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2012 European Formula 1 Grand Prix

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2nd Friday Practice

European Formula One Grand Prix - 2nd Friday Practice

(06/22/2012)

2:02

NewsOnF1:

Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 European Grand Prix. The 2nd Friday practice is underway

Friday June 22, 2012 2:02 NewsOnF1

2:03

NewsOnF1:

Air temperature is at 25 degrees while track temperature is at 33 degrees

Friday June 22, 2012 2:03 NewsOnF1

2:03

NewsOnF1:

Drivers head out onto the track, Grosjean and Kobayashi lead the field

Friday June 22, 2012 2:03 NewsOnF1

2:06

NewsOnF1:

Kobayashi quickest with a 1:41.085

Friday June 22, 2012 2:06 NewsOnF1

2:06

NewsOnF1:

Maldonado in second with a 1:41.133

Friday June 22, 2012 2:06 NewsOnF1

2:07

NewsOnF1:

Vettel goes quickest with a 1:41.035

Friday June 22, 2012 2:07 NewsOnF1

2:08

NewsOnF1:

Button on a quick lap

Friday June 22, 2012 2:08 NewsOnF1

2:09

NewsOnF1:

Button goes quickest with a 1:40.744

Friday June 22, 2012 2:09 NewsOnF1

2:10

NewsOnF1:

But Maldonado betters that with a 1:40.557

Friday June 22, 2012 2:10 NewsOnF1

2:10

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton on a quick lap

Friday June 22, 2012 2:10 NewsOnF1

2:12

NewsOnF1:

Alonso goes second with a 1:40.582

Friday June 22, 2012 2:12 NewsOnF1

2:14

NewsOnF1:

Now Button goes quickest with a 1:40.552

Friday June 22, 2012 2:14 NewsOnF1

2:14

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton now goes quickest with a 1:40.397

Friday June 22, 2012 2:14 NewsOnF1

2:15

NewsOnF1:

15 minutes into the session and it is Hamilton from Button and Maldonado. Alonso, Hulkenberg, Massa, Webber, Vettel, Senna and Kobayashi make the top 10

Friday June 22, 2012 2:15 NewsOnF1

2:16

NewsOnF1:

Now Alonso goes quickest with a 1:40.248, the track continues to improve

Friday June 22, 2012 2:16 NewsOnF1

2:17

NewsOnF1:

Webber goes second with a 1:40.315

Friday June 22, 2012 2:17 NewsOnF1

2:17

NewsOnF1:

Massa on a quick lap

Friday June 22, 2012 2:17 NewsOnF1

2:18

NewsOnF1:

Massa goes 5th with a 1:40.468

Friday June 22, 2012 2:18 NewsOnF1

2:21

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher goes 6th with a 1:40.506

Friday June 22, 2012 2:21 NewsOnF1

2:25

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher goes quickest with a 1:40.169

Friday June 22, 2012 2:25 NewsOnF1

2:30

NewsOnF1:

And now Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:40.154

Friday June 22, 2012 2:30 NewsOnF1

2:31

NewsOnF1:

30 minutes into the session and the top 10 are: Rosberg, Schumacher, Alonso, Webber, Vettel, di Resta, Hamilton, Massa, Button and Maldonado

Friday June 22, 2012 2:31 NewsOnF1

2:32

NewsOnF1:

Button out on the softs

Friday June 22, 2012 2:32 NewsOnF1

2:32

NewsOnF1:

And he goes quickest with a 1:39.990

Friday June 22, 2012 2:32 NewsOnF1

2:33

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg quickest in S1 and S2 and he is on mediums!

Friday June 22, 2012 2:33 NewsOnF1

2:33

NewsOnF1:

Robserg goes back to the top of the timesheets with a 1:39.926

Friday June 22, 2012 2:33 NewsOnF1

2:35

[Comment From downunder downunder : ]

The lap times seem very close with no one making big gains yet ED - Yes, the track continues to evolve. Mercedes look strong at this stage though

Friday June 22, 2012 2:35 downunder

2:35

NewsOnF1:

Vettel quickest in S1

Friday June 22, 2012 2:35 NewsOnF1

2:36

NewsOnF1:

He is on the mediums and has lost a lot of time in S2

Friday June 22, 2012 2:36 NewsOnF1

2:36

NewsOnF1:

Vettel goes 4th with a 1:40.214

Friday June 22, 2012 2:36 NewsOnF1

2:38

[Comment From downunder downunder : ]

What's with Lotus, they don't seem to have fired a shot yet? ED - Hard to tell but Lotus aren't making as big steps forward as the other top teams and like last year they'll start dropping back a bit

Friday June 22, 2012 2:38 downunder

2:39

NewsOnF1:

Alonso back on the track

Friday June 22, 2012 2:39 NewsOnF1

2:39

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton and Massa as well

Friday June 22, 2012 2:39 NewsOnF1

2:40

NewsOnF1:

Alonso goes quickest with a 1:39.733 on the softs

Friday June 22, 2012 2:40 NewsOnF1

2:40

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton doesn't improve while Massa goes 6th after a big lock up

Friday June 22, 2012 2:40 NewsOnF1

2:41

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton trying again

Friday June 22, 2012 2:41 NewsOnF1

2:42

NewsOnF1:

He goes 4th with a 1:40.147, he is on the softs

Friday June 22, 2012 2:42 NewsOnF1

2:42

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg now on softs

Friday June 22, 2012 2:42 NewsOnF1

2:42

NewsOnF1:

As Alonso goes for another quick lap on the softs

Friday June 22, 2012 2:42 NewsOnF1

2:43

NewsOnF1:

Alonso makes a mistake in S2

Friday June 22, 2012 2:43 NewsOnF1

2:43

NewsOnF1:

While Rosberg is quickest in S1

Friday June 22, 2012 2:43 NewsOnF1

2:44

NewsOnF1:

de la Rosa into the barriers!

Friday June 22, 2012 2:44 NewsOnF1

2:45

NewsOnF1:

Strange, it looks like a huge understeer or that his car had some steering /front end problem

Friday June 22, 2012 2:45 NewsOnF1

2:46

NewsOnF1:

It is almost like he drove straight into the tyre barriers at a slight angle

Friday June 22, 2012 2:46 NewsOnF1

2:47

NewsOnF1:

It will take a few minutes to clear the track from yellows

Friday June 22, 2012 2:47 NewsOnF1

2:49

[Comment From downunder downunder : ]

How are the Red Bulls top end speed, hard to see them staying competitive without improving it ED - They aren't fast there but we have yet to see them on the softs

Friday June 22, 2012 2:49 downunder

2:49

NewsOnF1:

Yellow flags cleared

Friday June 22, 2012 2:49 NewsOnF1

2:50

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher on the track and is on a quick lap

Friday June 22, 2012 2:50 NewsOnF1

2:51

NewsOnF1:

He goes quickest with a 1:39.601 on softs

Friday June 22, 2012 2:51 NewsOnF1

2:51

NewsOnF1:

Webber goes 5th with a 1:40.022 on the softs

Friday June 22, 2012 2:51 NewsOnF1

2:52

NewsOnF1:

di Resta goes 6th with a 1:40.095 on softs

Friday June 22, 2012 2:52 NewsOnF1

2:54

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean jumps into 3rd with a 1:39.868

Friday June 22, 2012 2:54 NewsOnF1

2:54

NewsOnF1:

Vettel quickest in S1

Friday June 22, 2012 2:54 NewsOnF1

2:55

NewsOnF1:

Vettel goes quickest with a 1:39.334

Friday June 22, 2012 2:55 NewsOnF1

2:56

NewsOnF1:

Hulkenberg goes second with a 1:39.465

Friday June 22, 2012 2:56 NewsOnF1

2:59

NewsOnF1:

Most drivers are now on long runs although Vettel is still on his quick run

Friday June 22, 2012 2:59 NewsOnF1

2:59

NewsOnF1:

Vettel doesn't improve

Friday June 22, 2012 2:59 NewsOnF1

3:04

NewsOnF1:

With 30 minutes remaining in the session, the top 10 are: Vettel, Hulkenberg, Kobayashi, Schumacher, Senna, di Resta, Alonso, Grosjean, Webber and Rosberg

Friday June 22, 2012 3:04 NewsOnF1

3:12

NewsOnF1:

Replay shows Grosjean locking up and missing the turn as he attempts to overtake Schumacher

Friday June 22, 2012 3:12 NewsOnF1

3:16

NewsOnF1:

Drivers continue with their long runs, under 15 minutes remain

Friday June 22, 2012 3:16 NewsOnF1

3:20

NewsOnF1:

With 10 minutes remaining, the top 10 are: Vettel, Hulkenberg, Kobayashi, Schumacher, Senna, di Resta, Alonso, Grosjean, Webber, and Rosberg

Friday June 22, 2012 3:20 NewsOnF1

3:22

NewsOnF1:

Only Petrov is in the pits at this stage and of course de la Rosa is out after hitting the barriers

Friday June 22, 2012 3:22 NewsOnF1

3:30

NewsOnF1:

Session over

Friday June 22, 2012 3:30 NewsOnF1

3:31

NewsOnF1:

No improvements as all the drivers are running on heavy loads

Friday June 22, 2012 3:31 NewsOnF1

3:32

NewsOnF1:

So the top 10 are: Vettel, Hulkenberg, Kobayashi, Schumacher, Senna, di Resta, Alonso, Grosjean, Webber and Rosberg

Friday June 22, 2012 3:32 NewsOnF1

3:33

NewsOnF1:

11th to 24th: Raikkonen, Button, Maldonado, Hamilton, Massa, Perez, Petrov, Ricciardo, Kovalainen, Vergne, Glock, Pic, Karthikeyan, de la Rosa

Friday June 22, 2012 3:33 NewsOnF1

3:37

NewsOnF1:

Most laps by Kovalainen with 38 while least laps by de la Rosa (who crashed into the barriers) with 12 laps then Kobayashi and Petrov with 20 laps each

Friday June 22, 2012 3:37 NewsOnF1

3:43

NewsOnF1:

Join us tomorrow for our coverage of the 3rd practice session from 11:00 local time (9:00 GMT)

Friday June 22, 2012 3:43 NewsOnF1

3:43