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2012 Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Italian Grand Prix - 2012 - 1st Friday Practice

(07/09/2012)

09:59

NewsOnF1:

Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Italian Grand Prix

09:59

NewsOnF1:

1st Friday practice starts shortly

10:00

NewsOnF1:

It is sunny and warm! Air temperature is at 23 degrees while track temperature is at 28 degrees

10:01

NewsOnF1:

The session gets underway

10:01

NewsOnF1:

Drivers head out onto the track for their installation laps

10:02

NewsOnF1:

Following the first lap crash at Spa, Romain Grosjean has been banned from this race. Lotus test driver Jerome d'Ambrosio takes his seat

10:03

NewsOnF1:

Chinese Qing Hua Ma drives for HRT this session. He is the first Chinese driver to take part in a Formula 1 practice session

10:04

NewsOnF1:

It is also worth noting that Maldonado has a 10 place grid penalty as a result of his driving in Spa

10:05

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Button, Hamilton and Perez stay out for a second lap

10:06

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton sets a 1:31.028

10:06

NewsOnF1:

Massa stays out as well

10:07

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Button and Perez pit on the second lap without setting a time

10:08

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A lot of rumours this weekend surrounding Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher and an expected move by Hamilton to Mercedes

10:09

NewsOnF1:

Massa sets a 1:28.370 as Hamilton pits

10:09

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Vettel, Schumacher and Rosberg complete 2 installation laps

10:10

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Massa pits after a single flyer

10:11

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It is all quiet now on the track.

10:12

NewsOnF1:

Charles Pic in the Marussia returns to the track

10:13

NewsOnF1:

As in Spa, the two tyre compounds for this weekend are the Medium and Hard compounds

10:14

NewsOnF1:

Pic starts a timed lap but he is going slow!

10:16

NewsOnF1:

A 2:08.214 for Pic, now he seems to be pushing

10:18

NewsOnF1:

Pic slows down again in the middle sector and now pits

10:20

NewsOnF1:

It is quiet again!

10:37

Comment From John:

Qing Hua Ma, his so called English name is MARTIN, used to race with him in China,is he driving in session 2 as well? ED: Hello John. No usually test drivers take part in 1st Friday practice

10:22

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen heads out onto the track

10:23

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Ma also on the track

10:24

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Raikkonen sets a 1:31.042

10:24

NewsOnF1:

Ma misses his braking point at the first chicane!

10:26

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen goes quickest with a 1:28.175

10:26

NewsOnF1:

Ma goes 4th with a 1:39.332

10:26

NewsOnF1:

d'Ambrosio and Vergne on the track as well

10:27

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen improves with a 1:27.369

10:29

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d'Ambrosio goes 3rd with a 1:30.794

10:30

NewsOnF1:

d'Ambrosio improves with a 1:29.017

10:31

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Perez goes 4th with a 1:30.495

10:31

NewsOnF1:

Vergne betters that with a 1:29.890

10:32

NewsOnF1:

Vergne now fastest in S1

10:32

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Hamilton takes 3rd with a 1:28.532

10:33

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d'Ambrosio takes second with a 1:28.004

10:33

NewsOnF1:

More drivers on the track

10:33

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:26.980

10:35

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton improve with a 1:26.346

10:35

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo goes 3rd with a 1:27.941

10:36

NewsOnF1:

Now Perez in second with a 1:27.115 and the quickest in S3

10:36

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg now quickest in S1

10:37

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Rosberg goes second and Massa goes third

10:38

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton improves by a fraction, a 1:26.326

10:39

NewsOnF1:

Button in 10th and now is quickest in S1

10:39

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Schumacher jumps into second with a 1:26.545

10:40

NewsOnF1:

Alonso in 14th but now quickest in S2

10:40

NewsOnF1:

Alonso goes quickest with a 1:26.072

10:41

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher betters that and is quickest with a 1:25.961

10:41

NewsOnF1:

1st Friday Practice - Current Top 10
Schumacher
Alonso
Hamilton
Massa
Rosberg
Perez
Button
d'Ambrosio
Raikkkonen
Maldonado

10:42

NewsOnF1:

Both Button and Schumacher on quick laps

10:42

NewsOnF1:

A 1:25.422 for Schumacher

10:45

Comment From nihil:

is it my browser? very hard to go back to previous comments...it always go back to latest post ED - Click on the Pause Yes radio button at the top then you should be able to scroll up without automatic refresh

10:42

NewsOnF1:

Button goes second with a 1:26.055

10:43

NewsOnF1:

Alonso goes second with a 1:25.937

10:44

NewsOnF1:

Button improves again with a 1:25.856

10:46

NewsOnF1:

Button quickest in S1

10:47

NewsOnF1:

Button improves in second with a 1:25.723

10:48

NewsOnF1:

Webber goes 8th with a 1:26.561

10:49

Comment From nihil:

thanks..from vietnam ED - You are welcome

10:48

NewsOnF1:

Vettel in 11th with a 1:26.910

10:49

NewsOnF1:

1st Friday Practice - Current Top 10
Schumacher
Button
Alonso
Massa
Perez
Hamilton
Hulkenberg
Webber
Rosberg
Bottas

10:51

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher returns to the track

10:55

Comment From John:

How is Martin Ma doing? Ed - He is around 2 seconds off the pace of de la Rosa. Not bad given this is his first time

10:52

NewsOnF1:

Most laps so far by Ma with 14. He is currently 24th

10:52

NewsOnF1:

Webber improves to 7th and Vettel into 8th

10:53

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen currently in 12th but set to improve

10:53

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen improves to 11th with a 1:26.615

10:54

NewsOnF1:

So far all drivers have been using the hard compound

10:57

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton goes 5th with a 1:26.060

10:59

Comment From John:

before you close,thank you and should you guys want some pix, news paper clips etc from Martin Ma's early racing days - I have Ed - Many thanks John

10:58

NewsOnF1:

1st Friday Practice - Current Top 10
Schumacher
Button
Alonso
Massa
Hamilton
Perez
Webber
Vettel
Hulkenberg
Rosberg

11:00

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg now goes 3rd with a 1:25.762

11:02

NewsOnF1:

Alonso improves in 4th with a 1:25.800

11:03

NewsOnF1:

At this stage, Button's McLaren is significantly quicker than the rest in S1 and Schumacher's Mercedes is significantly quicker in S3

11:03

NewsOnF1:

Alonso quickest in S2

11:04

NewsOnF1:

1st Friday Practice - Current Top 10
Schumacher
Button
Rosberg
Alonso
Massa
Hamilton
Perez
Webber
Maldonado
Vettel

11:07

NewsOnF1:

Currently the top 8 are separated by under a second

11:08

NewsOnF1:

Most laps so far by Perez with 20 laps

11:08

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Least laps by Vettel and Petrov with 10 laps each

11:11

NewsOnF1:

Not much improvements at the moment

11:13

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Raikkonen goes 7th with a 1:26.046

11:14

NewsOnF1:

1st Friday Practice - Current Top 10
Schumacher
Button
Rosberg
Alonso
Massa
Hamilton
Raikkonen
Perez
Webber
Maldonado

11:15

NewsOnF1:

Ma improves in 24th with a 1:31.239. He is under 2 seconds off the best time from de la Rosa

11:15

NewsOnF1:

Kovalainen in 19th is under a tenth of Vergne's time

11:18

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Drivers head back out for their final run this session. Just over 10 minutes remain

11:19

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Hamilton seems to be struggling at the second chicane. He has missed it a number of times this morning

11:19

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And Vettel is having difficulty at the first chicane!

11:20

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Typically drivers now run on heavy fuel so very few times are expected to improve

11:23

NewsOnF1:

23 drivers on the track

11:25

NewsOnF1:

Alonso stops on the track!

11:25

NewsOnF1:

He has stopped at the first chicane

11:28

Comment From John:

Whats the weather conditions been like for P1 ? ED - Perfect weather! 24 degrees and sunny. Track now at 32 degrees

11:27

NewsOnF1:

It isn't really clear why Alonso stopped. Replay showed that he was slowing down for turn 1 and then just stopped!

11:27

NewsOnF1:

All 24 cars on the track now (except for Alonso of course)

11:29

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And Maldonado has stopped on the track. Just after the second chicane

11:31

Comment From John:

are you the same ED like always? who are you ED ? ED - Yes most of the time, I am the same person ;-)

11:30

NewsOnF1:

Alonso walking back to the pits, he is smiling, doesn't seem to be concerned

11:32

NewsOnF1:

Replay shows Raikkonen hitting the curb hard at the second chicane and his car flew momentarily

11:32

NewsOnF1:

Session over

11:33

NewsOnF1:

1st Friday Practice - Top 10
Schumacher1:25.422
Button1:25.723
Rosberg1:25.762
Alonso1:25.800
Massa1:25.861
Hamilton1:25.944
Raikkonen1:26.046
Perez1:26.323
Webber1:26.390
Maldonado1:26.504

11:36

NewsOnF1:

11th to 24th; Vettel, Hulkenberg, Bottas, Kobayashi, d'Ambrosio, Bianchi, Ricciardo, Vergne, Kovalainen, Petrov, Pic, Glock, de la Rosa and Ma

11:37

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Most laps by Hamilton with 30 laps. Least laps by Vettel with 18

11:37

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11:38

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Join us in around 2 hours and 40 minutes for the second practice session (14:00 local time - 12:00 GMT)