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2011 Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

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2nd Friday Practice

Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix - 2nd Friday Practice

(04/08/2011)

1:57

Second Friday practice session about to get underway

Friday April 8, 2011 1:57

1:58

Air temperature at 31 degrees while track temperature is at 49 degrees!

Friday April 8, 2011 1:58

1:59

Webber was quickest this morning and by a huge margin

Friday April 8, 2011 1:59

2:01

Session underway

Friday April 8, 2011 2:01

2:01

[Comment From aj aj : ]

hi ED - Hello!

Friday April 8, 2011 2:01 aj

2:01

A number of drivers are already on the track

Friday April 8, 2011 2:01

2:02

[Comment From aj aj : ]

is there any link to watch he live coverage of the race ED - Sorry but we are not aware of live visual feeds on the internet

Friday April 8, 2011 2:02 aj

2:03

Both Webber and Vettel are on the track

Friday April 8, 2011 2:03

2:04

First time of the session by Alguersuari with a 1:43.663

Friday April 8, 2011 2:04

2:04

Perez in the Sauber betters that with a 1:42.171

Friday April 8, 2011 2:04

2:04

Schumacher, the 2 McLarens and Massa on the track as well

Friday April 8, 2011 2:04

2:05

Kobayashi goes quickest with a 1:41.805

Friday April 8, 2011 2:05

2:05

OfficialMGP:

P2 is underway... definitely feels hotter than this morning! [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:05 OfficialMGP

2:05

InsideFerrari:

This afternoon's programme will be a classical one, i.e. focused on finding the best set-up and evaluating Pirelli tyres [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:05 InsideFerrari

2:05

InsideFerrari:

Good afternoon from Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro garage in Sepang, Malaysia. FP2 session is about to start. [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:05 InsideFerrari

2:05

InsideFerrari:

Felipe just left the garage for his first run, on hard tyres [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:05 InsideFerrari

2:05

OfficialMGP:

Michael's out on track whilst the last preparations are made to Nico's car [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:05 OfficialMGP

2:05

TheFifthDriver:

Feel the heat with us on THE PITWALL! http://mclaren.com/formula1 [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:05 TheFifthDriver

2:06

Schumacher goes quickest with a 1:40.657

Friday April 8, 2011 2:06

2:07

Maldonado up into second with a 1:40.763

Friday April 8, 2011 2:07

2:07

Massa goes quickest with a 1:40.463

Friday April 8, 2011 2:07

2:08

Barrichello now quickest with a 1:40.441

Friday April 8, 2011 2:08

2:09

Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:38.987

Friday April 8, 2011 2:09

2:10

Schumacher moves into second with a 1:39.820

Friday April 8, 2011 2:10

2:11

Button moves into 3rd with a 1:40.368

Friday April 8, 2011 2:11

2:11

Alonso into 6th

Friday April 8, 2011 2:11

2:13

Vettel is in 13th and Webber in 14th, their laptimes seem to indicate a heavy load

Friday April 8, 2011 2:13

2:15

Team tells Webber to look after the rear tyres

Friday April 8, 2011 2:15

2:16

MarussiaVirgin:

Just firing up timo's car. Suspension coming together nicely on Jérôme's #F1 http://t.co/hJNsPhj [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:16 MarussiaVirgin

2:16

MarussiaVirgin:

@MarkDEvans @markhendy it was a little concerning! [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:16 MarussiaVirgin

2:16

InsideFerrari:

and Fernando di it now on hard tyres as well [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:16 InsideFerrari

2:16

TheFifthDriver:

Let us know what you think of the realtime data now viewable at www.mclaren.com! [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:16 TheFifthDriver

2:16

Rosberg emerges out of the pitlane for the first time

Friday April 8, 2011 2:16

2:17

The 2 Lotus Renault cars remain in the garage and so does the 2 Marussia Virgin cars

Friday April 8, 2011 2:17

2:18

Both teams had brake or suspension problems during the first practice session

Friday April 8, 2011 2:18

2:20

Rosberg moves into 3rd with a 1:39.833

Friday April 8, 2011 2:20

2:21

Maldonado goes quickest with a 1:38.968

Friday April 8, 2011 2:21

2:22

Vettel has completed a 10 lap run while Webber has completed an 11 lap run. They are 15th and 16th

Friday April 8, 2011 2:22

2:25

Glock in the Marussia Virgin is out on the track

Friday April 8, 2011 2:25

2:26

The Twitter feeds are delayed today. This is beyond our control. Apologies

Friday April 8, 2011 2:26

2:26

Karthikeyan is 19th in the HRT, 6.6 seconds off the pace of Maldonado

Friday April 8, 2011 2:26

2:28

Button up into 3rd with a 1:39.550

Friday April 8, 2011 2:28

2:28

OfficialMGP:

Coming up to half an hour gone... P4 for Michael 1:39.820 and P5 for Nico 1:39.833 [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:28 OfficialMGP

2:28

MarussiaVirgin:

Timos car goes down on the ground. It's up to temperature and timo has his helmet on http://t.co/YRPMKOG [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:28 MarussiaVirgin

2:28

InsideFerrari:

FIrst run completed on the new experimental hard compound. Felipe is 5th in 1.40.463, Fernando 6th in 1.40.487, HAM is leading in 1.38.987. [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:28 InsideFerrari

2:28

MyTeamLotus:

Yep, we will be looking for Spark commentators for more races too. We want to bring you guys into the team as often as we can! @Tzant [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:28 MyTeamLotus

2:28

MarussiaVirgin:

@JackHammer92 hope so. Timo due to be in Ehrbar in 5 mins JdA will take longer [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:28 MarussiaVirgin

2:28

InsideFerrari:

Felipe went out for his 2nd run, this time on standard hard tyres [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:28 InsideFerrari

2:30

Barrichello goes 3rd with a 1:39.187

Friday April 8, 2011 2:30

2:31

Top 10 after 30 minutes: Maldonado, Hamilton, Barrichello, Button, Schumacher, Rosberg, Perez, Massa, Alguersuari and Alonso

Friday April 8, 2011 2:31

2:32

Alonso moves into 3rd with a 1:39.122

Friday April 8, 2011 2:32

2:36

Alonso improves marginally, still in 3rd

Friday April 8, 2011 2:36

2:37

MarussiaVirgin:

Timo goes out for our first run of the afternoon and goes 17th. Still a lot of activity on car 25. Calm, but but fast, organised. [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:37 MarussiaVirgin

2:37

InsideFerrari:

And now Fernando has done the same [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:37 InsideFerrari

2:37

MarussiaVirgin:

@ZdanevichV it'll be sunny at some stage and rain at some stage. No die when! [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:37 MarussiaVirgin

2:37

MarussiaVirgin:

jealous of @qnetvfan @qnetofficial's air conditioning but happy here in garage :-) [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:37 MarussiaVirgin

2:37

MyTeamLotus:

[via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:37 MyTeamLotus

2:37

MarussiaVirgin:

@CaptainScarletz out on track at the moment. Will watch layer ;-) [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:37 MarussiaVirgin

2:37

OfficialLRGP:

No running for LRGP at the moment as we try to fully understand our suspension issues from this morning. Best to be on the safe side. [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:37 OfficialLRGP

2:37

MyTeamLotus:

Some photos from this morning's action...

[via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:37 MyTeamLotus

2:39

Schumacher goes quickest with a 1:38.088

Friday April 8, 2011 2:39

2:40

Alguersuari goes second with a 1:38.846

Friday April 8, 2011 2:40

2:41

Vettel now on a quick lap

Friday April 8, 2011 2:41

2:41

Webber too

Friday April 8, 2011 2:41

2:42

A 1:37.090 for Vettel!

Friday April 8, 2011 2:42

2:42

Webber betters that, a 1:36.876

Friday April 8, 2011 2:42

2:43

Now Schumacher in 3rd is over 1.2 seconds slower than Webber

Friday April 8, 2011 2:43

2:46

Petrov is on the track for the first time this session. Heidfeld and d'Ambrosio are still in their pits

Friday April 8, 2011 2:46

2:47

Maldonado is off and into the tyre barriers

Friday April 8, 2011 2:47

2:47

He is off at the pit entry! Strange one

Friday April 8, 2011 2:47

2:48

That was a rookie error, he heads into the pits, goes onto the grass and spins off!

Friday April 8, 2011 2:48

2:49

MyTeamLotus:

haha sorry, no bagsies!! there'll be details on competitions to be Spark commentator in the run up to each race. watch out for them! @CatGM [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:49 MyTeamLotus

2:49

InsideFerrari:

Both drivers were ready to go with engines on but there is yellow flag at T8 and T9 so no reason to go out now [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:49 InsideFerrari

2:49

MarussiaVirgin:

@ShaunTarlton we've used a few parts. That's for sure. But only one corner, wing, slip sensor and floor as far as I could see [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:49 MarussiaVirgin

2:49

InsideFerrari:

Seocnd run completed: both drivers improved. Fernando is 3rd in 1.39.120, Felipe 6th in 1.39.589. Maldonado first in 1.38.968 [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:49 InsideFerrari

2:49

InsideFerrari:

Now it's time for the switch to soft tyres, as other drivers have already done [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:49 InsideFerrari

2:49

InsideFerrari:

Another yellow flag at the pit entry [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:49 InsideFerrari

2:50

Petrov sets the 20th quickest time on a catious lap

Friday April 8, 2011 2:50

2:50

Button on the softer compound sets the quickest first sector time

Friday April 8, 2011 2:50

2:51

And Button is quickest in the second sector

Friday April 8, 2011 2:51

2:52

But he goes second with a 1:36.881, just 0.005 seconds off Webber's time

Friday April 8, 2011 2:52

2:54

If the current quickest time is the Pole time, other drivers have to lap quicker than 1:43.657 to be within the 107% rule

Friday April 8, 2011 2:54

2:54

That will take out all the new teams!

Friday April 8, 2011 2:54

2:55

Smoke coming out from the back of Karthikeyan's car again!

Friday April 8, 2011 2:55

2:56

Karthikeyan goes 18th with a 1:43.197!

Friday April 8, 2011 2:56

2:56

Massa is up into 5th with a 1:38.089

Friday April 8, 2011 2:56

2:57

OfficialLRGP:

@vitalypetrov10 is back on track. We're gradually checking things and getting back up to speed. [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:57 OfficialLRGP

2:57

MarussiaVirgin:

@ethangrice123 yes. But they wear out quickly. We need data for both types for the race. Next run on softs [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:57 MarussiaVirgin

2:57

MarussiaVirgin:

Timo going back out after a camber change. He's still on hards [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:57 MarussiaVirgin

2:57

InsideFerrari:

Track is clear and both Felipe and Fernando left the garage on soft tyres [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 2:57 InsideFerrari

2:58

Heidfeld is now on the track for the first time this session

Friday April 8, 2011 2:58

3:01

30 minutes remain in the session and the top 10 are: Webber, Button, Vettel, Schumacher, Massa, Rosberg, Alonso, Alguersuari, Maldonado and Hamilton

Friday April 8, 2011 3:01

3:04

Heidfeld up into 7th with a 1:38.570

Friday April 8, 2011 3:04

3:05

Trulli puts in a couple of decent laps moving him into 18th with a 1:41.890

Friday April 8, 2011 3:05

3:06

Hamilton on the track on the softer compound

Friday April 8, 2011 3:06

3:07

Pirelli have acknowledged that coloring the tyre label alone doesn't help distinguish compounds and so they have now added a line as well

Friday April 8, 2011 3:07

3:07

Hamilton goes 3rd with a 1:37.010

Friday April 8, 2011 3:07

3:08

OfficialLRGP:

@Nickheidfeld is back on track for the first time this afternoon, getting back up to speed after his issues this morning. [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:08 OfficialLRGP

3:08

OfficialMGP:

Just over an hour completed... Michael P4 1:38.088 and Nico P6 1:38.565 [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:08 OfficialMGP

3:08

InsideFerrari:

Run completed but it was not too positive. There was traffic in the first lap which did not help. [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:08 InsideFerrari

3:08

MyTeamLotus:

Davide watches Jarno on track... http://t.co/cLgQJyR [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:08 MyTeamLotus

3:08

InsideFerrari:

Felipe is 5th in 1.38.089, Fernando 7th in 1.38.583. They are both far away from the leaders (WEB, BUT, VET) all at the top in 1.36.8/1.37.0 [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:08 InsideFerrari

3:08

OfficialLRGP:

The plan will be to do some longer runs in the final half hour of practice. We need to try and make up for the time we lost earlier. [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:08 OfficialLRGP

3:08

MarussiaVirgin:

Jérôme's car is just being fired up. Timo ready for an option run http://t.co/rTk9ndA [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:08 MarussiaVirgin

3:10

Vettel returns to the track, he is on the softer compound

Friday April 8, 2011 3:10

3:12

Petrov moves into 13th

Friday April 8, 2011 3:12

3:14

Vettel seems to be on a long run run on the softer compound. His lap times are in the 1:44's

Friday April 8, 2011 3:14

3:16

It appears that most of the teams are running long runs with heavy fuel loads

Friday April 8, 2011 3:16

3:17

MarussiaVirgin:

@ethangrice123 no. Was he in our pit? ;-) [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:17 MarussiaVirgin

3:17

InsideFerrari:

THe last runs of the day have begun now. Felipe is on soft, Fernando on hard tyres. Both practiced a couple of starts to prepare the race [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:17 InsideFerrari

3:17

MarussiaVirgin:

Amazing difference between soft and hard tyres. Timo reporting that balance good on those tyres [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:17 MarussiaVirgin

3:17

MarussiaVirgin:

Timo out again, probably his last run. Jerome getting ready for his first and only one http://t.co/VKrEJF6 http://t.co/Zy5vs9E [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:17 MarussiaVirgin

3:18

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Friday April 8, 2011 3:18

3:19

10 minutes remain and the top 10 are: Webber, Button, Hamilton, Vettel, Schumacher, Massa, Rosberg, Heidfeld, Alonso and Alguersuari

Friday April 8, 2011 3:19

3:22

Jerome d"Ambrosio has yet to go out on the track while Kovalainen only managed 4 laps and has a gearbox problem on his car

Friday April 8, 2011 3:22

3:24

This race is expected to be very tough on tyres with some suggestions of 4 pit stops on Sunday

Friday April 8, 2011 3:24

3:26

OfficialLRGP:

@NickHeidfeld will do a run on the soft compound tyre running with a highish fuel load. [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:26 OfficialLRGP

3:26

MarussiaVirgin:

Jerome climbs in. Rear wheels are on. Fitting the last shroud to the front brakes now. This has been a LOT of work... [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:26 MarussiaVirgin

3:26

MyTeamLotus:

CEO @Riadasmat...

[via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:26 MyTeamLotus

3:26

MyTeamLotus:

Heikki earlier on...

[via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:26 MyTeamLotus

3:26

[Comment From warren warren : ]

alonsos a top bet

Friday April 8, 2011 3:26 warren

3:29

Final minute

Friday April 8, 2011 3:29

3:30

Session is over and no imrpovement on times is expected as nearly all the drivers were on long runs collecting data for the race

Friday April 8, 2011 3:30

3:32

Top 10: Webber (1:36.876). Button (+0.005), Hamilton (+0.134), Vettel (+0.214). Schumacher (+1.212), Massa, Rosberg, Heidfeld, Alonso and Alguersuari (+1.970)

Friday April 8, 2011 3:32

3:36

[Comment From Andy from Aus Andy from Aus : ]

why scd? ED - Drivers do practice starts and the safety car gets deployed at the end of the session.

Friday April 8, 2011 3:36 Andy from Aus

3:36

MyTeamLotus:

Session over... [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:36 MyTeamLotus

3:36

MarussiaVirgin:

Hutch calls time on the heroic effort to fix Jérôme's car :-( [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:36 MarussiaVirgin

3:36

narainracing:

Feels good to get some running. Lot of work to be done, but feel positive for qualifying! [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:36 narainracing

3:36

MikeGascoyne:

Not so good this afternoon. Heikki had a differential failure and could not get out again and jarno didn't get a laptime on the soft tyre [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:36 MikeGascoyne

3:36

MikeGascoyne:

Still evidence from this morning shows we will be much more competative here than in Melbourne [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:36 MikeGascoyne

3:36

InsideFerrari:

Session finished. The degradation with both tyres is huge: the pit-stop crews will have a very busy Sunday ahead of them... [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:36 InsideFerrari

3:36

OfficialMGP:

End of P2... Michael P5 1:38.088 26 laps and Nico P7 1:38.565 25 laps [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:36 OfficialMGP

3:36

MarussiaVirgin:

Still not quite finished on Jérôme's car :-( it'll be very close... [via Twitter]

Friday April 8, 2011 3:36 MarussiaVirgin

3:37

[Comment From Andy from Aus Andy from Aus : ]

cheers ED - You are welcome

Friday April 8, 2011 3:37 Andy from Aus

3:39

[Comment From patol patol : ]

rbrs and mcs, Kubica missing! ED - Yeah, one wonders how he would have gone, lets hope he is back this season

Friday April 8, 2011 3:39 patol

3:41

11th to 24th: Maldonado (+2.092), Barrichello (+2.311), Petrov, Kobayashi, Perez, di Resta, Sutil, Buemi (+3.239), Glock, Trulli, Karthikeyan (+6.321), Liuzzi, Kovalainen and d'Ambrosio (no time)

Friday April 8, 2011 3:41

3:42

[Comment From patol patol : ]

Szybkiego powrotu do zdrowia Robert :) racingforum.pl

Friday April 8, 2011 3:42 patol

3:45

Most laps by Perez (34) then Alguersuari, di Resta and Buemi (31 laps each)
d'Ambrosio didn't go out this session, Kovalainen had a gearbox problem and only managed 4 laps.

Saturday practice starts at 1 pm local time, that is 5 am GMT

Friday April 8, 2011 3:45

3:46

For those in 10 'n' Pole, deadline for pick submissions for the Malaysian Grand Prix is midnight local time, that is 16:00 GMT. Good luck

Friday April 8, 2011 3:46

3:47