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Lap 28: Hamilton's pace is slowly improving but he is still over eight seconds behind the impressive Perez and over 14s away from leader Alonso.
Lap 28: Di Resta is promoted to seventh after Rosberg's stop, while Ricciardo is 18th after his recent stop but has Button catching him quickly.
Lap 28: Massa is struggling out there after that battle with di Resta. Vergne takes advantage of the ailing Ferrari and is through to ninth.
Lap 27: Alonso breaks the best laptime under two minutes as he continues to find good speed in his Ferrari in these tricky conditions.
Lap 27: Button is flying on his fresh set of intermediate tyres. He is 19th now and tearing after Glock.
Lap 26: Massa runs wide at Turn 9 and that's easy pickings for di Resta and the Scot is through to eighth.
Lap 26: Rosberg continues to struggle for pace in his Mercedes, falling back towards the scrap between Massa and di Resta.
Lap 26: Petrov is next up and takes over 15th as Ricciardo exits from his stop, but the Russian is being caught quickly by Maldonado.
Lap 26: Vettel is a further 7.3 seconds behind Hamilton, with little difference in pace to his championship rival.
Lap 26: Vergne is 10th with Hulkenberg 11th, Senna now 12th, Schumacher 13th and Kobayashi 14th, as Ricciardo pits the Toro Rosso.
Lap 26: Hamilton is still struggling to match the pace of the front two, fading to 14.5 seconds off the lead.
Lap 26: Kovalainen pitting for repairs. @MyCaterham: "Heikki in for a front wing change after an excursion off track"
Lap 25: Perez takes away the fastest lap from Alonso and is now clocked six seconds behind the leader.
Lap 25: Massa in eighth has di Resta within one second of him and still challengeing, as Senna gets past Schumacher for 12th position.
Lap 25: Rosberg is nailed by Webber without the need for DRS, putting the Australian up to sixth.
Lap 25: Button takes on another set of intermediate tyres and blasts away.
Lap 25: Webber isn't quite close enough on this DRS attempt but will surely be past Rosberg before too long.
Lap 25: Maldonado has passed Glock for 17th position, as Button pits the McLaren.
Lap 25: That shower to the north-west that we reported a long time ago, may be about to clip the circuit.
Lap 24: Rosberg is now fading further back into the pack, with Webber now all over the back of the Mercedes.
Lap 24: Leader Alonso reports rain at Turn 4.
Lap 24: Paul di Resta in ninth shook off the challenge of Vergne earlier. The Scot has caught up to Massa and is mounting an attack on the Ferrari.
Lap 24: Raikkonen is the next man to try DRS on Rosberg and he just makes it work, taking over fifth from the Mercedes.
Lap 23: Senna gets his own back on Ricciardo and retakes track position away from the Australian. Senna up to 13th.
Lap 23: Button has slipped to 2.3s behind Maldonado and he battles on in 20th, waiting for the right time to go to slick tyres.
Lap 23: Vettel continues to examine Rosberg's gearbox and launches his move on DRS into turn one. Vettel makes it stick and he is now fourth.
Lap 23: Alonso responds to Perez with a new fastest lap, pulling five seconds clear of the Sauber.
Lap 23: @InsideFerrari: "The large rain cell located in the Northwest is too far for the moment. No rain expected for the moment."
Lap 22: Senna is recovering and is on the back of Ricciardo once again, as a fight for 13th develops.
Lap 22: Rosberg, Vettel and Raikkonen remain in a tight squabble, pulling slightly away from Webber and Massa at the moment.
Lap 22: Having caught up to the back of Maldonado, Button is beginning to lose ground. He remains in 20th and reports no grip on the radio.
Lap 22: Perez sets the fastest middle sector time of the race, closing to 4.4s off the lead as the Mexican continues to perform strongly in second.
Lap 22: Senna has also passed the Japanese driver and moves into 14th position.
Lap 21: Ricciardo takes another scalp and forces his way past Kobayashi for 13th place.
Lap 21: Massa in eighth has fallen back to 2.1s behind Webber with di Resta ninth and edging away from Vergne. Hulkenberg is 12th.
Lap 21: Alonso continues to bolster his lead with a quick 2m01s pace. He is now 4.7 seconds clear of Perez and 11.2s ahead of Hamilton.
Lap 21: Track conditions are drying fast with little spray coming up from the cars round the back of the circuit.
Lap 20: Raikkonen is looking racy at the moment in his Lotus and is now eying a DRS move on Vettel's Red Bull.
Lap 20: Button is now on the back of Maldonado and is challenging the Williams driver for 19th.
Lap 20: Hamilton sets his best lap but Perez and Alonso are still quicker than the third-place McLaren.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Simon Strang, Matt Beer
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