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Lap 40: Button is right with them now in sixth, as Schumacher pits from 14th spot.
Lap 40: Hamilton is super close this time on DRS and the lead battle continues to simmer nicely.
Lap 40: Raikkonen vs Massa enters round 10 and the Brazilian is through! He takes over fourth from the Finn.
Lap 39: Vettel is certainly keen to keep his points margin over Alonso as he once again sees Hamilton close up on DRS.
Lap 39: Button makes the move on Grosjean and he is through - bravely through into sixth.
Lap 39: Alonso remains in a lonely third place. He has no immediate threat from behind, but he is 30 seconds back from the leaders.
Lap 38: Raikkonen in fourth has Massa still on his tail. Just two seconds behind them, Grosjean is now under attack from Button.
Lap 38: Hamilton looks closer this time into the DRS zone but it is not quite enough despite a look to the inside of the Red Bull.
Lap 38: Button is fastest in the first sector of his next full lap and catching back up to sixth placed Grosjean quickly.
Lap 37: Hulkenberg is eighth ahead of Senna ninth, Maldonado 10th, Perez 11th, Ricciardo 12th and Rosberg rejoined in 13th after his stop.
Lap 37: DRS for Hamilton again but he is hitting the limiter while drawing up to Vettel down the back straight.
Lap 37: Tense times in the Red Bull garage as Hamilton keeps the pressure on. Vettel isn't giving up though as he clocks the fastest lap.
Lap 36: Alonso moves into third spot, with Raikkonen now fourth, Massa fifth, Grosjean sixth and Button rejoins in seventh.
Lap 36: Button is in for his stop from third.
Lap 36: Vettel responds with the fastest lap but the gap is still under a second as the battle rages on.
Lap 35: Not quite enough this time but Hamilton continues to pile the pressure on Vettel.
Lap 35: Rosberg duly pits the Mercedes, handing eighth to Hulkenberg, ninth to Senna and 10th to Maldonado.
Lap 35: Hamilton, with nothing to lose on his penultimate McLaren outing, is all over championship leader Vettel as they head on to the straight.
Lap 35: Rosberg is holding onto eighth but he is losing pace now and needs to come in. Hulkenberg and Senna are closing.
Lap 35: Just 0.6 seconds between Vettel and Hamilton as they flash past the pits.
Lap 35: That puts Hamilton right on the Red Bull's gearbox and it is surely only a matter of time before a DRS move is sent on the leader.
Lap 34: Vettel has some uncharacteristic oversteer through the sweepers and Hamilton is right with the leader as DRS kicks in.
Lap 34: Hamilton charges on, with the gap now 1.2 seconds after gaining again in traffic.
Lap 33: Alonso questions the team about Button ahead of him and is probably surprised to learn of the McLaren's speed on old rubber.
Lap 33: Still, it's a fastest lap for Hamilton again and the gap is now 1.6 seconds.
Lap 33: Glock slows the leaders equally there, but both are now back in clean air.
Lap 32: Ricciardo comes out in 13th after his stop. He is in clear air.
Lap 32: Traffic now for Vettel as well, closing on a slow Marussia through the sweeping early turns.
Lap 32: It is a reasonably quick stop for Force India and di Resta rejoins the race in 16th position.
Lap 32: Hamilton responds to that instruction with a fastest middle sector and the lap overall - the gap now 2.1 seconds.
Lap 31: Di Resta pits from 14th position in the Force India.
Lap 31: Ricciardo finally makes his pitstop at Toro Rosso.
Lap 31: Hamilton is told the tyres that came off his car look good and he can push on this set of hard rubber.
Lap 31: Maldonado and Perez have both blasted through ahead of di Resta. The Scot is down to 14th after losing 10s on the last lap.
Lap 31: Button is told Massa is now stuck in traffic in the form of Massa as he continues to find good speed in his old set of hard tyres.
Lap 31: Plenty for the lead strategists to ponder, with those relatively early first stops meaning the tyres have to go quite a way to the flag.
Lap 30: Grosjean, now in free air, is catching the Raikkonen vs Massa battle quickly.
Lap 30: Massa vs Raikkonen isn't over yet with the Brazilian, now on warm rubber, looking at the back of the Lotus on DRS.
Lap 30: Grosjean passes Rosberg and takes over eighth position in the Lotus.
Lap 29: Vettel, who must be deeply concerned that his alternator could go the same way as Webber's, continues to push on for the moment.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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