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2012 British Formula 1 Grand Prix

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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

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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

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Conditions are going to get worse, this will be interesting

11:08

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No times set yet but the early times will probably count as the rain will increase and the track will get wetter

11:08

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Kobayashi quickest with a 1:50.411

11:09

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Schumacher goes quicker with a 1:49.935

11:09

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Massa now quickest with a 1;49.568

11:09

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Now Ricciardo is quickest

11:10

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Maldonado is second

11:10

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Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:49.175

11:11

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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

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Vergne now quickest!

11:13

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Maldonado goes quickest from Ricciardo and Perez

11:14

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10 minutes remaining

11:14

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The rain is easing and so the track is getting quicker but the question is how long the intermediate will last!

11:15

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It is currently Kobayashi from Maldonado

11:15

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Raikkonen goes 6th

11:16

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Perez quickest

11:16

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Team tells Hamilton that he cannot use DRS

11:17

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So at this stage it is Perez from Schumacher, Kobayashi and Alonso

11:17

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Maldonado goes quickest

11:17

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Hulkenberg now quickest

11:18

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Vettel goes quickest with a 1:46.279

11:19

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It is raining again!

11:19

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A few drivers on softs! A gamble that hasn't paid off

11:20

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4 minutes to go and Rosberg and Button in 17th and 18th!

11:21

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3 minutes to go and it continues to rain. The weather is playing havoc with this qualifying

11:21

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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

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Final minute!

11:23

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Button doesn't improve. He is 1 last chance

11:24

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Hamilton remains in 14th

11:24

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If Button makes it he will push Rosberg out!

11:25

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Button doesn't make it into Q2!

11:26

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He was over a second up at the end of the second sector but it is too wet in the third

11:27

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So knocked out of Q1: Button, Petrov, Kovalainen, Glock, de la Rosa, Karthikeyan and Pic (outside 107%)

11:28

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Top 10 at the end of Q1: Vettel, Hulkenberg, Maldonado, Perez, Alonso, Schumacher, Kobayashi, Grosjean, Senna and Ricciardo

11:31

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Q2 about to get underway and all the cars are queued at the end of the pit lane

11:32

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It is much wetter now!

11:32

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Most are on full wets but the 2 Ferraris are on intermediates

11:33

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It is very very wet out there. Wonder if the session will stop

11:33

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Massa and Alonso pit for full wets

11:34

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No times set yet but all 17 drivers are on the track

11:35

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Schumacher is off!

11:35

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He reverses out of trouble and is back on the track

11:36

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Perez is quickest from Hamilton and Rosberg

11:36

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Vettel goes 10th

11:37

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Schumacher goes off again but recovers

11:38

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Alonso goes off but recovers, he is only 15th!

11:39

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The track is getting worse

11:39

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7 minutes remains

11:39

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Session stopped

11:40

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Massa goes off

11:41

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This means that the time stops

11:41

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Massa has recovered

11:41

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There are 6 minutes remaining

11:47

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The top 10 at this stage: Perez, Hamilton, Rosberg, Vergne, Hulkenberg, Kobayashi, Raikkonen, Webber, Ricciardo and Vettel

11:48

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Then it is Maldonado, di Resta, Grosjean, Schumacher, Massa, Alonso and Senna

11:49

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Senna has yet to set a time

11:51

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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

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The rain is expected to stop or ease in 50 minutes!

11:54

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Looks like rain is getting worse!

11:56

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Medical car on the track and there is a lot of water on the track

12:01

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The conditions are still very wet. The rain doesn't appear to have eased yet!

12:06

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Race control indicates that they will give a 10 minute signal before restarting the session

12:12

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Rain update: It is still raining!

12:17

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Charlie Whiting hoping that the session resumes in around 45 minutes

12:17

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But that will depend on an accurate weather forecast indicating that they rain will stop in 30 minutes!

12:19

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12:20

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We will have this sorted in time for the German Grand Prix in two weeks time. We do apologize for this

12:21

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Medical car back out

12:21

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Still plenty of water but the rain does seem to have eased

12:22

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It is certainly brighter out there

12:26

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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

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Rain Update: Rain seems to be easing which is a good sign

12:40

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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

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There have been cases where qualifying was run on Sunday morning so this could be an option

12:43

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But hopefully the session will resume in 20 minutes

12:44

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Medical car on the track again

12:45

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The conditions are certainly better

12:49

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We should get an update from race control any minute now

12:52

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Track marshals are sweeping the water off, that has to be a good sign

12:53

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Looks like the session will resume soon but we don't have anything official yet

12:54

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Rain has stopped as was forecasted!

12:57

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Latest forecast is that no more rain is expected

13:01

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Plenty of work on the track trying to reduce the amount of water on the track

13:01

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Session restarting in 10 minutes (15:07 local time)

13:04

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Engines are getting fired up!

13:07

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It will be interesting to see if anyone will risk going to intermediates

13:08

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The cars will queue at the pitlane exit

13:08

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Maldonado is the first in the queue

13:10

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Doesn't look like anyone is on inters yet

13:11

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Kobayashi is on inters

13:11

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Session resumes ... finally!

13:11

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Plenty of water on the track

13:12

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Drivers about to start their timed laps!

13:13

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Kobayashi pits for wets

13:14

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Grosejan quickest in S1

13:14

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And Alonso quicker

13:14

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As the track dries, this will be best for the times set in the last second!

13:15

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Grosjean goes quickest!

13:15

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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

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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

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Session over but a few car still on timed laps

13:18

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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

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He is stuck in the gravel. He is 5th but cannot take part in the final session

13:21

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So knocked out of Q2: di Resta, Kobayashi, Rosberg, Ricciardo, Senna, Vergne and Perez

13:22

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Top 10 after Q2: Hamilton, Hulkenberg, Schumacher, Webber, Grosjean, Massa, Raikkonen, Maldonado, Alonso and Vettel

13:23

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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

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Q3 about to start

13:26

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Maldonado again at the front of the queue

13:26

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Session underway

13:26

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Maldonado is on intermediates

13:27

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All drivers are out, except for Grosjean who is out

13:28

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DRS is disabled

13:29

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Hamilton was on wets and pits for intermediates

13:29

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Heavy rain expected but it will be after the session ends

13:30

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Drivers on timed laps now

13:30

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A 1:58.016 for Maldonado

13:30

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Massa quickest with a 1:55.617

13:31

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Schumacher now quickest

13:31

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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

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Massa goes quickest with a 1:53.549

13:33

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Now Alonso fastest with a 1:52.544

13:33

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2 minutes remain and it is getting darker!

13:34

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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

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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

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So it is Alonso on Pole from Webber and Schumacher

13:41

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That was probably the longest qualifying session in recent memory, Nearly 2 hours and 40 minutes!

13:43

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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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