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2010 Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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First Friday Practice

Italian Formula One Grand Prix - 1st Friday Practice

(09/10/2010)

10:47

NewsOnF1:

Friday practice for the Italian Grand Prix is underway. Apologies for the late start as we had some technical difficulties.
It is sunny with air temperature at 21 degrees and track temperature at 16 degrees

Friday September 10, 2010 10:47 NewsOnF1

10:49

NewsOnF1:

Current order with 42 minutes remaining: Vettel, Button, Hamilton, Alonso, di Resta, Kubica, Webber, Massa, Rosberg and Buemi

Friday September 10, 2010 10:49 NewsOnF1

10:52

VirginRacing:

In this lap lucas. Aero cal on the way in and why don't we stop on the marks and pull away? [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 10:52 VirginRacing

10:52

NewsOnF1:

Now Button goes fastest with a 1:23.693

Friday September 10, 2010 10:52 NewsOnF1

10:53

NewsOnF1:

Earlier in the session Barrichello stopped on the track with a mechanical problem

Friday September 10, 2010 10:53 NewsOnF1

10:54

VirginRacing:

Lucas reporting low braking stability because of the downforce but aero balance not bad [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 10:54 VirginRacing

10:55

VirginRacing:

pics of Lucas coming in [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 10:55 VirginRacing

10:56

VirginRacing:

@sallybluecar yeah, but you married someone that wants to lick schuss. Gross, [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 10:56 VirginRacing

10:59

NewsOnF1:

30 minutes remain and the top 10 are: Button, Vettel, Hamilton, Kubica, Rosberg, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Schumacher, Liuzzi and di Resta

Friday September 10, 2010 10:59 NewsOnF1

10:59

clubforce:

@djrits yes its been a hectic last couple of days. Will update about the technical details shortly. [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 10:59 clubforce

10:59

NewsOnF1:

The top 4 are separated by less than half a second

Friday September 10, 2010 10:59 NewsOnF1

11:00

clubforce:

RT @Arpit_rathi: @clubforce @pauldirestaf1 out pacing the #f1 drivers [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:00 clubforce

11:00

VirginRacing:

timo in. Engineers analysing [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:00 VirginRacing

11:01

VirginRacing:

@ChrisJackson19 it is. And also traction out of corners. Anytime the tyres need to grip, downforce is good ;-) [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:01 VirginRacing

11:01

NewsOnF1:

di Resta improves to 8th

Friday September 10, 2010 11:01 NewsOnF1

11:02

VirginRacing:

@stevegek not the idea! But it is fantastic to be here, sometimes I think we don't say that enough [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:02 VirginRacing

11:03

InsideFerrari:

Fernando is going out now and Felipe is following him soon [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:03 InsideFerrari

11:04

VirginRacing:

@lottie76 @ChrisJackson19 thinking of some kind of open day after the season [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:04 VirginRacing

11:05

NewsOnF1:

di Resta (Force India test driver) moves into 7th. The Force India is seems strong here

Friday September 10, 2010 11:05 NewsOnF1

11:05

VirginRacing:

@Spindlewhitecat have a great day off! [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:05 VirginRacing

11:07

clubforce:

RT @dragosdnb: Can't wait to see @pauldirestaf1 racing in f1 next year @clubforce youngbloods :) [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:07 clubforce

11:08

clubforce:

Paul improving his time consistently. A good performance by him so far. [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:08 clubforce

11:10

VirginRacing:

Timo goes put as lucas comes in. Times looking good so far but lotus yet to set a representative time [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:10 VirginRacing

11:12

NewsOnF1:

Senna stops on the track due to a mechanical problem

Friday September 10, 2010 11:12 NewsOnF1

11:15

NewsOnF1:

15 minutes remain and the top 10 are: Button, Vettel, Hamilton, Kubica, Webber, Alonso, Massa, Rosberg, Hulkenberg and di Resta

Friday September 10, 2010 11:15 NewsOnF1

11:15

NewsOnF1:

Button and Vettel are separated by just 0.097 seconds and the top 8 are now separated by under a second

Friday September 10, 2010 11:15 NewsOnF1

11:16

VirginRacing:

Good first and second sectors from timo can he make it three ? Goes quicker but possible to find mote time. [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:16 VirginRacing

11:16

OfficialMGP:

#F1 1.24.129 P5 for Nico. 13min to go. [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:16 OfficialMGP

11:16

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg moves up into 5th after setting the quickest first sector time so far

Friday September 10, 2010 11:16 NewsOnF1

11:17

InsideFerrari:

Felipe completed his second run. His best time was 1.24.648 [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:17 InsideFerrari

11:17

InsideFerrari:

Fernando is back in the pits now. His best time so far is 1.24.453 [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:17 InsideFerrari

11:18

VirginRacing:

Good boy timo. This feels very encouraging. Due in this lap. [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:18 VirginRacing

11:18

InsideFerrari:

1.24.543 for Fernando [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:18 InsideFerrari

11:19

InsideFerrari:

They are 7th and 8th. Still not too happy with the grip [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:19 InsideFerrari

11:19

VirginRacing:

timo in. Lucas still working down to a time [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:19 VirginRacing

11:20

NewsOnF1:

Trulli in the Lotus is the quickest of the new teams. His time is 3.2 seconds off the quickest time

Friday September 10, 2010 11:20 NewsOnF1

11:21

VirginRacing:

@alexjsnell make sure you get to the inside at the lesmos and also just before turn in at parabolica on inside #TracysTopTip [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:21 VirginRacing

11:21

clubforce:

Spot on RT @Arpit_rathi: @clubforce PAUL ahead of massa and msc , big achievement for him #f1 [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:21 clubforce

11:22

InsideFerrari:

@serdominik dipende dalla benzina.... [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:22 InsideFerrari

11:22

VirginRacing:

@isaacbarragan thanks :-) [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:22 VirginRacing

11:23

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher moves into 9th and is sets the fastest time in S1

Friday September 10, 2010 11:23 NewsOnF1

11:23

InsideFerrari:

Fernando is out for his 3rd and final run [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:23 InsideFerrari

11:24

VirginRacing:

Lucas quicker than timo and kov now. 0.2 off Tru and another second from toro rosso. Good laps from LdG in this lap though. [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:24 VirginRacing

11:24

InsideFerrari:

ANd Felipe is out again now [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:24 InsideFerrari

11:25

InsideFerrari:

@JohnSjostrand We hope you like it! [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:25 InsideFerrari

11:25

NewsOnF1:

Just 5 minutes remain and most drivers are on the track

Friday September 10, 2010 11:25 NewsOnF1

11:30

NewsOnF1:

Session over, awaiting final times

Friday September 10, 2010 11:30 NewsOnF1

11:30

InsideFerrari:

None of them improved his lap time in this run [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:30 InsideFerrari

11:30

VirginRacing:

Go timo! P18 great first session. Ahead of both pesky green cars ;-) #f1 [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:30 VirginRacing

11:31

InsideFerrari:

Fernando is 8th and Felipe 9th at the end of the session, with Button first in 1.23.693 [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:31 InsideFerrari

11:32

NewsOnF1:

Top 10: Button (1:23.693), Vettel (+0.097), Hamilton (+0.274), Kubica (+0.427), Rosberg (+0.436), Webber, Liuzzi, Alonso, Massa and Schumacher (+1.063)

Friday September 10, 2010 11:32 NewsOnF1

11:33

VirginRacing:

Graeme Lowdon CEO: useful first session long way to go though! [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:33 VirginRacing

11:33

TheFifthDriver:

That's the morning session over - 1 BUT 1m23.693s; 3 HAM 1m23.967s. A productive programme so far. [via Twitter]

Friday September 10, 2010 11:33 TheFifthDriver

11:34

NewsOnF1:

11th to 24th: Hulkenberg, di Resta, Petrov, Buemi, de la Rosa, Kobayashi (+1.641), Alguersuari, Glock (+3.079), Trulli, di Grassi, Kovalainen, Senna, Barrichello and Yamamoto (+6.177)

Friday September 10, 2010 11:34 NewsOnF1

11:37