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2012 Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

 

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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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