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Lap 44: Di Resta in seventh has closed to just one second behind Raikkonen's Lotus, but behind him Senna is catching up quickly.
Lap 44: Hamilton is now almost 20 seconds off the lead and is being chased by the Red Bulls of Vettel and Webber.
Lap 43: Button wasn't able to get out ahead of Rosberg during those stops for dry tyres. He is still 16th and on the tail of the Mercedes.
Lap 43: Alonso leads by 7.1 seconds from Perez after the latter lost five seconds with his stop a lap later than the leader.
Lap 43: Vergne is now ninth with Hulkenberg on his gearbox. Maldonado is 11th and fastest of all last time round.
Lap 42: Replays of the McLaren stop show the team took brake cooling tape off Hamilton's car, delaying the stop significantly.
Lap 42: Di Resta held onto seventh in the stops, but Senna has gained track position on Vergne and is into eighth and hounding the Scot.
Lap 42: That puts Alonso back into the lead ahead of Perez and Hamilton.
Lap 42: Kovalainen posts the fastest lap of the race in 20th position - 1m48.045s.
Lap 42: Perez finally pits from the lead and is followed through by Hamilton.
Lap 41: Radar report: The shower is moving due east in the general driection of the circuit, from the runways of the international airport nearby.
Lap 41: Hamilton is ahead of Alonso on the road but still to make his stop.
Lap 41: Vergne and Hulkenberg pit on the following lap. Kobayashi is also in as the order jumbles once again.
Lap 41: Vettel, Raikkonen and Vergne all pile in for the change to dry rubber.
Lap 41: Alonso is away on slicks, while Perez leads but that could be a costly move from the Sauber strategists.
Lap 40: Ricciardo posts a whopping 1m49.800s and that is five seconds quicker than those on inters.
Lap 40: Alonso pits, while Perez continues on his old intermediates.
Lap 40: Hamilton pits for slicks from third.
Lap 40: Alonso now has Perez right in his mirrors, with Ferrari and Sauber surely considering a tyre change.
Lap 40: Rosberg and Button come in behind them. Button has been itching for this for several laps.
Lap 40: Schumacher and Maldonado are also in this time round.
Lap 40: Di Resta and Senna come into the pits from seventh and ninth.
Lap 40: Webber is the first of the leading runners to gamble on medium slicks.
Lap 40: A delicate dilemma for the teams with rain close but Ricciardo flying on dry tyres.
Lap 40: Perez is now just 1.3 seconds behind Alonso as he begins to ponder a move on the leader while they cut through traffic.
Lap 39: Others react immediately. Massa is in from 17th and Karthikeyan also pits.
Lap 39: Those on destroyed intermediates may find them to be of little use if further rain arrives anyway.
Lap 39: He immediately posts the fastest second sector time - two seconds faster than the rest of the field in S2 alone.
Lap 39: Leading outfits will now be very keen to see how Ricciardo gets on with his slick rubber.
Lap 39: Ricciardo is able to keep the car on the island so far on this lap out of the pits.
Lap 39: Button is advised that more rain is approaching. Meantime, the teams will be equally keen to watch Ricciardo's progress on slicks.
Lap 39: Perez is just 2.3 seconds behind leader Alonso as he slashes the gap by a further second.
Lap 38: Ricciardo pits from 17th place and this looks like dry tyres ... yes, medium compound slicks for the Toro Rosso driver.
Lap 38: Hamilton is picked up locking a wheel in his McLaren, with the intermediates heavily worn by the drying circuit.
Lap 38: Slicks begin to look appealing as the intermediates degrade, but the threat of further rain is a worrying one for the teams.
Lap 38: Button has passed Petrov and is up into 15th. He is two seconds per lap quicker than Rosberg (14th) at the moment.
Lap 38: Perez is now clocked just 3.2 seconds behind Alonso as teams ponder the next change of tyres.
Lap 37: In seventh, di Resta is maintaining that three second gap over Vergne, with Senna ninth, Hulkenberg 10th, Kobayashi 11th and Schumacher in 12th.
Lap 37: Perez is now pressing home his typical ability to preserve the rubber as he keeps closing on the leader.
Lap 37: Ricciardo has also passed Massa into Turn 1 as the Ferrari continues to go backwards. The Australian is up to 17th.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang, Matt Beer
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