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2012 Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Saturday Practice

Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix - Saturday Practice

(04/21/2012)

11:56

Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix
Saturday practice starts in 3 minutes

Saturday April 21, 2012 11:56

11:56

Air temperature is already at 27 degrees while track temperature is at 39 degrees

Saturday April 21, 2012 11:56

11:59

Track conditions will play a major role here. It is hot, windy and sandy and the tyres will need extra attention!

Saturday April 21, 2012 11:59

12:00

Session underway!

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:00

12:00

Vergne and Ricciardo are the first out

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:00

12:01

It is very dusty out there!

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:01

12:01

More cars head out for their installation laps

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:01

12:04

A few drivers have not gone out on installation laps yet

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:04

12:05

The 2 Mercedes cars head out now

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:05

12:06

This is probably the most dust and sand seen on the track since the event made its debut in 2004

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:06

12:08

The rest of the drivers are gradually heading out onto the track

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:08

12:10

di Resta and Hulkenberg who didn't take part in yesterday's second practice are now on the track

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:10

12:11

di Resta sets a 1:41.356, first time of the day

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:11

12:11

[Comment From beets beets : ]

hows the crowd looking today? ED - Very light at this stage. This will probably be the least attended event ever!

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:11 beets

12:11

Hulkenberg sets a 1:36.481

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:11

12:12

All drivers have completed their installation laps

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:12

12:12

di Resta improves with a 1:35.698 as Glock heads out

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:12

12:14

di Resta improves again with a 1:35.384

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:14

12:14

Raikkonen and Pic are on the track

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:14

12:16

More drivers head out

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:16

12:16

Raikkonen on a fast lap

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:16

12:17

Raikkonen quickest with a 1:35.239

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:17

12:18

Now Grosjean goes quickest with a 1:35.116

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:18

12:19

Raikkonen improves with a 1:34.807

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:19

12:19

And Grosjean improves with a 1:34.401

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:19

12:21

[Comment From Downunder Downunder : ]

Is there any talk of just single runs in Q2&3 to save tyres for the race due to high temp and degradation ED - Some team will certainly do that, it depends on the situation today. It is visibly worse than yesterday!

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:21 Downunder

12:21

Track temperatures has now hit 41 degrees

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:21

12:23

Big lockup by Schumacher. As soon as they start pushing, they find there isn't much grip

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:23

12:24

Vettel moves into second with a 1:34.774

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:24

12:25

Lap times are so far around 1.5 seconds off the times from yesterday!

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:25

12:25

Button goes 5th with a 1:34.994

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:25

12:26

Now Schumacher goes second with a 1:34.552

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:26

12:26

Webber moves into third with a 1:34.717

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:26

12:27

Vettel on a quick lap

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:27

12:27

Vettel goes quickest with a 1:34.225

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:27

12:29

Alonso goes 17th on his first timed lap

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:29

12:30

Hamilton locks up!

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:30

12:31

Halfway into the session and the top 10 are: Vettel, Grosjean, Schumacher, Webber, Raikkonen, Rosberg, Vergne Button, di Resta and Hamilton

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:31

12:33

Alonso moves to 14th with a 1:35.669

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:33

12:34

So far it seems the tryes lose their performance after 2 or 3 quick laps!

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:34

12:35

Vergne is out on the softs

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:35

12:37

Vergne doesn't improve, he was clearly struggling with grip

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:37

12:38

Ricciardo on the track on softs

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:38

12:39

Ricciardo on a quick lap

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:39

12:39

He goes quickest with a 1:24.197

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:39

12:39

Schumacher on a quick lap

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:39

12:40

He is on the softs

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:40

12:40

Schumacher sets a 1:33.796

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:40

12:40

Rosberg on the track

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:40

12:41

And Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:33.254

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:41

12:42

That is still around half a second slower than his best time from yesterday

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:42

12:42

Hamilton goes second with a 1:33.782

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:42

12:44

Vettel is on the track but on the mediums

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:44

12:46

15 minutes remain and the top 10 are: Rosberg, Hamilton, Schumacher, Ricciardo, Vettel, Grosjean, Webber, Raikkonen, Vergne and Button

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:46

12:47

Vettel is 0.7 seconds off his best time on the mediums

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:47

12:47

Button on the track on softs

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:47

12:50

Button goes 4th with a 1:33.899

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:50

12:51

Raikkonen on the track

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:51

12:52

Raikkonen goes 5th with a 1:33.976

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:52

12:53

Alonso on softs on the track

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:53

12:53

Alonso goes 10th with a 1:34.895

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:53

12:55

Webber now on the track on softs

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:55

12:56

Webber goes second with a 1:33.663

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:56

12:57

Vettel now on the track on softs

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:57

12:57

Final two minutes

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:57

12:58

Vettel quickest in S2

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:58

12:58

Vettel goes second with a 1:33.401

Saturday April 21, 2012 12:58

1:00

Session over

Saturday April 21, 2012 1:00

1:01

Top 10: Rosberg, Vettel, Webber, Hamilton, Schumacher, Button, Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Grosjean and Alonso

Saturday April 21, 2012 1:01

1:06

11th to 24th: Maldonado, Vergne, Perez, Kobayashi, di Resta, Massa, Senna, Kovalainen, Hulkenberg, Petrov, Pic, Glock, de la Rosa and Karthikeyan

Saturday April 21, 2012 1:06

1:07

Qualifying starts at 14:00 local time, that is 11:00 GMT
Full results shortly

Saturday April 21, 2012 1:07

1:39

Full results here

Saturday April 21, 2012 1:39

1:39

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