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2012 German Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

 

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German Grand Prix - 2012 - Saturday Practice
(07/21/2012) 
11:04
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Welcome to our coverage of the German Grand Prix
11:05
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Saturday practice session gets underway
11:05
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It is dry but overcast
11:06
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Air temperature is at 18 degrees while track temperature is at 25 degrees
11:06
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Drivers currently on their installation laps
11:08
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Some drivers are staying out to make up for the time lost due to the wet sessions yesterday
11:08
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Raikkonen is fastest with a 1:20.927, Grosjean is in second
11:09
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Now Ricciardo goes second with a 1:22.048
11:10
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The 2 types of dry tyres this weekend are the soft and medium
11:11
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The soft is denoted with a yellow strip while the medium has a white strip
11:11
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Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:18.455 on the mediums!
11:13
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Rosberg improves again with a 1:17.971
11:13
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Rosberg seems to be onto a low fuel run already!
11:15
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10 minutes into the session and the top 10 are: Rosberg, Raikkonen, Hulkenberg, Kobayashi, Hamilton, Perez, Grosejan, Button, di Resta and Ricciardo
11:16
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Webber, Schumacher and Massa on the track
11:18
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Rosberg on another quick lap
11:18
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A 1:17.491 for Rosberg, that is 2.3 seconds quicker than anyone else. Clearly on a different programme
11:18
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Massa jumps into second with a 1:17.635
11:19
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Massa is also on the medium compound
11:20
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21 cars on the track
11:20
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21 cars on the track
11:20
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Only Perez, Alonso and Pic in the pits
11:21
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Senna goes 3rd with a 1:17.951
11:22
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Massa on a quick lap
11:22
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Senna goes quickest with a 1:17.391
11:22
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Massa pits
11:23
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Big lock up from Button, he pits, he is 14th
11:23
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Webber goes quickest with a 1:17.331
11:23
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Alonso emerges from the pits
11:24
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Maldonado goes quickest with a 1:16.940
11:24
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Alonso on the pace immediately!
11:25
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Alonso goes 3rd with a 1:17.051 on his first timed lap of the day
11:25
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Webber improves but remains in second
11:26
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Now Vettel goes quickest with a 1:16.876
11:26
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Maldonado responds with a 1:16.664
11:27
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Vettel responds with a 1:16.652
11:27
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Just 0.012 separates the top 2 at this stage
11:29
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A lot of activity on Pic's car. He has yet to go out this session
11:29
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Possible shower at the end of the session!
11:30
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Only Perez on the track now
11:31
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Top 10: Vettel, Maldonado, Webber, Senna, Alonso, Perez, Rosberg, Massa, Glock and Kovalainen
11:31
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Perez improves into 4th with a 1:16.968
11:32
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Hulkenberg goes back out
11:32
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More drivers head out
11:33
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Just over 30 minutes remaining
11:35
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As rain is now expected towards the end of the session, drivers are going out to simulate qualifying conditions
11:36
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Hulkenberg goes 6th with a 1:17.033
11:37
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Raikkonen on a quick lap
11:37
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Raikkonen goes 3rd with a 1:16.903
11:37
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Alonso on the track on softs
11:38
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Alonso jumps to the top of the timesheets on softs with a 1:16.124
11:39
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Pic yet to go out this session
11:39
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Massa goes 4th with a 1:16.771
11:40
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Glock goes wide but recovers
11:40
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Vettel now on softs
11:41
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Vettel goes very wide but recovers
11:41
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Hamilton on a quick lap
11:42
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Hamilton is on mediums
11:42
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Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:16.091
11:44
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Amazing that Button, Grosjean and Schumacher are at the bottom of the timesheets
11:45
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20 minutes remain and the top 10 are: Hamilton, Alonso, Raikkonen, Vettel, Maldonado, Massa, Senna, Webber, Perez and Hulkenberg
11:46
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Webber goes 4th with a 1:16.602
11:46
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Pic is in his car at last
11:47
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Perez on the soft compound goes 3rd with a 1:16.202
11:47
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Vettel in 5th on the softs
11:48
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Marussia changes the engine on Pic's car, hence the long delay
11:49
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Alonso back on the track on softs again
11:50
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Alonso goes quickest with a 1:16.014. He had traffic in the middle sector
11:50
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Pic on the track now
11:51
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It is sunny on parts of the track while there is rain around the circuit!
11:53
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Pic goes 22nd with a 1:20.816
11:53
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Button and Schumacher now 23rd and 24th!
11:54
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Big lockup from Massa! He is currently 8th
11:55
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Massa goes off in S3. He was improving until then
11:56
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And it is starting to rain on part of the track!
11:57
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20 cars on the track now
11:58
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Amazing that it is sunny on the other side of the track!
11:59
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The rain is light but is causing loss of grip now
12:00
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Just under 5 minutes remain
12:01
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No one is taking any risk given the qualifying is only 2 hours away
12:02
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The 2 Force India cars are stopped outside the entrance to the pit lane! Strange
12:03
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Now the rain is heavier
12:03
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Only Kobayashi is on the track
12:04
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Kobayashi pits as the session comes to an end
12:04
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It is pouring down now!
12:05
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Top 10: Alonso, Hamilton, Perez, Raikkonen, Webber, Vettel, Maldonado, Massa, Kobayashi and Senna
12:07
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11th to 24th: Grosjean, Hulkenberg, di Resta, Riccardo, Schumacher, Vergne, Rosberg, Kovalainen, Petrov, de la Rosa, Glock, Pic, Karthikeyan and Button
12:08
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Most laps by Raikkonen with 27 laps. Least laps by Pic with 9 laps then Alonso with 14 laps
12:09
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Qualifying is at 2 pm local time (12:00 GMT). Join us then
12:09
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