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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 9: Medium tyres go on the Ferrari and he resumes. Hamilton has also been in for his tyre change.
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Lap 9: Hulkenberg reports: “Balance is understeery and the downshifts don’t feel smooth.”
Lap 8: Button tries to force his way around the outside of Raikkonen but fails, and Vergne nips back ahead as a result. Nice work from the Frenchman.
Lap 8: Leader Massa is called to the box by engineer Rob Smedley.
Lap 8: Button passes Vergne for 17th, and has Raikkonen in his sights after the Lotus driver's stop.
Lap 8: Not a great stop there for Raikkonen, resuming just ahead of Button.
Lap 8: Vettel up to 10th. Hulkenberg's quick on the medium tyre - that lap the fastest of anyone so far down in 13th.
Lap 8: Raikkonen makes the sensible choice of making a stop at Lotus.
Lap 8: Massa continues in the lead, heading Hamilton, while Rosberg pits.
Lap 8: Button rejoined behind di Resta and Vergne, but ahead of Alonso.
Lap 7: Raikkonen looks to be struggling for grip now on his softs, which are paying for the first seven laps on heavy tanks.
Lap 7: Vettel has jumped ahead of Bottas and, with the stops of other drivers, is up to 12th.
Lap 7: Perez now drives around the outside of Raikkonen to take over fifth place.
Lap 7: Button, who started on the hard rubber, is in for a short stint on softs. That's unlikely to be planned.
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Lap 7: Chilton has a brake issue, and is asked if he can “manage it – it’s your call if you can’t.”
Lap 7: Hulkenberg rejoined 16th, ahead of di Resta and Vergne as you'd expect.
Lap 7: Webber is past Raikkonen now, putting him up to fourth on the road.
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Lap 6: Alonso is reassured: “There maybe something strange on the wheel, but we think it’s OK.”
Lap 6: Bianchi is in early in his Marussia.
Lap 6: Massa is keeping up a 1m32s pace and shows no sign of pitting yet.
Lap 6: Hulkenberg now bails out of his soft rubber, taking mediums in the Sauber pit.
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Lap 6: Alonso reports: “I think I damaged something more in the car, the steering is heave in the right-hand corners.”
Lap 6: Just seven seconds cover that many cars up front, with Webber and Perez keeping up with the soft-shod five.
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Lap 5: Ditto Raikkonen: “Rear calipers are very hot, move the brake balance forwards.”
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Lap 5: Hamilton is told to “put his brake balance forward because his rears are too hot."
Lap 5: Vettel has already dispatched with the two Marussias and is hot on Bottas' Williams for 14th.
Lap 5: Webber runs sixth on the road and in the lead of the medium-shod drivers.
Lap 5: Grosjean's progress has been solid since that near miss on the opening lap. He's up to 11th, having just passed Maldonado.
Lap 5: That contact behind the leaders involving Webber, Alonso, Raikkonen and Button only really hurt the Ferrari man.
Lap 4: Alonso's hopes of utilising the medium tyre early take a big hit with that stop for a wing change.
Lap 4: Replays of the start show a good launch for Hamilton, who was making a slight challenge on Vettel before falling into an initial second.
Lap 4: Vettel is 17th, di Resta 18th, Vergne 19th and Alonso 20th after those very early stops.
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Lap 4: Rosberg is told it’s “important to get past Massa.”
Lap 4: Rosberg is 1.2 seconds behind Massa and urged to pass the Ferrari.
Lap 4: Massa leads for Ferrari now, and seems to have decent pace on soft tyres.
Lap 3: Button has jumped ahead of Sutil after clearing Maldonado, he's ninth.
Lap 3: Vettel is down and away on medium rubber after just two laps on the fragile softs.
Lap 3: Alonso pits from 10th as well, and gets a new front wing fitted.
Lap 3: Vettel is called to the pit box in a radically early stop.
Lap 2: Raikkonen runs sixth after escaping early strife, with Webber invovled in early drama to run seventh.

By: Geoff Creighton, Scott Mitchell, Charles Bradley

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