lap 15: Hamilton is right with them as well and almost clips Perez at Turn 3 before finally making it past the Sauber.
Lap 15: Ricciardo maintained track position over Senna and gained over team-mate Vergne. The Australian is up to 12th.
Lap 15: Alonso emerges from the pits right with Perez and the pair are battling down into Turn 3.
Lap 15: Vettel dives in and Alonso follows the leader down the pitlane.
Lap 15: Vettel is in this time, while Perez is between Webber and Hamilton on the road.
Lap 15: Vettel and Alonso have continued for the moment, with Webber up to now third the road after his stop.
Lap 14: Petrov pits from 16th and Glock follows him straight in for a change of tyres.
Lap 14: Hamilton remains clear of Massa and Raikkonen as they resume.
Lap 14: Ricciardo and Senna pit together from 10th and 11th positions.
Lap 14: Soft tyres for Webber as well, with Massa and Raikkonen in as well.
Lap 14: Red Bull react with a stop for Webber.
Lap 14: Schumacher has resumed in 14th place after his stop, still ahead of Vergne on the road.
Lap 14: Kovalainen also comes in from 16th place.
Lap 13: Hulkenberg and Grosjean pile in as well and it is close between that pair as they resume from the tyre change.
Lap 13: Schumacher pits the Mercedes from 10th and Vergne is in from 13th.
Lap 13: Soft tyres for Hamilton as he resumes ahead of di Resta on the road.
Lap 13: Hamilton is the first to stop in his McLaren.
Lap 13: That attempted move compromised the Scot, giving Vergne just a half-chance to get through into 11th. The move did not come off.
Lap 13: DRS for Grosjean once again but he still can't get close to the Force India of Hulkenberg in the scrap for seventh.
Lap 12: Di Resta is getting fed up behind Schumacher. He had a go on the last lap, but the German was able to defend his line.
Lap 12: Then comes de la Rosa 19th, Pic 20th, Karthikeyan 21st and Kobayashi is a further 42 seconds back from the tail-enders.
Lap 12: Hamilton still has Massa and Raikkonen right with him while Hulkenberg, Grosjean and Perez also lap close together.
Lap 11: Vergne is 12th with Ricciardo 13th, Senna 14th, Maldonado 15th, Kovalainen still 16th, Petrov 17th and Glock in 18th position.
Lap 11: Perez, in ninth on the harder compound, is the man most likely to attempt a long first stint.
Lap 11: Schumacher is 10th but he is some 4.7 seconds back from Perez and beginning to struggle with pace. Di Resta is close behind him in 11th.
Lap 11: Hamilton is told he'll be in on the "target stop lap" with a two-stop plan looking likely for most.
Lap 10: Senna is unhappy with marbles getting into the front wing and hindering his performance. He states his case on the team radio.
Lap 10: Fastest lap goes to Webber this time, and he's now 1.9 seconds behind leader Vettel.
Lap 10: Further good news for the team, as Ricciardo follows his team-mate through and passes Senna into 13th position.
Lap 10: Both Lotus drivers looking likely to pounce at the moment with Grosjean still piling the pressure on Hulkenberg.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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