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Formula 1 | Belgian Grand Prix
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 28.08.2011
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Toby Keel

Updated 28/08/2011 at 13:33 GMT


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Button is charging! He fancies this - he's on the radio asking how far ahead the next cars are, and is told that they're eight seconds ahead but suffereing with blistering...
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Button almost takes Rosberg at the end of the start-finish straight, but the German's line is impeccable and he hangs on - but Button goes through up the hill, his DRS virtually catapulting him past the Mercedes. Button is fourth!
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Fernando Alonso's tyres are just about holding up - he's clearly looking to make one less stop than Vettel, and with the gap just four seconds now that could be a winning strategy.
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Button gets right up behind Massa into the chicane - and he goes through! Frome's favourite son is up to fifth, and is inside a second of Rosberg already.
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Button is truly flying - he's now closed right up on Felipe Massa in fifth, and is inside half a second. His pace is great, his tyres look in great shape still - could this be another memorable victory to match his amazing win in Canada?
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Vettel's third set of tyres are starting to blister. He'll be on a seven-stop strategy at this rate... literally.
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Button has gone past Sutil! The Force India locks up his brakes and the former world champions flies straight through into sixth place. That's some effort after starting 13th.
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Jenson Button's race pace is superb yet again - and he's right up behind Sutil now.
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At the half-way stage of the race now, and things look fairly settled for now until the next round of tyre changes.
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Vettel 4.4 seconds clear of Alonso, Webber 2 seconds further back in third...
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Perez will face a drive-through over an incident that took Buemi's rear wing.
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Button goes past on the final chicane - but Schumacher outbreaks him, and manages to hang on through the section to keep 7th spot!
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Button is right up on Schumacher now and we're in for a treat of a tussle.
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Alonso's pit crew come on the radio reassuring their man that "it's not a disaster" that Vettel has pulled so far ahead. He's clearly trying to do a long stint, and banking on the German to ruin another set of boots.
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Vettel has pulled out almost three seconds on Alonso - remember, his tyres were basically pristine at the restart.
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Worth mentioning Michael Schumacher: he's up to seventh after starting from the back of the grid. That's some effort, and he's a second in hand over Jenson Button behind him.
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Vettel makes his move up the hill on Alonso - and he's through! It's almost too easy to overtake on that section... The DRS is just an astonoshing tool at times.
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Jenson Button takes Perez and Petrov on the first corner to get up to 8th!
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Webber third, Rosberg fourth, Massa fifth at the moment - but Vettel is closing on Alonso all the time.
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Alonso is away well, but Vettel quickly catches him up and he's inside a second of the Ferrari.
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Vettel has made two stops already - he's bound to be into the lead soon after the restart