With the top two cars in the garage, the rest of the field headed to pit road to reset for the final 100 laps.

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Hamilton extended his advantage to 6.6secs by the time the field settled down after the pit-stop period.

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When it resumed, Hamilton lost first place after a slow pit-stop with Alonso eventually appearing at the head of the field.

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