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| Subject: Timo Glock was fuelled Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:44 am | |
| rulli's Toyota team-mate, Timo Glock, passed Fisichella later on in the same lap for sixth. Massa and Sebastian Vettel traded fastest lap times; Vettel's 1:14.214 on lap 25 was surpassed by Massa's 1:14.161 a lap later.[23][31] However, Vettel pitted soon after, having been lighter-fuelled than his Ferrari opponent.[29] He rejoined in sixth position, behind Glock.[27] Kovalainen passed Trulli and Fisichella in separate manoeuvres, gaining seventh position.[20] On lap 36 Massa set the fastest lap of the race, a 1:13.736.[31] Timo Glock was fuelled so he could complete the race without stopping again, when he pitted on lap 36.[20] Massa was the first of the Championship frontrunners to pit, on lap 38; Alonso and Hamilton pitted two laps after. When Räikkönen pitted on lap 43, Massa had regained the lead, ahead of Alonso. Räikkönen rejoined ahead of Hamilton in third place.[27][29] Fisichella's stop was marred by transmission problems, dropping him to 18th position when he resumed.[20][32] Vettel pitted again on lap 51, his team fuelling him to the finish. He rejoined in fifth.[20] By lap 54, Massa had extended his already comfortable lead over Alonso to 9.6 seconds. Vettel was closing in quickly on Hamilton, the McLaren driver needing to finish no lower than fifth to win the Championship.[20] Light rain began to fall on lap 63.[23] Heidfeld pitted and his BMW pit crew changed his tyres to intermediates, echoing their strategy at the Belgian Grand Prix which had granted the German a podium position gold charmspitbull stud service | |
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