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Lap 34: So on the road it is now Vettel leading from Button, Alonso and di Resta. Hulkenberg and Webber are next up on the road.
Lap 34: Schumacher, Raikkonen, Senna, Massa and Pic have also reacted to the appearance of the safety car.
Lap 34: Williams gamble with Maldonado, switching him to soft rubber while Alonso stays out to get track position.
Lap 34: Di Resta, Rosberg and Grosjean all pile in for tyre changes.
Lap 33: The marshals decide to go a touch overboard with the fire extinguishers, while the HRT sits there, still stranded.
Lap 33: Vettel gets his tyres changed and resumes on softs, as does Button.
Lap 33: Button and Vettel will surely be in when they reach the pits at the mandatory speed.
Lap 33: It's a inevitable appearance from the big Mercedes as Raikkonen makes a quick pitstop.
Lap 33: The HRT is stranded just after Turn 18 in the tunnel section - a difficult place for the marshals to reach.
Lap 33: The safety car has been deployed.
Lap 33: Karthikeyan has crashed the HRT at Turn 18 and is out of the race.
Lap 33: Alonso looking left and right for a gap on Maldonado as the Ferrari driver risks contact.
Lap 33: Alonso has a look on Maldonado around the back of the lap and this is brave from the championship leader.
Lap 32: Ricciardo pits from 12th spot. He rejoins in 15th, in that large hole between Senna and Massa.
Lap 32: Vettel's lead is constant at 3.1 seconds over Button, with the pair happy to see Maldonado and Alonso losing time behind longer runners.
Lap 32: Petrov also pits the Caterham this time round, while Kobayashi rejoins from his stop in 18th place, losing one position.
Lap 32: Alonso is looking keen to get past the Williams, with the pair right together at the moment.
Lap 31: Ricciardo is 12th in the Toro Rosso with Perez 13th, Vergne 14th, Senna 15th, Massa 16th and Kobayashi pits from 17th place.
Lap 31: Rosberg is yet to make his second stop and is fourth, tailed by Raikkonen, Maldonado and Alonso.
Lap 31: Webber is 11th after his second stop. He is advised over the radio that he will have to make his way through some two-stopping cars.
Lap 31: Half the race now complete on distance, with the two-hour time limit threatening at the end of this one - even without a safety car so far.
Lap 30: Schumacher is eighth for Mercedes and Raikkonen has spent 30 laps stuck under the German's rear wing. Hulkenberg is 10th.
Lap 30: More soft tyres for Alonso, while Maldonado tries a switch to the supersoft rubber.
Lap 30: Vergne posts another new fastest lap of the race with a time of 1m53.510s.
Lap 30: Maldonado and Alonso both dive into the pits.
Lap 29: Webber was able to get the RB8 slowed down and eventually turned into the pitlane after that difficult moment.
Lap 29: Replays show Webber pushing hard on his way into the pits and running wide over the high kerb marking the pitlane entry from the racetrack.
Lap 29: Webber takes on super soft tyres and rejoins down in 11th position after a 3.1s stop.
Lap 29: Webber is the first to blink with another early stop.
Lap 29: 1m55s pace throughout the top five, with the cars all two to three seconds apart.
Lap 28: Vergne posts the fastest lap of the race. Then 4.3s later Senna takes that fastest lap from him with 1m53.610s. They are 14th and 15th.
Lap 28: Kovalainen pits this time round, handing 15th to Senna, 16th to Kobayashi and 17th to Massa. The Finn rejoins in 18th.
Lap 28: Static up front for the moment as leading teams continue to ponder how long they can run in this second stint.
Lap 27: Vergne had actually rejoined in 15th, but wasted no time in getting past Kovalainen's Caterham.
Lap 27: Senna rejoins in 16th place after taking on a set of super soft tyres, while Vergne fared better with his stop. He is back out in 14th.
Lap 26: Rosberg is now seventh but 7.3s down on Webber, with Grosjean eighth, Schumacher ninth, Raikkonen 10th and Senna pits from 11th.
Lap 26: Hamilton's retirement leaves di Resta in a strong fifth, while Webber is up to sixth in his Red Bull.
Lap 26: Championship leader Alonso is up to fourth and will surely be pleased to see Hamilton's car stranded at the roadside.
Lap 25: Vettel now leads by three seconds over Button, with Maldonado just 1.7s further back despite a major lock-up at Turn 1.
Lap 25: Vergne pits from 12th place in the Toro Rosso.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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