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2010 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Saturday Practice

Belgian Formula One Grand Prix - Saturday Practice

(08/28/2010)

11:09

NewsOnF1:

Saturday practice session underway. Track is mainly dry with air temperature at 14 degrees and track temperature at 18 degrees

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:09 NewsOnF1

11:09

NewsOnF1:

All the drivers have completed their installation laps. No one has set timed laps yet

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:09 NewsOnF1

11:12

NewsOnF1:

Lucas di Grassi goes back out. Schumacher follows

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:12 NewsOnF1

11:12

rf1paddockpass:

We are almost ready for the first run for Robert http://tweetphoto.com/41862354 [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:12 rf1paddockpass

11:12

VirginRacing:

Lucas is changing his helmet. Otherwise no problems. Timo's car looking good, he's waiting to see what Lucas reports from his next lap [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:12 VirginRacing

11:13

NewsOnF1:

More drivers head out onto the track

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:13 NewsOnF1

11:14

rf1paddockpass:

Vitaly is on track for a first run and the sun's out! Robert just left the garage Busy programme ahead of us [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:14 rf1paddockpass

11:16

NewsOnF1:

Buemi sets a 1:50.108

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:16 NewsOnF1

11:17

VirginRacing:

Before:

after:

[via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:17 VirginRacing

11:17

rf1paddockpass:

OK well got a bit excited seeing the sun...rain could be underway in next 15mins... [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:17 rf1paddockpass

11:18

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:48.096. Hulkenberg moves into second with a 1:48.491

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:18 NewsOnF1

11:18

VirginRacing:

@brackleysean timo hit the tyre wall at t9. Chassis too bad to repair here [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:18 VirginRacing

11:19

clubforce:

Wing config change for Tonio on the next run - he won't be running the F-duct next run to conduct a bit of back to back testing [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:19 clubforce

11:20

VirginRacing:

@jelly_rabbit timo's car was ready 7 hours after lucas's. They worked pretty much all night. Quite a few had no sleep [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:20 VirginRacing

11:20

NewsOnF1:

Hulkenberg goes quickest with a 1:47.564

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:20 NewsOnF1

11:20

NewsOnF1:

Sutil goes to the top of the timesheets ahead of Vettel

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:20 NewsOnF1

11:21

NewsOnF1:

But Hulkenberg moves back to the top spot with a 1:47.160

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:21 NewsOnF1

11:21

InsideFerrari:

Fernando just went out for his first run on hard tyres [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:21 InsideFerrari

11:22

InsideFerrari:

Felipe is ready to go, on hard tyres as well [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:22 InsideFerrari

11:22

VirginRacing:

Lucas in

[via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:22 VirginRacing

11:22

NewsOnF1:

Hulkenberg improves with a 1:47.160 while Vettel moves into second with a 1:47.194

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:22 NewsOnF1

11:23

VirginRacing:

@AilishCatherine I'm in the garage and pitlane [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:23 VirginRacing

11:23

NewsOnF1:

Now Kubica goes quickest with a 1:46.492!

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:23 NewsOnF1

11:23

rf1paddockpass:

Fastes time for Robert on this lap 1.46.492 [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:23 rf1paddockpass

11:24

MikeGascoyne:

Brief shower at 11.40 for a few mins [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:24 MikeGascoyne

11:25

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:46.315

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:25 NewsOnF1

11:25

VirginRacing:

Lucas happy with car. Maybe a little more oversteer than yesterday. Very happy with the changed gearbox ratios

[via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:25 VirginRacing

11:26

VirginRacing:

@RomanNL no, haven't seen him! [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:26 VirginRacing

11:26

WilliamsF1Team:

Our engineers believe rain is on its way...there's a surprise [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:26 WilliamsF1Team

11:27

NewsOnF1:

Alonso moves into 3rd with a 1:47.012

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:27 NewsOnF1

11:27

NewsOnF1:

Rain is now expected in around 15 minutes!

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:27 NewsOnF1

11:28

rf1paddockpass:

We are going straight back out with Vitaly on option tyres for this run [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:28 rf1paddockpass

11:28

clubforce:

Adrian sixth quickest for now. Change to the front wing for the next run for him, he'll then go out for another four lap run [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:28 clubforce

11:29

rf1paddockpass:

Same for Robert who's now doing a run on options [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:29 rf1paddockpass

11:29

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton improves in first with a 1:46.223

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:29 NewsOnF1

11:30

NewsOnF1:

Webber goes 3rd with a 1:46.678

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:30 NewsOnF1

11:30

clubforce:

@lacanta All very self-referencing. Just don't mention the 'others'. All about the ego and id here [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:30 clubforce

11:31

NewsOnF1:

Top 10 after 30 minutes: Hamilton, Kubica, Webber, Alonso, Massa, Vettel, Button, Hulkenberg, Sutil and de la Rosa,

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:31 NewsOnF1

11:31

InsideFerrari:

First run finished for both drivers> Fernando is 4th and Felipe is 5th [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:31 InsideFerrari

11:31

InsideFerrari:

Some rain is getting closer [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:31 InsideFerrari

11:32

VirginRacing:

bridgestone checking timo's tyre temps. He wants to try a spring change next

[via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:32 VirginRacing

11:33

NewsOnF1:

Webber moves into second with a 1:46.440

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:33 NewsOnF1

11:33

WilliamsF1Team:

Rubens ahead of his third run in P3

[via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:33 WilliamsF1Team

11:34

InsideFerrari:

Therefore Felipe is going out now on soft tyres [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:34 InsideFerrari

11:35

VirginRacing:

mad as a box if springs ;-) says Tracy our media diva [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:35 VirginRacing

11:35

NewsOnF1:

Webber goes fastes with a 1:46.106

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:35 NewsOnF1

11:35

InsideFerrari:

Fernando is out as well on soft tyres [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:35 InsideFerrari

11:36

NewsOnF1:

A few drivers are going out on the softer compound as rain is anticipated shortly

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:36 NewsOnF1

11:36

InsideFerrari:

The shower could be reasonably heavy, it's a matter of minutes [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:36 InsideFerrari

11:36

VirginRacing:

@Desiree_dezzi they both are :-) [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:36 VirginRacing

11:36

clubforce:

Tonio's wing change has been completed and he will start his next run [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:36 clubforce

11:37

VirginRacing:

@MiaF1Design @ill_dm exactly. Tyre marks before they are cleared away [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:37 VirginRacing

11:37

clubforce:

@lacanta Let's not get too arrogant about this. We're not projecting too far, just concentrating on the self [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:37 clubforce

11:37

NewsOnF1:

Nearly all the drivers are on the track

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:37 NewsOnF1

11:38

InsideFerrari:

Only three cars in the garage [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:38 InsideFerrari

11:38

NewsOnF1:

Vettel on the softer compound moves into 3rd

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:38 NewsOnF1

11:39

VirginRacing:

@The_F1_Insider she did indeed. We're lucky to have her [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:39 VirginRacing

11:41

NewsOnF1:

Vettel slow going into the pits!

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:41 NewsOnF1

11:41

clubforce:

Adrian returns to the garage. Back to the previous wing for the next run [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:41 clubforce

11:41

NewsOnF1:

Vettel is being pushed by the marshals into the pits

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:41 NewsOnF1

11:42

VirginRacing:

Lucas keen to get out on options before possible rain comes

but its spitting already [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:42 VirginRacing

11:42

clubforce:

'Very hard to improve your lap time. Tyres bit more unstable. Bit nervous.' He reports [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:42 clubforce

11:42

WilliamsF1Team:

Rubens doing a practice stop in the box

[via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:42 WilliamsF1Team

11:42

VirginRacing:

@brackleysean make it light! [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:42 VirginRacing

11:43

clubforce:

There is rain in the first sector says Adrian. Brad confirms it's raining very heavily [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:43 clubforce

11:43

NewsOnF1:

Replay shows that his car actually stopped as he entered the pitlane.

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:43 NewsOnF1

11:43

NewsOnF1:

It is raining

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:43 NewsOnF1

11:44

InsideFerrari:

both cars are back in the garage because of the rain [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:44 InsideFerrari

11:44

MikeGascoyne:

Rain, so end of session with dry tyres [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:44 MikeGascoyne

11:44

rf1paddockpass:

Starting to rain on certain parts of the circuit, humidity is at 74 [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:44 rf1paddockpass

11:44

NewsOnF1:

Interesting that only parts of the track is wet

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:44 NewsOnF1

11:45

MikeGascoyne:

Heavy rain now [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:45 MikeGascoyne

11:45

WilliamsF1Team:

And that lovely black cloud has just delivered the predicted rain

[via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:45 WilliamsF1Team

11:45

clubforce:

Tonio's back in, going through his feedback with engineer GP Lambiase now. We can see the rain pouring down now [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:45 clubforce

11:45

VirginRacing:

@EvaModena it's raining now! Due to sto in 5 mins [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:45 VirginRacing

11:45

InsideFerrari:

Alonso is 6th and Massa 7th after the run on soft. WEbber is the quickest [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:45 InsideFerrari

11:45

NewsOnF1:

It is pouring now over the pitlane

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:45 NewsOnF1

11:47

NewsOnF1:

No one is on the track at this stage.

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:47 NewsOnF1

11:47

NewsOnF1:

The top 10 are: Webber, Hamilton, Vettel, Button, Kubica, Alonso, Massa, Sutil, Hulkenberg and Kobayashi

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:47 NewsOnF1

11:48

VirginRacing:

Lucas back in and that could well be it for practice [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:48 VirginRacing

11:48

NewsOnF1:

The times would not improve this session even if it stops raining

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:48 NewsOnF1

11:50

InsideFerrari:

Session finished for us. The rain is heavy and there is no point to run in these conditions [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:50 InsideFerrari

11:50

NewsOnF1:

Alguersuari now on the track

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:50 NewsOnF1

11:51

rf1paddockpass:

Too much rain now the guys are back in garage http://tweetphoto.com/41867992 [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:51 rf1paddockpass

11:52

NewsOnF1:

Team tells Alguersuari to take it easy on the track and look after the tyres

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:52 NewsOnF1

11:52

VirginRacing:

Lucas likely to do a single lap to scrub a set of inters. Tyre map 3 please Lucas. [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:52 VirginRacing

11:52

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher and Trulli on the track

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:52 NewsOnF1

11:53

MikeGascoyne:

Scrubbing intermediates in case we need them in qualifying [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:53 MikeGascoyne

11:53

clubforce:

The rain has eased but track is soaked. Both VJM03s in the garage for now, some cars going out for exploratory laps [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:53 clubforce

11:54

InsideFerrari:

Few cars are running on intermediate tyres [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:54 InsideFerrari

11:54

WilliamsF1Team:

Good job we keep the floor pristine: James, the Hulk's, number 1 mechanic

[via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:54 WilliamsF1Team

11:54

VirginRacing:

that felt close! Timo's car is having a tip and drain

[via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:54 VirginRacing

11:56

VirginRacing:

@The_F1_Insider only FRenault a fair while back. [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:56 VirginRacing

11:57

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher pits without setting a time

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:57 NewsOnF1

11:57

rf1paddockpass:

Not much more running for us in this session but both drivers will head out again shortly [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:57 rf1paddockpass

11:58

clubforce:

Tonio's car is fired up for another lap, Adrian will also make a final lap to go round to grid for a practice start [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:58 clubforce

11:58

NewsOnF1:

Just 2 minutes remain in the session

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:58 NewsOnF1

11:59

NewsOnF1:

Buemi sets a 2:05.467

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:59 NewsOnF1

11:59

InsideFerrari:

Many people are going out now to have the opportunity of the practice start on the grid [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 11:59 InsideFerrari

12:02

NewsOnF1:

Button sets a 2:03.711

Saturday August 28, 2010 12:02 NewsOnF1

12:02

rf1paddockpass:

Looking forward to quali which, whatever the weather conditions, will be interesting and very competitive [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 12:02 rf1paddockpass

12:03

NewsOnF1:

Session over

Saturday August 28, 2010 12:03 NewsOnF1

12:03

WilliamsF1Team:

Frank keeping an eye on practice proceedings

[via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 12:03 WilliamsF1Team

12:04

NewsOnF1:

The top 10 are: Webber (1:46.106), Hamilton (+0.117), Vettel (+0.290), Button, Kubica, Alonso, Massa, Sutil, Hulkenberg and Kobayashi (+1.190)

Saturday August 28, 2010 12:04 NewsOnF1

12:06

NewsOnF1:

11th to 24th: de la Rosa, Petrov, Barrichello, Schumacher, Rosberg, Buemi, Alguersuari, Liuzzi, Trulli, Senna, Kovalainen, di Grassi, Glock and Yamamoto

Saturday August 28, 2010 12:06 NewsOnF1

12:12

WilliamsF1Team:

Nico with Tom, his engineer, at the end of the session

[via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 12:12 WilliamsF1Team

12:19

VirginRacing:

@The_F1_Insider yesterday morning and tomorrow. [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 12:19 VirginRacing

12:35

InsideFerrari:

BEL - More rain at Spa [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 12:35 InsideFerrari

12:55

MikeGascoyne:

Not raining at the moment but showers popping up all around on the radar. One predicted to hit at 13.05 [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 12:55 MikeGascoyne

12:56

clubforce:

The plan is to use f-ducts and blown diffusers on both cars during qualifying. [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 12:56 clubforce

1:23

redbullf1spy:

Apparently the photographers are getting very cross with each other, arguing over who gets the best spot at Eau Rouge. Settle down gents... [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 1:23 redbullf1spy

1:27

MikeGascoyne:

Sunny at the moment but still showers all around, will be a lottery [via Twitter]

Saturday August 28, 2010 1:27 MikeGascoyne

1:35

WilliamsF1Team:

One for Harry and Flora - hope you're cheering for Team Hulk this afternoon to keep your Dad happy!