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2012 German Formula 1 Grand Prix

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German Grand Prix - 2012 - 1st Friday Practice

(07/20/2012)

10:05

NewsOnF1:

Welcome to our coverage of the German Grand Prix. First Friday practice is underway

10:06

NewsOnF1:

Air temperature is at 17 degrees while track temperature is at 19 degrees

10:06

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Drivers are out on their installation laps

10:06

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The track is dry however rain is predicted this session

10:08

NewsOnF1:

A few drivers are doing 2 installation laps

10:10

NewsOnF1:

Kobayashi sets the first time of the day with a 1:55.569

10:11

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Kobayashi pits

10:12

NewsOnF1:

Now only Massa is on the track, he is the last to go out for his installation lap

10:13

NewsOnF1:

Pirelli is bringing the medium and soft compounds to this event

10:13

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They are also giving the teams an experimental hard tyre for this session

10:13

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo is back onto the track

10:14

NewsOnF1:

A number of test drivers are taking part in this session

10:14

NewsOnF1:

Bianchi is testing for Force India replacing di Resta

10:15

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Clos is testing for HRT replacing Karthikeyan

10:15

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And Bottas is testing for Williams replacing Senna

10:16

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo pits but has gone back out again

10:16

NewsOnF1:

Button is on the track

10:17

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McLaren are bringing a few new developments to this race

10:18

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Ricciardo pits, Kovalainen and Perez are also on the track

10:19

NewsOnF1:

Button sets a 1:18.759

10:21

NewsOnF1:

Button improves with a 1:17.410

10:21

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Perez goes second with a 1:20.665

10:22

NewsOnF1:

Now Grosjean takes second with a 1:19.251

03:24

Comment From Cheetah7:

Greetings NewsOnF1! Do u know what the fastest lap was last year? ED - There was no race at Hockenheim last year, it alternates with the Nurburgring

10:26

NewsOnF1:

Button improves with a 1:16.595

10:26

NewsOnF1:

Grosjean improves with a 1:18.362

10:30

NewsOnF1:

It is starting to rain!

03:32

Comment From Cheetah7:

OOps.. Thx. ED. Got my answer 2010 Vettel did 1:15:824 on lap 67 (very little fuel).

10:33

NewsOnF1:

Top 10: Button, Grosjean, Perez, Bottas, Rosberg, Kovalainen, Glock, Hamilton, Vergne and Petrov

10:34

NewsOnF1:

The rain is very light at this stage

10:35

NewsOnF1:

Vergne is the only driver on the track

03:37

Comment From Cheetah7:

FYEO - 1.my comments are coming up with Sydney time. 2. The screen does not seem to scroll up auto. Sorry :-(( ED - Thank you for the feedback, we are working on fixing the problems

10:39

NewsOnF1:

It isn't raining hard and the drivers are still on the dry tyre

10:41

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More drivers are on the track now

10:43

NewsOnF1:

There are no improvements among the top 10

10:43

NewsOnF1:

The track is slippery and several driver have gone wide

10:44

NewsOnF1:

Massa moves into 5th with a 1:19.871

10:44

NewsOnF1:

It is now raining heavier on parts of the track

10:46

NewsOnF1:

Massa is still out on the track but he is going very slowly as the track is wetter and he is on dry compounds

10:46

NewsOnF1:

Massa pits as Kovalainen heads onto the track

10:48

NewsOnF1:

Kovalainen is on the hard experimental tyre. He is struggling to stay on the track

10:48

NewsOnF1:

Pic on the track

10:49

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen, Maldonado, Pic, Hulkenberg, Vettel, Alonso and Schumacher have yet to set times

10:49

NewsOnF1:

The track is only wet in parts

10:50

NewsOnF1:

Bottas also on the track

10:51

NewsOnF1:

Kovalainen pits

10:52

NewsOnF1:

Looks like the rain has stopped!

10:53

NewsOnF1:

Bottas is on the track and is lapping around 2 seconds off his best

10:53

NewsOnF1:

Pic improves in 14th with a 123.900

10:55

NewsOnF1:

More drivers head out onto the track to take advantage of the drying track

10:55

NewsOnF1:

16 drivers on the track now!

10:56

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10:57

NewsOnF1:

Maldonado goes into 5th with a 1:19.210

10:58

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Ricciardo goes 3rd with a 1:19.103

10:59

NewsOnF1:

21 drivers on the track

03:59

Comment From Cheetah7:

FYEO - scrolling is working now - many thx... ED - Appreciate the feedback mate!

11:00

NewsOnF1:

Alonso jumps into second with a 1:17.795

11:00

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Now all the drivers have set times except for Raikkonen

11:01

NewsOnF1:

Kobayashi has set a time but the time is not competitive

11:02

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Hamilton goes 4th with a 1:18.845

11:02

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Hulkenberg goes 3rd with a 1:18.103

11:03

NewsOnF1:

But Hamilton now takes 3rd with a 1:17.926

11:03

NewsOnF1:

Vettel into 11th with a 1:19.264

11:05

NewsOnF1:

Hulkenberg goes second with a 1:17.599

11:05

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg now in 4th

11:06

NewsOnF1:

Top 10 with 30 minutes remaining: Button, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Rosberg, Hamilton, Schumacher, Grosjean, Vettel, Ricciardo and Bottas

11:07

NewsOnF1:

And it is raining again!

11:07

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Hamilton goes off but recovers

11:08

NewsOnF1:

It rains again just when Kobayashi and Raikkonen go out onto the track! Both have yet to set times

11:09

NewsOnF1:

Kobayashi is on the intermediate tyre actually. He is running with a sensing device at the rear of his car

11:09

NewsOnF1:

Webber goes wide, he recovers

11:10

NewsOnF1:

Kobayashi improves with a 1:44.896 on intermediates

11:10

NewsOnF1:

Kobayashi pits now

11:10

NewsOnF1:

Only Massa on the track and the rain seems to have stopped

11:11

NewsOnF1:

And now Massa pits

11:11

NewsOnF1:

22 minutes remains

11:12

NewsOnF1:

Button's time of 1:16.595 from earlier in the session still stands. Hulkenberg in second is a full second behind

11:12

NewsOnF1:

Weather is playing havoc with the teams this session. It is raining again!

11:13

NewsOnF1:

No one on the track

11:14

NewsOnF1:

The rain is falling on parts of the track

04:15

Comment From Cheetah7:

Should be clear for Sunday but does mess up the practice which they need. Ed. I reckon Hulk.. is the man to watch this weekend ED - It would be great to see one of the Force India drivers shine however it is really hard to read anything from this session. The weather and the hard experimental tyres makes it very difficult

11:17

NewsOnF1:

The 2 Sauber cars are on the track

11:17

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Both are on intermediates

11:19

NewsOnF1:

Kobayashi sets a 1:24.349 on the intermediates

11:19

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Perez pits

11:19

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Now Vergne is out onto the track

11:20

NewsOnF1:

Less than 15 minutes remain

11:21

NewsOnF1:

The track isn't really wet and we could see more action before the end of the session

11:21

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo also on the track

11:22

NewsOnF1:

More drivers head out including Schumacher and Webber

11:23

NewsOnF1:

So far Jean-Eric Vergne has completed the most laps with 25

11:23

NewsOnF1:

It is getting busy again

11:24

NewsOnF1:

Most cars running the dry tyres

11:25

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Webber goes wide and onto the grass but recovers

11:25

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Only 4 drivers in the pits

11:26

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Schumacher moves into 3rd with a 1:17.649

11:26

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Alonso goes second with a 1:17.370

04:27

Comment From jido:

Sad to see the new viewer is still unusable in iOS :( ED - Jido, apologies, can you tell us what you are experiencing ? Also provide your email address so we can communicate with you offline

11:27

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen who has yet to set a time is still in the pits

11:28

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen finally makes it onto the track

11:28

NewsOnF1:

Glock slow into the pits

11:29

NewsOnF1:

Only Glock in the pits now