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Lap 14: Raikkonen pits the Lotus. He takes on soft tyres and rejoins in 14th place.
Lap 14: Vettel sets the fastest lap as he is clocked 2.1 seconds behind Hamilton.
Lap 14: Webber is up to 11th spot as others pit. He is now on the tail of di Resta's Force India.
Lap 14: Button leads as Maldonado is the next to pit from second place.
Lap 13: Vettel will be happy with that DRS move on the worn-tyred Raikkonen and begins to chase after Hamilton again.
Lap 13: Vettel has passed Hulkenberg and then on the next lap he is through on Raikkonen to take over fifth.
Lap 13: That works well for Hamilton as he resumes in fourth place, ahead of the scrap between Raikkonen and Vettel.
Lap 13: Rosberg and Vergne pit this time round. Kovalainen is also in.
Lap 13: That hands the advantage to Button, while Hamilton will be hoping to emerge still ahead of Vettel on the road.
Lap 13: In the stops, Vettel is up to 10th now and homing in on Nico Hulkenberg's Force India.
Lap 12: Hamilton pits from the lead.
Lap 12: Senna rejoined from his stop in 21st position. He is four seconds behind Pedro de la Rosa.
Lap 12: Hamilton reports a "funny feeling" from his tyres as the McLaren team ponder options for pitting now or staying out.
Lap 12: Schumacher and Ricciardo pit this time round.
Lap 12: Alonso is down and away on soft compound rubber.
Lap 12: Webber is up to 17th place and is now on the tail of Kamui Kobayashi in the other Sauber.
Lap 12: Alonso is telling Ferrari of heavy degradation as the team prepare to pit the Spaniard.
Lap 11: Vettel rejoined behind Perez but he quickly dispatches the Sauber driver and he is up to 11th.
Lap 11: McLaren will be keeping a close eye on Vettel's pace, with the Red Bull potentially boxed up and unable to use the best of his fresh rubber.
Lap 11: Vettel feeds out into heavy traffic, behind some potential long runners.
Lap 11: Senna pits the Williams from 15th position.
Lap 11: Vettel is in for the change to the harder tyre compound.
Lap 11: Soft compound tyres are being readied for Vettel in the pits.
Lap 10: Webber has passed Glock and is up to 18th position.
Lap 10: Vettel has fallen 2.7 seconds behind Hamilton after that mistake, with Button now 2.5s further back and closing.
Lap 10: Webber is 19th but now immediately on the tail of Timo Glock in the other Marussia car.
Lap 10: Senna is up to 15th place, promoted one more spot following Webber's recent pitstop.
Lap 10: Button, who was conservative on his rubber early on, is closing quickly on Vettel and Hamilton at the moment.
Lap 10: Senna is told over the team radio that there is an issue with first gear. The Brazilian is advised not to use it.
Lap 10: Vettel gets it wrong under braking at the Turn 10 chicane, navigating the Red Bull around the kerb before continuing on his way.
Lap 9: Field spread continues to build, with leading outfits hoping to stay out a bit longer so the drivers emerge in clear air.
Lap 9: Webber passes Pic instantly and moves up to 19th spot.
Lap 9: Webber takes on soft tyres and resumes in 20th place, behind Charles Pic.
Lap 9: Webber is the first to pit from seventh on the road.
Lap 9: Bruno Senna takes another scalp - this time he passes Kovalainen for 16th position.
Lap 8: Raikkonen, Hulkenberg and Perez remain on the tail of Schumacher's 10th placed Mercedes.
Lap 8: Rear tyre wear is the concern here for the drivers on supersofts, with the heavy fuel load in the initial stages making the situation worse.
Lap 8: Grosjean in eighth is dropping away to the tune of 2,8s from Webber. Rosberg is 1.4s back in ninth and Schumacher maintains 10th.
Lap 8: Hamilton is told he is doing a "good job" with the tyres as he gets towards the end of the first stint on supersoft rubber.
Lap 8: Massa is easily the fastest man on track at the moment, with his super soft tyres. He is up to five seconds per lap faster that the HRT duo.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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