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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 - Saturday Practice
(08/31/2012) 
10:56
NewsOnF1: 
Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix
10:57
NewsOnF1: 
Saturday practice starts in 3 minutes
10:58
NewsOnF1: 
It is dry! Expect a lot of running this morning as both Friday sessions were run under wet conditions
10:59
NewsOnF1: 
It is cold with air temperature at 12 degrees but it is sunny! Track temperature is at 20 degrees
11:00
NewsOnF1: 
There are damp patches on the track
11:01
NewsOnF1: 
Session gets underway
11:01
NewsOnF1: 
Drivers stream out of the pit lane for their installation laps
11:02
NewsOnF1: 
All the drivers are on the track! What a contrast to yesterday!!
11:03
NewsOnF1: 
While some drivers are pitting, a few drivers stay out
11:04
NewsOnF1: 
The two types of dry tyres here are the medium and hard
11:05
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne sets a 1:58.079
11:05
NewsOnF1: 
Senna betters that with a 1:57.562
11:06
NewsOnF1: 
And now Webber goes quickest with a 1:56.957
11:06
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes 3rd with a 1:57.753
11:07
NewsOnF1: 
Senna goes back to the top of the timesheets with a 1:53.647
11:07
NewsOnF1: 
Webber also improves, now with a 1:55.686
11:08
NewsOnF1: 
Senna set to improve again
11:09
NewsOnF1: 
Indeed, a 1:52.562 for Senna
11:10
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes second with a 1:55.487
11:10
NewsOnF1: 
Hulkenberg now in second with a 1:55.097
11:12
NewsOnF1: 
Saturday Practice - Top 10 after 10 minutes
11:12
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg slow
11:13
NewsOnF1: 
He stops on the side of the track and the marshals push him back to safety
11:14
NewsOnF1: 
That is tough for Rosberg and Mercedes. He will not have much practice time before qualifying!
11:14
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg has completed 5 laps with a best time of 1:58.113
11:15
NewsOnF1: 
Replay shows Rosberg just lost power
11:15
NewsOnF1: 
Senna improves with a 1:51.741
11:16
NewsOnF1: 
Now Glock in second with a 1:54.185
11:16
NewsOnF1: 
Pic in 3rd with a 1:54.231
11:17
NewsOnF1: 
Many drivers locking up!
11:17
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton and Alonso now on the track
11:18
NewsOnF1: 
Massa as well
11:18
NewsOnF1: 
Those three have yet to set lap times
11:18
NewsOnF1: 
Massa goes second with a 1:51.885
11:19
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso goes 3rd with a 1:53.446
11:20
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso on a quick lap
11:21
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso goes quickest with a 1:50.936
11:22
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel with a big lockup
11:22
NewsOnF1: 
Massa goes second with a 1:51.099
11:24
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso is on the medium tyre while Massa is on the hard tyre
11:24
NewsOnF1: 
Massa was quickest in S1 but doesn't imrpove
11:25
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso improves in first with a 1:50.690
11:26
NewsOnF1: 
Button is down in 19th and is complaining of balance
11:26
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton is in 20th
11:29
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel has completed the most laps so far with 13
11:30
NewsOnF1: 
Saturday Practice - Top 10 after 30 minutes
1:50.690
1:51.099
1:51.741
1:53.896
1:54.185
1:54.428
1:54.567
1:55.171
1:55.258
1:55.290
11:31
NewsOnF1: 
Kovalainen goes 19th ahead of both McLarens
11:32
NewsOnF1: 
It is unusual to see the Marussias in the top 5!
11:33
NewsOnF1: 
Perez on a quick lap
11:33
NewsOnF1: 
He is currently in 8th
11:34
NewsOnF1: 
Perez goes quickest with a 1:49.637
11:35
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado goes second with a 1:50.352
11:35
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi takes second with a1:50.187
11:37
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean on a quick lap
11:38
NewsOnF1: 
Indeed Grosjean goes quickest with a 1:49.580
11:38
NewsOnF1: 
Webber on a quick lap
11:40
NewsOnF1: 
And Webber now quickest with a 1:49.164
11:40
NewsOnF1: 
Button goes 7th
11:41
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso goes second with a 1:49.480 despite a slide!
11:41
NewsOnF1: 
Massa quickest in S1
11:42
NewsOnF1: 
But has a slow middle sector
11:42
NewsOnF1: 
Webber on a quick lap
11:43
NewsOnF1: 
Saturday Practice - Top 10 after 40 minutes
11:44
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes second with a 1:49.292
11:45
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen moves into 4th with a 1:49.523
11:46
NewsOnF1: 
15 minutes remain
11:46
NewsOnF1: 
At this stage, the top 10 are separated by less than a second
11:50
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher goes 8th with a 1:49.921
11:51
NewsOnF1: 
Final run coming up
11:52
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Everyone will be going for a low fuel pre-qualifying run
11:53
NewsOnF1: 
Perez and Kobayashi back out
11:53
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso also on the track
11:53
NewsOnF1: 
Both Perez and Kobayashi are quick
11:53
NewsOnF1: 
A 1:48.850 for Perez
11:54
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi goes second with a 1:48.863 despite setting the fatest S2
11:55
NewsOnF1: 
Now all the cars ar on the track except for Raikkonen and Vettel
11:55
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso quickest in S1
11:55
NewsOnF1: 
di Resta goes 5th
11:56
NewsOnF1: 
Massa even quicker in S1
11:57
NewsOnF1: 
And Alonso goes quickest with a 1:48.542
11:57
NewsOnF1: 
Massa loses a lot of time in S2
11:57
NewsOnF1: 
Massa goes 4th
11:57
NewsOnF1: 
The top 4 are currently Ferrari powered cars
11:58
NewsOnF1: 
Button goes 4th with a 1:49.091
11:58
NewsOnF1: 
Webber goes wide and loses time in S2
11:58
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen quickest in S2
11:59
NewsOnF1: 
And Raikkonen goes second with a 1:48,683, he had a slow S1
12:00
NewsOnF1: 
Final minute
12:04
NewsOnF1: 
Session over
12:05
NewsOnF1: 
Saturday Practice - Top 10
1:48.542
1:48.683
1:48.850
1:48.863
1:49.091
1:49.092
1:49.164
1:49.266
1:49.292
1:49.382
12:06
NewsOnF1: 
11th to 24th: Maldonado, Hamilton, Schumacher, Hulkenberg, Vergne, Ricciardo, Senna, Kovalainen, Pic, Glock, Petrov, de la Rosa, Karthikeyan and Rosberg (stopped)
12:07
NewsOnF1: 
Most laps by Schumacher with 26, least laps by Rosberg with 5 then Massa with 16
12:07
NewsOnF1: 
Join us for qualifying in just under 2 hours
12:07
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For the latest F1 updates, check out the F1 news page, you can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook
13:49
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Full results here

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