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2013 Formula 1 Indian GP

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

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Lap 44: Sutil is also only a fraction ahead of that group and lapping unspectacularly on the soft tyre.
Lap 44: The fight for 10th is on: di Resta, Bottas, Gutierrez and Ricciardo are mighty close to one another.
Lap 43: Alonso's mired in 14th, with Ricciardo 4.5s ahead of him. He's rallying, though, and was quickest of anyone that time around.
Lap 43: Massa now has Hamilton on his tail. That's a scrap for fifth at the moment but both Lotus cars may need another stop.
Lap 42: The times are very, very close in the midfield fight. It is nip and tuck just outside of the top 10.
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Lap 42: Vettel is told of his last stint: “The rears were quite worn, you need to be aware of that.”
Lap 42: Cars are much lighter now and there's a chance Sutil can nurse those tyres to the finish. He resumes ninth.
Lap 42: Sutil rejoins ninth, ahead of team-mate di Resta.
Lap 42: Sutil finally pits his Force India after a massive 42 laps. He takes softs, surely attempting to go to the end here.
Lap 42: Raikkonen is likely to need more tyres to get to the end, so Rosberg could be on course for the podium if he can go the distance.
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Lap 41: Told of Webber's exit, Vettel says: “I’m aware, I’m aware.”
Lap 41: Hulkenberg's race is growing lonelier. He's 3s shy of Hamilton and Perez, who are closing on Massa, but 13s clear of di Resta.
Lap 41: Raikkonen is 25 seconds behind runaway leader Vetttel on the road, with Rosberg a further 9.5s back in third place.
Lap 41: Webber was told to stop the car by his engineer.
Lap 40: Webber walks away from the stricken Red Bull, handing second place on the road to Raikkonen.
Lap 40: Disaster for Webber as he pulls over with a total failure of his car.
Lap 40: Gearbox drama at Red Bull and Webber is out!
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Lap 39: Webber is told: “We are losing gearbox synch.”
Lap 39: Maldonado also pit for the second time, elevating Alonso to 15th.
Lap 39: Sutil continues to put in late 1m31s pace despite still being on his first set of medium tyres. Could he go far enough to take softs to end?
Lap 39: Ricciardo sheds his soft tyres and rejoins 14th, ahead of Alonso.
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Lap 39: Grosjean is told: "No KERS out of Turn 4." He replies: "OK."
Lap 38: As their rivals wilt, Marussia plow on - and Bianchi pits. Chilton's back ahead now.
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Lap 38: Bianchi is told: “Max is 18s ahead, he has to stop again and he has lots of blue flags.”
Lap 38: Double retirement for Caterham - Pic is in the garage. A serious issue, it seems.
Lap 38: Hamilton brought the gap to Ricciardo down to just over a second and pegged Perez behind at 1.5s.
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Lap 38: Raikkonen is told: “Sutil has a stop to make. Your threat is Rosberg, who has completed his stops.”
Lap 38: Ricciardo is flying on the soft tyre - he's now hassling Massa for seventh.
Lap 37: Raikkonen is on the move, however, using DRS to take third from Sutil into Turn 4.
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Lap 37: Vergne is admonished for his lack of pace: “We are not quick enough at the moment, we must go quicker.”
Lap 37: Ricciardo, eighth, and Alonso, 13th, are getting the softs out of the way. Saying that, Alonso's in.
Lap 37: Vettel leads by 13.4 seconds over Webber, with the latter showing little signs of a fight back for the moment.
Lap 37: Button's since made a third trip to the pits, and has dropped to 18th.
Lap 36: Personal bests for di Resta, Bottas and Gutierrez who run nicely spaced out in 14th, 15th and 16th.
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Lap 36: Webber is told: “Vettel is plus-12. The next car behind we are racing is 20s behind you. Tyres will be OK until the end, but we can’t go crazy.”
Lap 36: Maldonado's been rather stealthy, he's 12th. Bottas rejoined 15th after that mammoth first stint.
Lap 36: Raikkonen is closing on Sutil at the moment, with the Force India man surely finding the limits of his starting rubber now.
Lap 35: Ricciardo holds firm in eighth against Hamilton, who has Perez and Hulkenberg closing in.
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Lap 35: Gutierrez, down in P16, is told: “You’re much quicker than Bottas and di Resta, keep pushing.”
Lap 35: Raikkonen is up to fourth on the road but is 27 laps into the current stint on mediums and is probably going to need more rubber.

By: Geoff Creighton, Scott Mitchell, Charles Bradley

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