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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 34: No further action on the Hulkenberg/Bottas incident. That was quick.
Lap 34: Sutil is still out there after 33 laps on his first set of tyres and runs third.
Lap 34: Ricciardo, Perez and Hulkenberg rejoin eighth, 10th and 11th. The Toro Rosso is ahead of Hamilton's Mercedes.
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Lap 34: After setting the fastest lap, Vettel is reminded: “You need your tyres for the whole stint”
Lap 34: Vettel clears the pitting Ricciardo and is now 12.3 seconds ahead of Webber on the road.
Lap 33: Hulkenberg, fourth, is under investigation for that track limits moment with Bottas earlier on.
Lap 33: Hulkenberg and Bottas incident is under investigation from the stewards.
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Lap 33: Bottas suffers a very slow pitstop, which costs him a place to di Resta, who is told "qualifying laps to the end, Paul."
Lap 33: Fastest lap of the race from Alonso down in 13th - 1m29.459s. He's comfortably clear of di Resta.
Lap 33: That's Webber's final stop and he now needs to clear the future holder of his Red Bull seat.
Lap 33: Webber resumes and is behind Ricciardo on the road.
Lap 33: Webber pits to discard the softs.
Lap 33: Alonso and Button have a brief but entertaining scrap for 13th. It's the Spaniard holding the initiative at the moment.
Lap 32: Ricciardo is up to third now but yet to stop after starting on mediums. Perez is a temporary fourth on soft tyres for now.
Lap 32: Now Bottas pits, just as Rosberg closed to within a couple of seconds. Grosjean and Massa are ahead of Hamilton.
Lap 32: Such is the Red Bull pace advantage, the pair have made that pit shuffle without involving the rest of the field.
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Lap 32: Rosberg receives confirmation: “You’ve jumped Massa.”
Lap 32: Quick stop for Vettel there, with Webber taking over the lead again but needing a final stop.
Lap 31: Massa and Hamilton rejoin in 11th and 12th.
Lap 31: Bottas, remarkably, continues to plough on as others pit for a second time and his speed is not unremarkable in eighth.
Lap 31: Vettel now gets his pit call for tyres to the flag.
Lap 31: Hamilton pits, as does Massa.
Lap 31: Now Chilton pits, and drops behind his team-mate.
Lap 31: Vettel is pushing now as Webber lights up the timing with a 1m29.500s on softs.
Lap 30: Still Chilton, down in 19th, leads the Marussia/Caterham battle but he's yet to stop and Bianchi's closing in.
Lap 30: Rosberg is flying on fresh mediums. He goes quickest of anyone in the final sector and is closing fast on Bottas, di Resta and Alonso for 10th.
Lap 30: Vettel leads now and is 11.7 seconds ahead of team-mate Webber, who is now on fresh softs.
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Lap 30: Grosjean complains about Gutierrez’s driving: “That’s not fair, come on!”
Lap 30: Perez has resumed in seventh on the road, behind Hamilton.
Lap 29: Before Gutierrez pit, there was a very close moment between him and Grosjean. A bit of movement from the Sauber irritates the Lotus driver.
Lap 29: That pair will only get about 10 laps before falling into strife with those tyres, needing another set of mediums to make the flag.
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Lap 29: Raikkonen reports: “My tyres are in very good shape. But I can’t get past people.”
Lap 29: Perez pits and matches Webber with the choice of soft rubber.
Lap 29: Guttierez and Vergne rejoin behind Button, who is 16th.
Lap 28: Leader Webber comes in for a switch to soft rubber.
Lap 28: Quite a hike to the flag still, but the medium tyre does look capable of running long today.
Lap 28: Rosberg rejoins just in front of the Frenchman's Lotus.
Lap 28: Grosjean, free from Gutierrez, nails the end of the lap and sets a personal best down in 14th.
Lap 28: That's a Mercedes in the pits and it is Rosberg. He takes another set of mediums and will be hoping to jump Massa with that call.
Lap 27: Rosberg taking another look at Massa on DRS in that scrap over sixth but he still can't get it done.

By: Geoff Creighton, Scott Mitchell, Charles Bradley

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