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Live Update

2011 Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix

1st Friday Practice  2nd Friday Practice  Saturday Practice  Qualifying  Race

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1st Friday Practice

 Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix - 1st Friday Practice(11/11/2011) 
1:00
Welcome to our coverage of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Friday November 11, 2011 1:00 
1:00
First Friday practice session gets underway
Friday November 11, 2011 1:00 
1:00
A few drivers are already out on their installation laps
Friday November 11, 2011 1:00 
1:01
It is sunny with the air temperature at 28 degrees while track temperature at 41 degrees
Friday November 11, 2011 1:01 
1:03
Perez stays out for a second lap
Friday November 11, 2011 1:03 
1:04
Perez pits on the second lap
Friday November 11, 2011 1:04 
1:07
A few drivers opted for 2 installation laps
Friday November 11, 2011 1:07 
1:08
Schumacher and Rosberg are the only 2 on the track at this stage completing their installation laps
Friday November 11, 2011 1:08 
1:08
All drivers have completed their installation laps
Friday November 11, 2011 1:08 
1:10
Test drivers taking part this session:
Vergne for Toro Rosso
Grosjean for Lotus Renault
Wickens for Virgin
Friday November 11, 2011 1:10 
1:11
Pirelli brought an experimental soft tyre and the teams can try those today
Friday November 11, 2011 1:11 
1:13
Vergne on the track and so is Perez and Grosjean
Friday November 11, 2011 1:13 
1:13
Alguersuari also on the track
Friday November 11, 2011 1:13 
1:14
Vergne and Perez pit without setting a lap
Friday November 11, 2011 1:14 
1:15
Grosjean stays out and starts a timed lap
Friday November 11, 2011 1:15 
1:15
Grosjean sets a 1:50.375
Friday November 11, 2011 1:15 
1:15
Alguersuari pits
Friday November 11, 2011 1:15 
1:17
Grosjean improves with a 1:47.751
Friday November 11, 2011 1:17 
1:18
Perez returns to the track and Hamilton is on the track too
Friday November 11, 2011 1:18 
1:18
For reference, Pole time last year was a 1:39.394
Friday November 11, 2011 1:18 
1:19
Grosjean improves with a 1:46.401
Friday November 11, 2011 1:19 
1:19
Hamilton is on a timed lap
Friday November 11, 2011 1:19 
1:21
A 1:43.899 for Hamilton
Friday November 11, 2011 1:21 
1:21
Grosjean improves slightly with a 1:46.067
Friday November 11, 2011 1:21 
1:21
Alonso and Barrichello on the track
Friday November 11, 2011 1:21 
1:22
Riccardo sets a 1:53.095
Friday November 11, 2011 1:22 
1:22
Hamilton improves with a 1:43.552
Friday November 11, 2011 1:22 
1:23
Alonso pits without setting a time
Friday November 11, 2011 1:23 
1:24
Barrichello stops on the track. He was on a timed lap
Friday November 11, 2011 1:24 
1:25
Replay shows he lost power suddenly
Friday November 11, 2011 1:25 
1:25
Barrichello tells team "the engine is gone"
Friday November 11, 2011 1:25 
1:26
Hamilton improves with a 1:42.617
Friday November 11, 2011 1:26 
1:27
Hamilton's times were set on the experimental soft tyre which is only in use today
Friday November 11, 2011 1:27 
1:29
Kovalainen goes second with a 1:46.008
Friday November 11, 2011 1:29 
1:29
Hamilton back on the track
Friday November 11, 2011 1:29 
1:29
Now Maldonado goes second with a 1:45.444
Friday November 11, 2011 1:29 
1:30
More drivers go out onto the track for their first run
Friday November 11, 2011 1:30 
1:30
Hamilton was quickest in S1 an S2 but doesn't improve
Friday November 11, 2011 1:30 
1:31
30 minutes into the session and the top 10 are: Hamilton, Maldonado, Kovalainen, Grosjean, Alguersuari, Massa, di Resta, Vergne, Ricciardo and Liuzzi
Friday November 11, 2011 1:31 
1:32
A 1:41.846 for Hamilton
Friday November 11, 2011 1:32 
1:32
Massa moves into 4th with a 1:44.978. He is on the hard tyre
Friday November 11, 2011 1:32 
1:33
Vettel on the track
Friday November 11, 2011 1:33 
1:34
Apologies Massa is on the medium cmpound
Friday November 11, 2011 1:34 
1:34
The 2 compounds this weekend are the medium and soft
Friday November 11, 2011 1:34 
1:35
Vettel goes second with a 1:43.674 on the mediums
Friday November 11, 2011 1:35 
1:36
Webber takes second with a 1:43.588
Friday November 11, 2011 1:36 
1:37
Maldonado goes 3rd with a 1:43.608
Friday November 11, 2011 1:37 
1:37
Vettel on a quick lap
Friday November 11, 2011 1:37 
1:38
Vettel goes second with a 1:42.701
Friday November 11, 2011 1:38 
1:38
Alonso goes 3rd with a 1:43.244
Friday November 11, 2011 1:38 
1:39
Button in 4th with a 1:43.452
Friday November 11, 2011 1:39 
1:40
Button goes second with a 1:41.061
Friday November 11, 2011 1:40 
1:41
Vettel goes quickest with a 1:41.820
Friday November 11, 2011 1:41 
1:42
Alonso improves with a 1:42.457
Friday November 11, 2011 1:42 
1:43
Webber and Button on flyers
Friday November 11, 2011 1:43 
1:43
Webber quickest with a 1:41.692
Friday November 11, 2011 1:43 
1:44
Now Button quickest with a 1:40.955 but he is on the softs
Friday November 11, 2011 1:44 
1:46
Halfway into the session and the top 10 are: Button, Webber, Vettel, Hamilton, Alonso, Rosberg, Maldonado, Schumacher, Sutil and Alguersuari
Friday November 11, 2011 1:46 
1:47
Rosberg on a quick lap
Friday November 11, 2011 1:47 
1:47
Robserg improves with a 1:42.130 - 5th
Friday November 11, 2011 1:47 
1:50
Hamilton returns to the track
Friday November 11, 2011 1:50 
1:52
Hamilton remains on softs
Friday November 11, 2011 1:52 
1:52
It will be difficult to compare the times today due to the tyre testing
Friday November 11, 2011 1:52 
1:54
Hamilton very quick in the middle sector
Friday November 11, 2011 1:54 
1:54
Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:40.466
Friday November 11, 2011 1:54 
1:57
Vettel improves in second with a 1:40.807. He is on the softs this run
Friday November 11, 2011 1:57 
1:58
Only 2 drivers haven't set times this session, Barrichello who had an engine failure and Kobayashi who is on the track now
Friday November 11, 2011 1:58 
1:59
Big off by Massa!
Friday November 11, 2011 1:59 
2:01
Massa went off as he was braking at the end of the start - finish straight, he was on the white line putting him into a spin. He managed to stop the car before hitting the barriers but he has damaged this set of tyres!
Friday November 11, 2011 2:01 
2:01
And now Alonso goes off!!
Friday November 11, 2011 2:01 
2:02
Almost identical to what happened to Massa but on another part of the track. Alonso recovers
Friday November 11, 2011 2:02 
2:02
Massa went back to the pits
Friday November 11, 2011 2:02 
2:05
Button and Vettel are on quick laps
Friday November 11, 2011 2:05 
2:06
Button goes quickest with a 1:40.263
Friday November 11, 2011 2:06 
2:06
Webber goes 3rd with a 1:40.611
Friday November 11, 2011 2:06 
2:07
Grosjean is into 8th with a 1:52.685
Friday November 11, 2011 2:07 
2:09
Webber quickest so far in S1
Friday November 11, 2011 2:09 
2:09
Webber's middle sector isn't as quick
Friday November 11, 2011 2:09 
2:10
Webber improves with a 1:40.525 - 3rd
Friday November 11, 2011 2:10 
2:11
Webber going for it again, this time he is quicker
Friday November 11, 2011 2:11 
2:12
This time Webber has a slow 3rd sector, he improves overall but remains in 3rd
Friday November 11, 2011 2:12 
2:13
Alonso struggling on the medium set he is on. He pits, currently in 7th
Friday November 11, 2011 2:13 
2:15
15 minutes remain in the session and the top 10 are: Button, Hamilton, Webber, Vettel, Massa, Rosberg, Alonso, Grosjean, Alguersuari and Madlonado
Friday November 11, 2011 2:15 
2:16
Not many drivers on the track at this stage
Friday November 11, 2011 2:16 
2:19
di Resta goes into 10th with a 1:42.997
Friday November 11, 2011 2:19 
2:21
Drivers go back out for their final run this session
Friday November 11, 2011 2:21 
2:22
19 cars on the track!
Friday November 11, 2011 2:22 
2:24
No improvements this run so far
Friday November 11, 2011 2:24 
2:25
Only Barrihello and Grosjean not on the track. Barrichello won't go back out due to an engine failure
Friday November 11, 2011 2:25 
2:25
Alonso goes 5th with a 1:41.377
Friday November 11, 2011 2:25 
2:26
Vettel was on a quick lap but had a slow middle sector
Friday November 11, 2011 2:26 
2:27
Sutil up into 7th with a 1:41.766
Friday November 11, 2011 2:27 
2:28
Petrov pits with smoke coming out of his car!
Friday November 11, 2011 2:28 
2:29
Massa takes 5th with a 1:41.260
Friday November 11, 2011 2:29 
2:30
Webber splits the McLarens with a 1:40.389
Friday November 11, 2011 2:30 
2:30
Alonso goes 5th with a 1:40.801
Friday November 11, 2011 2:30 
2:31
Session over
Friday November 11, 2011 2:31 
2:33
Top 10: Button, Webber (+0.128), Hamilton (+0.140), Vettel (+0.492), Alonso (+0.538), Massa (+0.997), Sutil (+1.077), Rosberg (+1.867), di Resta (+1.888) and Alguerusari (+2.114)
Friday November 11, 2011 2:33 
2:39
11th to 24th: Vergne (+2.370), Grosjean, Petrov, Maldonado, Schumacher (+3.126), Perez (+4.149), Kobayashi, Kovalainen, Trulli, Liuzzi (+6.122), Ricciardo, Glock, Wickens (+8.288) and Barrichello (not time)
Friday November 11, 2011 2:39 
2:40
Most laps by Grosjean and Maldonado with 29 laps each. Least laps by Barrichello with 3, Petrov with 13 and Massa with 17
Friday November 11, 2011 2:40 
2:40
Join us in just over 2 hours for the second Friday practice session at 17:00 local time (that is 13:00 GMT)
Friday November 11, 2011 2:40 
2:42
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Friday November 11, 2011 2:42 
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