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Lap 30: Button is looking racy at the moment, harrying Rosberg in a battle over seventh place.
Lap 30: Maldonado leads strongly now by seven seconds from Alonso.
Lap 29: That penalty for Massa releases Hamilton up to fifth on the road, but he is yet to make a second stop.
Lap 29: Petrov, Kovalalainen and Pic have all recently visited the pits.
Lap 29: Massa has also been handed a drive through for ignoring yellow flags and he heads in to serve the penalty.
Lap 29: Vettel passes Rosberg on the circuit, but he has just been handed a drive-through penalty for ignoring yellow flags.
Lap 28: Massa and Hamilton are up to sixth and seventh. Again, the Briton tries a move on the Ferrari at Turn 1 but to no avail.
Lap 28: Di Resta and Vergne are battling over 14th after their second stop. Vergne tries round the outside of Turn 1 but the Scot holds his line, forcing the Toro Rosso driver to take to the extra asphalt run-off, before continuing.
Lap 28: Vettel is in the pits this time as well.
Lap 28: Raikkonen is the next to pit and moves to the harder tyres, having not had great pace on the softer option.
Lap 27: Meanwhile, Grosjean has been in for a stop, resuming ahead of the Massa/Hamilton scrap.
Lap 27: Hamilton remains on the tail of Massa's Ferrari and the pair are moving quickly up to seventh and eighth during the second round of stops.
Lap 27: Perfect strategy move from Williams there, with Ferrari caught napping and demoted to second.
Lap 27: Maldonado steams into Turn 1 after setting the fastest lap and is well clear of the resuming Alonso.
Lap 26: Ferrari scramble into the pitlane for Alonso, who will surely resume behind Maldonado.
Lap 26: Maldonado is clocked 17.5 seconds off the lead, as Alonso finally makes an angry move past Pic to lap the Frenchman.
Lap 26: Ricciardo pits from 11th place in the Toro Rosso. This is his second stop of the afternoon.
Lap 26: Soft tyres for Button this time and he resumes in the McLaren.
Lap 26: The earlier incident between Schumacher and Senna at Turn 1 will be investigated by the stewards after the race.
Lap 26: Button reports a major flat-sport and heads in for new tyres.
Lap 25: Ferrari doesn't react with a stop for Alonso, while Maldonado sets a rapid pace on his fresh tyres.
Lap 25: Maldonado needs to push hard now on that fresh rubber, while Alonso is slowed lapping Pic in the Marussia.
Lap 25: Karthikeyan made a stop, but has had some problem exiting the pits and has pulled off to the side of the track. The Indian is out.
Lap 25: Interesting strategy move from Williams there, looking to jump Alonso with an earlier stop.
Lap 25: Maldonado dives into the pits for a fresh set of hard tyres.
Lap 24: Di Resta and Vergne come into the pits for a second stop.
Lap 24: Hamilton is now on the tail of Massa and tries round the outside of Turn 1, but the Brazilian holds his line and the McLaren driver has to back out of it.
Lap 24: Karthikeyan pits the HRT from 21st place, allowing team-mate de la Rosa to move up one spot.
Lap 24: Webber has passed Petrov down into Turn 1 and takes over 16th position.
Lap 23: Vettel and Massa are under investigation by the stewards for a yellow flag infringement.
Lap 23: Rosberg resumes with hard rubber on his Mercedes this time.
Lap 23: Rosberg pits his Mercedes for the second time.
Lap 23: Karthikeyan causes a brief yellow flag period in sector two. He lost eight seconds but is back underway.
Lap 21: Di Resta is beginning to hold up Vergne, Massa and Hamilton. This is a four-car battle for ninth place.
Lap 21: Rosberg is the slowest man in the top eight at the moment, packing up Vettel, Button and Kobayashi right behind.
Lap 21: Blue flags waving for Karthikeyan as he is lapped by the leaders, with the gap unchanged after the pair battle past that traffic.
Lap 20: Hulkenberg pits from 13th position, as Weber posts the fastest lap of the race in 17th with a time of 1m29.140s.
Lap 20: Maldonado continues to edge closer to Alonso, with the Williams now just 1.7 seconds off the lead.
Lap 20: Button is told of a move to McLaren's "plan B" as he joins the queue of cars building up behind Rosberg.
Lap 19: So di Resta runs ninth but some nine seconds back from Kobayashi, with Vergne 10th, Massa 11th and his friend Hamilton on his tail.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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