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2012 Indian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

 

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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - 2012 - Qualifying
(03/11/2012) 
17:02
NewsOnF1: 
Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
17:03
NewsOnF1: 
Q1 is underway, air temperature is 29 degrees while track temperature is 31 degrees
17:04
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi is the first to set a time with a 1:43.939
17:05
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado betters that with a 1:42.595. The Williams looks strong here
17:05
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean goes second with a 1:43.574
17:06
NewsOnF1: 
Everyone is on the track except the 2 Red Bulls and Ricciardo
17:06
NewsOnF1: 
The 2 types of tyres here are the medium and softs
17:07
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso goes quickest with a 1:42.574
17:07
NewsOnF1: 
Button goes 3rd
17:08
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado improves and goes quickest with a 1:42.375
17:08
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen moves into 4th
17:09
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton is 14th on his first flyer
17:09
NewsOnF1: 
Webber goes out. Vettel still in the pits
17:09
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen goes second with a 1:42.525 as Hamilton goes quickest in S1
17:10
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton goes quickest in S2 but Alonso betters that
17:10
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel now on the track as well
17:11
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton doesn't improve as he has a very poor S3
17:16
Comment From Tony: 
Does everyone use the option tyres in quali?
ED: At this stage the front runners try to get through Q1 on the prime
17:12
NewsOnF1: 
Meanwhile Alonso goes quickest with a 1:42.115. Hamilton trying again
17:12
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:41.497
17:13
NewsOnF1: 
Webber goes 12th and Vettel in 13th for their first timed laps
17:15
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso improves in second with a 1:41.939. Looks like Ferrari have managed to improve their car
17:15
NewsOnF1: 
Massa goes 3rd ahead of Button and Vettel
17:16
NewsOnF1: 
4 minutes remaining in the session
17:16
NewsOnF1: 
Team tells Vettel that his lap is good enough
17:18
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne looks like the driver who will be knocked out along with the drivers from the new teams
17:18
NewsOnF1: 
Webber moves into second
17:19
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel into 5th with a 1:42.160
17:20
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne spins just before the start-finish, he has one last chance, he remains in 18th
17:21
NewsOnF1: 
Session over, awaiting final lap times
17:23
NewsOnF1: 
Knocked out of Q1: Vergne, Kovalainen, Pic, Petrov, Glock, de la Rosa and Karthikeyan
17:24
NewsOnF1: 
Q1 - Top 10










17:27
NewsOnF1: 
Q2 about to get underway
17:28
NewsOnF1: 
Air temperature is at 29 degrees while track temperature is at 30 degrees
17:28
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Q2 underway
17:34
NewsOnF1: 
Mark Webber goes quickest with a 1;41.558
17:36
NewsOnF1: 
Now Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:41.366
17:38
NewsOnF1: 
It is now Hamilton from Webber, Vettel and Alonso
17:40
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton continues to dominate this event. His best time is a 1:40.901 compared to Webber in second with a 1:41.277
17:41
NewsOnF1: 
Button is down in 8th but is on a quick lap
17:43
NewsOnF1: 
Button doesn't improve, only 9th!
17:43
NewsOnF1: 
Session over
17:44
NewsOnF1: 
Knocked out of Q2: Hulkenberg, Perez, di Resta, Schumacher, Senna, Kobayashi and Ricciardo
17:48
NewsOnF1: 
Q3 about to get underway. Air temperature is at 29 degrees and the track temperature has dropped to 29 degrees as well
17:50
NewsOnF1: 
Q3 is underway
17:50
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen goes out straight away
17:51
NewsOnF1: 
So does Rosberg, Alonso, Grosjean and Hamilton
17:52
NewsOnF1: 
Now only Massa and Maldonado in the pits
17:53
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen starts the first timed lap this session
17:54
NewsOnF1: 
Massa still in the pits
17:54
NewsOnF1: 
A 1:41.756 for Raikkonen
17:54
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso betters that with a 1:41.582
17:55
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:40.630
17:55
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes second with Webber in third
17:56
NewsOnF1: 
So after the first run, it is Hamilton from Vettel, Webber and Alonso
17:56
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg is 5th ahead of Button, Raikkonen and Grosjean
17:57
NewsOnF1: 
Massa and Maldonado are on the track now but haven't set times yet
17:59
NewsOnF1: 
Massa goes 6th with a 1:41.723
18:00
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado jumps into 3rd with a 1:41.226! Impressive
18:00
NewsOnF1: 
Everyone on their final run now
18:01
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen goes 5th
18:01
NewsOnF1: 
Webber goes second!
18:02
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso only 6th
18:02
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel doesn't improve, 3rd
18:03
NewsOnF1: 
Button takes 6th from Alonso
18:03
NewsOnF1: 
So Hamilton on Pole from Webber, Vettel, Maldonado, Raikkonen, Button, Alonso, Rosberg, Massa and Grosjean
18:05
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel's car is stopped on the track
18:05
NewsOnF1: 
If he is out of fuel he may get a penalty
18:11
NewsOnF1: 
We'll let you know as soon as we learn what happened with Vettel
18:12
NewsOnF1: 
If Vettel is out of fuel he will be penalised
18:15
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel reported that he was asked to stop so it may not be fuel related
19:22
NewsOnF1: 
The race tomorrow starts at 17:00 local time (that is 13:00 GMT)
19:22
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