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2013 Formula 1 Indian GP

Oct 24, 2013 to Oct 28, 2013
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Formula 1 Indian GP

2013 Indian Grand Prix The Indian Grand Prix

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Lap 57: Bit of fun there in the Lotus camp, with Grosjean now third as Massa gives chase.
Lap 56: Grosjean is let through and Massa right there, taking Raikkonen too.
Lap 56: Raikkonen's tyres look shot now and surely Grosjean will make it past. He demands team orders...
Lap 56: Grosjean has caught and found Raikkonen. He tries - off track - and is forced to let his team-mate back past.
Lap 55: Hulkenberg duly retires from the race.
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Lap 55: Hulkenberg reports: “Brakes went or something. It’s the floor, the skids or something.”
Lap 55: Five laps remain in the Indian Grand Prix.
Lap 55: Hamilton has problems of his own now with Perez on his case.
Lap 55: That elevates the soft tyre-shod Sutil into ninth and Ricciardo into 10th. Can the latter deny Alonso a point?
Lap 54: Messy stop for Hulkenberg and he rejoins 14th. That's disappointing for the German, who had fought admirably.
Lap 54: Vettel is admonished for his attempts at setting the fastest lap. He already has a huge lead and is on course for title glory.
Lap 53: Massa is still frustrating Hamilton, holding the Mercedes at bay down in fifth and sixth.
Lap 53: The Spaniard is throwing everything at his young rival, but the Toro Rosso remains ahead of the Ferrari.
Lap 53: Alonso cannot get past Ricciardo, who is doing a fine job of holding onto 11th.
Lap 53: Grosjean is also on a one-stop plan and has 39 laps on the rubber as well.
Lap 52: Raikkonen falls to third, but is over eight seconds ahead of Grosjean. He could be facing the cliff on that rubber though.
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Lap 52: Vettel is told: “Stop using the drinks bottle, please.”
Lap 52: Rosberg is on the tail of Raikkonen and this is going to be easy... Mercedes takes the tyre-short Lotus on DRS.
Lap 51: Bottas stops, and is now down in 17th.
Lap 50: Gutierrez in 16th sets the fastest lap of the race!
Lap 50: Sutil responds to that pressure with a personal best.
Lap 50: 10 laps to go for Raikkonen, surely he might as well try to get there on his current 42-lap old rubber.
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Lap 50: In the final points position, Sutil is told: "Ricciardo and Alonso are catching."
Lap 50: Perez and Hulkenberg are setting near-identical laptimes and don't look like making any immediate progress from seventh and eighth.
Lap 49: Rosberg sets the fastest lap as he eyes taking second from Raikkonen.
Lap 49: Maldonado has closed to a second behind team-mate Bottas after that battle.
Lap 48: Rosberg is closing on Raikkonen and looks like the man to back for best-of-the-rest on the podium.
Lap 48: All change for 11th. Ricciardo dives by Bottas, who then loses out to an opportunistic Alonso.
Lap 48: Gutierrez aborts his efforts to pass Sutil, and pits. He rejoins 17th, behind Button and Vergne.
Lap 48: Raikkonen is now 40 laps into his stint on medium tyres.
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Lap 47: Raikkonen is told: "Try and save fuel if you can without losing too much pace." Good luck with that!
Lap 47: 1.8s covers that group, headed by Sutil. He is struggling, and as a result they are the slowest cars on the circuit now.
Lap 47: Meanwhile, Hamilton continues to harry Massa, with the pair now closing on Grosjean.
Lap 47: No further action on that earlier look by the stewards at that incident involving Grosjean and Gutierrez.
Lap 46: Now Alonso is about to latch onto the back of this epic fight for 10th, with di Resta having broken clear in ninth.
Lap 45: Gutierez passes Bottas for 11th at Turn 4.
Lap 45: Still decent pace from both of the Lotus drivers, who have used softs already so could theoretically go the distance.
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Lap 45: Di Resta was told: "Use the overtake button, Adrian will be given the message."
Lap 45: Sutil loses a place to team-mate di Resta, who is lapping very quickly and fastest of anyone in sector one.
Lap 44: Webber's Red Bull is craned away as the man himself returns to the paddock. He was told on the radio that the alternator had failed.

By: Geoff Creighton, Scott Mitchell, Charles Bradley

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