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2012 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

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Belgian Grand Prix - 2012 - Qualifying

(08/31/2012)

13:57

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Weclome to our coverage of the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix

13:58

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Qualifying gets underway shortly

13:58

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Air temperature is at 16 degrees while track temperature is at 28 degrees

13:59

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Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg will receive 5 place grid penalties due to gearbox changes

14:00

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Qualifying is expected to be very close

14:00

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Q1 is underway

14:00

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Charles Pic is the first out

14:01

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The two tyre compounds here are the medium and hard compounds

14:02

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Rosberg who lost nearly all of practice this morning is on the track

14:03

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Pic starts the first flyer of the session

14:04

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A 1:53.493 for Pic

14:05

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Rosberg sets a 1:51.125

14:05

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di Resta betters that with a 1:50.033

14:05

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Maldonado now second

14:06

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Kobayashi takes second now

14:06

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Perez quick

14:06

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A 1:49.642 for Perez

14:07

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Alonso quickest in S1

14:07

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Massa quick as well

14:08

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Alonso slows down and is only 13th

14:08

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Masa slows as well!

14:09

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Hamilton goes second with a 1:49.803

14:09

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Alonso tries again

14:10

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Alonso goes 3rd with a 1:49.876 as Massa goes wide

14:11

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Only Vettel, Webber and Raikkonen have yet to go out

14:12

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Alonso goes quickest with a 1:49.401

14:12

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Hamilton quickest in S2

14:13

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Hamilton goes second with a 1:49.605

14:13

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Webber, Vettel and Raikkonen are on the track

14:14

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Button quick!

14:14

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Button goes quickest with a 1:49.250

14:14

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Raikkonen quickest in S2

14:15

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Raikkonen goes 3rd with a 1:49.546

14:15

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Webber in 6th

14:15

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Vettel starts his flyer

14:16

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Vettel takes 6th from Webber

14:17

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Rosberg and Schumacher are 17th and 18th

14:17

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Massa is 15th

14:18

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Maldonado on the medium compound goes quickest ith a 1:48.993

14:18

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Everyone has gone back out except for Button

14:18

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Just 2 minutes remain

14:19

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Massa goes 6th

14:19

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Webber pits from 12th

14:20

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The session is over but many drivers on the track

14:21

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Knocked out: Rosberg, Kovalainen, Petrov, Glock, Pic, de la Rosa and Karthikeyan

14:22

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Rosberg will have a 5 place grid penalty as well

14:24

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Q1 - Top 10
Maldonado1:48.993
Button1:49.250
Hulkenberg1:49.362
Alonso1:49.401
Raikkonen1:49.546
Ricciardo1:49.572
Massa1:49.58
Hamilton1:49.605
Perez1:49.642
Kobayashi1:49.686

14:27

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Q2 about to get underway, air temperature remains at 16 degrees while track temperature is at 28 degrees

14:28

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Q2 gets underway and Perez goes out straight away

14:28

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Kobayashi and di Resta go out as well

14:29

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More drivers head out

14:29

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Perez now starts his flyer

14:31

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Perez sets a 1:48.880

14:32

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All drivers except Button and Senna are on the track

14:32

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Kobayashi sets a 1:49.494

14:32

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Webber quickest in S2, Alonso quickest in S1

14:33

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A 1:48.662 for Webber

14:33

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Alonso goes quickest with a 1:48.598

14:34

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Hamilton goes quickest

14:35

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And now Raikkonen is quicker!

14:35

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Button quickest in S1

14:36

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Button quickest in S2

14:36

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And goes quickest with a 1:47.654

14:36

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That was an impressive lap by Button

14:38

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Vettel is 10th and pits

14:38

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Just 4 minutes to go in Q2

14:38

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So who will come back out

14:39

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Kobayashi in 8th is back out

14:39

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Vettel still in the garage, he must go back out

14:39

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Webber in 5th goes back out

14:40

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Nearly everyone goes back out!

14:40

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Button and Raikkonen are the only 2 in the pits

14:41

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Just 2 minutes to go

14:41

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Kobayashi goes 4th

14:42

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Massa only 9th

14:42

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di Resta in 8th

14:43

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Webber goes 3rd

14:43

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Perez jumps into second

14:43

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Vettel goes 11th and is out of the session

14:44

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Schumacher only 13th and is out

14:45

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Knocked out of Q2: Vettel, Hulkenberg, Schumacher, Massa, Vergne, Ricciardo and Senna

14:47

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Q2 - Top 10
Button1:47.654
Perez1:47.980
Raikkonen1:48.414
Webber1:48.546
Hamilton1:48.563
Kobayashi1:48.569
Alonso1:48.598
Grosjean1:48.714
di Resta1:48.729
Maldonado1:48.780

14:48

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Q3 about to get underway, air temperature is at 17 degrees while track temperature is at 30 degrees

14:50

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Q3 underway

14:50

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And di Resta and Raikkonen are out

14:51

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Raikkonen and Button have two new sets of mediums

14:51

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Webber, Alonso, Kobayashi and Perez remain in the pits. They will go for 1 run it seems

14:52

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Raikkonen starts his flyer

14:53

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di Resta pits. He just wants to register that he went out first!

14:54

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Button quickest in S1 of those out

14:54

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Hamilton has a slow middle sector

14:54

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Hamilton makes a mistake in the middle sector

14:54

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Raikkonen quickest

14:55

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But Button goes quicker with a 1:47.686

14:55

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Hamilton pits without setting a time

14:57

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No one on the track at this stage. Just over 3 minutes remain

14:57

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Kobayashi out for the first time this session

14:57

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di Resta and Maldonado too

14:58

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Webber, Alonso and Button go out

14:58

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Hamilton and Perez go out as well

14:58

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All 10 drivers on the track. There will be1 flyer each

14:59

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Button's time is probably too hard to get but Button still went out

15:00

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All 10 drivers will start their flyers in the fnal minute!

15:00

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Kobayashi quickest in S2 so far

15:00

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Alonso and Button quick in S1

15:00

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Kobayashi goes second

15:01

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Maldonado in 3rd!

15:01

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Raikkonen doesn't improve

15:02

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Button improves in 1st

15:02

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Alonso 5th

15:02

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Hamilton only 7th

15:02

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Perez goes 5th!

15:05

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Q3 - Top 10
Button1:47.573
Kobayashi1:47.871
Maldonado1:47.893
Raikkonen1:48.205
Perez1:48.219
Alonso1:48.313
Webber1:48.392
Hamilton1:48.394
Grosjean1:48.538
di Resta1:48.890

15:08

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First Pole position for Button at McLaren

15:09

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15:10

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Our coverage of the Belgian Grand Prix start tomorrow at 1:30 PM local time (that is 11:30 GMT). Race starts at 2 PM local time

15:42

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Full results here