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2012 British Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

 

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British Grand Prix - 2012 - Qualifying
(07/07/2012) 
11:01
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Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 British Grand Prix
11:02
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Qualifying starts in 3 minutes and it has just started raining!
11:02
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This will make things very interesting
11:04
NewsOnF1: 
All the cars are queued at the start!
11:04
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Q1 gets underway
11:04
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20 cars on the track
11:05
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Webber, Massa and the 2 Mercedes drivers still in the pits
11:05
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Now only Massa in the pits
11:05
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Team tells Raikkonen that he has no KERS
11:06
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Cars sliding everywhere!
11:06
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No DRS is allowed
11:06
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Massa makes it out onto the track
11:06
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Very dark clouds overhead
11:07
NewsOnF1: 
Conditions are going to get worse, this will be interesting
11:08
NewsOnF1: 
No times set yet but the early times will probably count as the rain will increase and the track will get wetter
11:08
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi quickest with a 1:50.411
11:09
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher goes quicker with a 1:49.935
11:09
NewsOnF1: 
Massa now quickest with a 1;49.568
11:09
NewsOnF1: 
Now Ricciardo is quickest
11:10
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado is second
11:10
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:49.175
11:11
NewsOnF1: 
Massa responds with a 1:48.499
11:11
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Perez tells team that the track is drying out
11:11
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Kobayashi now quickest
11:11
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Vergne in second
11:12
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It is Kobayashi from Hamilton and Schumacher
11:13
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Vergne in 4th ahead of Alonso and Massa
11:13
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne now quickest!
11:13
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado goes quickest from Ricciardo and Perez
11:14
NewsOnF1: 
10 minutes remaining
11:14
NewsOnF1: 
The rain is easing and so the track is getting quicker but the question is how long the intermediate will last!
11:15
NewsOnF1: 
It is currently Kobayashi from Maldonado
11:15
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Raikkonen goes 6th
11:16
NewsOnF1: 
Perez quickest
11:16
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Team tells Hamilton that he cannot use DRS
11:17
NewsOnF1: 
So at this stage it is Perez from Schumacher, Kobayashi and Alonso
11:17
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado goes quickest
11:17
NewsOnF1: 
Hulkenberg now quickest
11:18
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes quickest with a 1:46.279
11:19
NewsOnF1: 
It is raining again!
11:19
NewsOnF1: 
A few drivers on softs! A gamble that hasn't paid off
11:20
NewsOnF1: 
4 minutes to go and Rosberg and Button in 17th and 18th!
11:21
NewsOnF1: 
3 minutes to go and it continues to rain. The weather is playing havoc with this qualifying
11:21
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton pits from 14th!
11:22
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Button puts another set of intermediates!
11:22
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Rosberg in 17th and pits
11:23
NewsOnF1: 
Final minute!
11:23
NewsOnF1: 
Button doesn't improve. He is 1 last chance
11:24
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton remains in 14th
11:24
NewsOnF1: 
If Button makes it he will push Rosberg out!
11:25
NewsOnF1: 
Button doesn't make it into Q2!
11:26
NewsOnF1: 
He was over a second up at the end of the second sector but it is too wet in the third
11:27
NewsOnF1: 
So knocked out of Q1: Button, Petrov, Kovalainen, Glock, de la Rosa, Karthikeyan and Pic (outside 107%)
11:28
NewsOnF1: 
Top 10 at the end of Q1: Vettel, Hulkenberg, Maldonado, Perez, Alonso, Schumacher, Kobayashi, Grosjean, Senna and Ricciardo
11:31
NewsOnF1: 
Q2 about to get underway and all the cars are queued at the end of the pit lane
11:32
NewsOnF1: 
It is much wetter now!
11:32
NewsOnF1: 
Most are on full wets but the 2 Ferraris are on intermediates
11:33
NewsOnF1: 
It is very very wet out there. Wonder if the session will stop
11:33
NewsOnF1: 
Massa and Alonso pit for full wets
11:34
NewsOnF1: 
No times set yet but all 17 drivers are on the track
11:35
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher is off!
11:35
NewsOnF1: 
He reverses out of trouble and is back on the track
11:36
NewsOnF1: 
Perez is quickest from Hamilton and Rosberg
11:36
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes 10th
11:37
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher goes off again but recovers
11:38
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso goes off but recovers, he is only 15th!
11:39
NewsOnF1: 
The track is getting worse
11:39
NewsOnF1: 
7 minutes remains
11:39
NewsOnF1: 
Session stopped
11:40
NewsOnF1: 
Massa goes off
11:41
NewsOnF1: 
This means that the time stops
11:41
NewsOnF1: 
Massa has recovered
11:41
NewsOnF1: 
There are 6 minutes remaining
11:47
NewsOnF1: 
The top 10 at this stage: Perez, Hamilton, Rosberg, Vergne, Hulkenberg, Kobayashi, Raikkonen, Webber, Ricciardo and Vettel
11:48
NewsOnF1: 
Then it is Maldonado, di Resta, Grosjean, Schumacher, Massa, Alonso and Senna
11:49
NewsOnF1: 
Senna has yet to set a time
11:51
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado, Senna and the 2 Ferraris got caught out as they went out first on intermediates then had to put due to the very wet conditions. Schumacher lost out as he went off on his first flyer
11:53
NewsOnF1: 
The rain is expected to stop or ease in 50 minutes!
11:54
NewsOnF1: 
Looks like rain is getting worse!
11:56
NewsOnF1: 
Medical car on the track and there is a lot of water on the track
12:01
NewsOnF1: 
The conditions are still very wet. The rain doesn't appear to have eased yet!
12:06
NewsOnF1: 
Race control indicates that they will give a 10 minute signal before restarting the session
12:12
NewsOnF1: 
Rain update: It is still raining!
12:17
NewsOnF1: 
Charlie Whiting hoping that the session resumes in around 45 minutes
12:17
NewsOnF1: 
But that will depend on an accurate weather forecast indicating that they rain will stop in 30 minutes!
12:19
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We are using a new interface for our coverage and we are having a few teething issues. The main one is that we have a compatibility issue with the Internet Explorer browser. The interface is much smoother on Firefox and Chrome
12:20
NewsOnF1: 
We will have this sorted in time for the German Grand Prix in two weeks time. We do apologize for this
12:21
NewsOnF1: 
Medical car back out
12:21
NewsOnF1: 
Still plenty of water but the rain does seem to have eased
12:22
NewsOnF1: 
It is certainly brighter out there
12:26
NewsOnF1: 
The medical car pits!
08:30
Comment From jido: 
Is this the signal of the session resuming? ED - No! It is still raining. The forecast is for the rain to stop in 10 minutes from now!
12:30
NewsOnF1: 
To recap, the track was dry just before the start of Q1. The track wasn't too wet during Q1 but Button got caught out and was knocked out. At the start of Q2, the track was much wetter and just after halfway when a few cars started sliding, the session was stopped
12:35
NewsOnF1: 
Rain Update: Rain seems to be easing which is a good sign
12:40
NewsOnF1: 
Many asking what will happen if the session remains stopped until it gets dark. Well there is no specific rule for that so no one knows really
12:41
NewsOnF1: 
There have been cases where qualifying was run on Sunday morning so this could be an option
12:43
NewsOnF1: 
But hopefully the session will resume in 20 minutes
12:44
NewsOnF1: 
Medical car on the track again
12:45
NewsOnF1: 
The conditions are certainly better
12:49
NewsOnF1: 
We should get an update from race control any minute now
12:52
NewsOnF1: 
Track marshals are sweeping the water off, that has to be a good sign
12:53
NewsOnF1: 
Looks like the session will resume soon but we don't have anything official yet
12:54
NewsOnF1: 
Rain has stopped as was forecasted!
12:57
NewsOnF1: 
Latest forecast is that no more rain is expected
13:01
NewsOnF1: 
Plenty of work on the track trying to reduce the amount of water on the track
13:01
NewsOnF1: 
Session restarting in 10 minutes (15:07 local time)
13:04
NewsOnF1: 
Engines are getting fired up!
13:07
NewsOnF1: 
It will be interesting to see if anyone will risk going to intermediates
13:08
NewsOnF1: 
The cars will queue at the pitlane exit
13:08
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado is the first in the queue
13:10
NewsOnF1: 
Doesn't look like anyone is on inters yet
13:11
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi is on inters
13:11
NewsOnF1: 
Session resumes ... finally!
13:11
NewsOnF1: 
Plenty of water on the track
13:12
NewsOnF1: 
Drivers about to start their timed laps!
13:13
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi pits for wets
13:14
NewsOnF1: 
Grosejan quickest in S1
13:14
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And Alonso quicker
13:14
NewsOnF1: 
As the track dries, this will be best for the times set in the last second!
13:15
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean goes quickest!
13:15
NewsOnF1: 
Webber quickest in S1 now
13:15
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Alonso goes second
13:15
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Rosberg goes off but recovers
13:15
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Vettel in 3rd
13:16
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher now quickest!
13:16
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And now Webber quickest
13:16
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This will be a lottery!
13:17
NewsOnF1: 
Session over but a few car still on timed laps
13:18
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton quickest from Schumacher and Webber
13:18
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Hulkenberg goes second!
13:19
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Grosjean is off
13:20
NewsOnF1: 
He is stuck in the gravel. He is 5th but cannot take part in the final session
13:21
NewsOnF1: 
So knocked out of Q2: di Resta, Kobayashi, Rosberg, Ricciardo, Senna, Vergne and Perez
13:22
NewsOnF1: 
Top 10 after Q2: Hamilton, Hulkenberg, Schumacher, Webber, Grosjean, Massa, Raikkonen, Maldonado, Alonso and Vettel
13:23
NewsOnF1: 
There were yellow flags in sector 3 due to Grosjean's off and Alonso and Maldonado improved but both appeared to have lifted
13:24
NewsOnF1: 
Q3 about to start
13:26
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado again at the front of the queue
13:26
NewsOnF1: 
Session underway
13:26
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Maldonado is on intermediates
13:27
NewsOnF1: 
All drivers are out, except for Grosjean who is out
13:28
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DRS is disabled
13:29
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton was on wets and pits for intermediates
13:29
NewsOnF1: 
Heavy rain expected but it will be after the session ends
13:30
NewsOnF1: 
Drivers on timed laps now
13:30
NewsOnF1: 
A 1:58.016 for Maldonado
13:30
NewsOnF1: 
Massa quickest with a 1:55.617
13:31
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher now quickest
13:31
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso goes quickest with a 1:53.699
13:31
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4 minutes remain!
13:32
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Team tells Schumacher to pit
13:32
NewsOnF1: 
Massa goes quickest with a 1:53.549
13:33
NewsOnF1: 
Now Alonso fastest with a 1:52.544
13:33
NewsOnF1: 
2 minutes remain and it is getting darker!
13:34
NewsOnF1: 
Webber goes second with a 1:53.153
13:34
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Massa now takes second with a 1:53.065
13:34
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Webber quickest in S1 and S2
13:35
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1 minute to go
13:35
NewsOnF1: 
Webber quickest with a 1:51.793
13:36
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Looks like it will be between Webber and Alonso!
13:37
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Alonso goes quickest
13:37
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Webber tries but doesn't improve
13:37
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Webber remains in 3rd
13:38
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Sorry in second
13:38
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Schumacher is 3rd ahead of Vettel
13:39
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Massa, Raikkonen, Maldonado, Hamilton, Hulkenberg and Grosejan make the top 10
13:40
NewsOnF1: 
So it is Alonso on Pole from Webber and Schumacher
13:41
NewsOnF1: 
That was probably the longest qualifying session in recent memory, Nearly 2 hours and 40 minutes!
13:43
NewsOnF1: 
It is raining again!
14:06
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Join us tomorrow for the race from 1 pm local time (12:00 GMT). The weather is expected to be similar and so a wet race is expected
14:06
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