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Race control estimating that the leaders should begin making their first stops around lap 11

Order on lap 7: Glock, Trulli (+1.5), Button, Hamilton, Vettel, Barrichello, Raikkonen and Alonso

Glock continues to lead from Trulli

One common comment so far is that it seems as though the Brawn cars are dancing on the razor's edge of reliability; that will be something to watch throughout the race

Things have settled a bit. It is all about looking after the tyres at this stage

Indeed mlitte, the Brawns are apparently dropping their revs due to the high temperatures

Glock leads Trulli by 1.8 seconds on lap 10

Ed wrote:Things have settled a bit. It is all about looking after the tyres at this stage

True; they've been commenting on that on the Speed broadcast....they also mentioned that Bridgestone engineers will be checking the tires also to see what the wear patterns are and how they're changing throughout the race

Glock pits!

Trulli leads

Glock pits from the lead; the team goes from the option to the primary tires

Trulli pits straight after

Glock rejoined behind Rosberg

Ed wrote:Indeed mlitte, the Brawns are apparently dropping their revs due to the high temperatures

Glock leads Trulli by 1.8 seconds on lap 10

It looks as though they cut a ton of bodywork from the cars prior to the event weekend............

Trulli pits from P1; he goes to the primary tires as well

Different teams, different strategies......quoting the Yahoo/Eurosport feed:

Button has been told to keep the engine revs down to save it; Vettel meanwhile is told to save his tyres.

Button leads.

Trulli rejoins ahead of Alonso. He had a quicker stop than Glock

Trulli reset fast lap prior to his stop, 1:34.556[lap 10]

Barrichello pits from P4

Button leads from Hamilton; Vettel in 3rd

Alonso takes 6th from Trulli. Looks like Trulli pit a lot earlier than scheduled

Barrichello pits.