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Live Update

2012 Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

 

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Italian Grand Prix - 2012 - 2nd Friday Practice
(07/09/2012) 
13:57
NewsOnF1: 
Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Italian Grand Prix
13:58
NewsOnF1: 
The second Friday practice session starts shortly
13:58
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Air temperature is at 27 degrees while track temperature is at 40 degrees!
13:59
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher was quickest in first practice ahead of Button
14:01
NewsOnF1: 
Session underway and a few cars head out straight away
14:02
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso had an engine failure towards the end of the morning session. His mechanics are working on changing the engine on his car
14:03
NewsOnF1: 
15 cars on the track now
14:04
NewsOnF1: 
The two types of dry tyres here are the medium and hard
14:04
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Raikkonen sets a 1:26.093
14:04
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Perez sets a 1:27.713
14:05
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Maldonado goes second with a 1:27.532
14:06
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Hulkenberg goes second with a 1:27.033
14:07
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20 drivers on the track now
14:07
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And Schumacher joins in making 21 drivers now
14:08
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Only Alonso, Massa and de la Rosa yet to go out
14:08
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Perez goes second with a 1:26.476
14:08
NewsOnF1: 
Button betters that with a 1:26.398
14:10
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso getting in his car, getting ready for an installation lap following the engine change
14:10
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Hamilton and Button exchanging fastest S1
14:10
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Massa on the track
14:11
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Perez takes second with a 1:26.342
14:12
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But Button responds with a 1:26.164
14:12
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Now Robserg jumps into second with a 1:26.061
14:12
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And Schumacher goes 4th with a 1:26.259
14:12
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All are still on the hard compound
14:13
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton takes second with a 1:26.048. Button now quickest in S1
14:14
NewsOnF1: 
Now Rosberg takes second back with a 1:25.972
14:14
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Massa goes 5th with a 1:26.104
14:14
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And Button goes quickest with a 1:25.832. Rosberg also quick
14:15
NewsOnF1: 
Indeed, Rosberg quickest with a 1:25.446
14:16
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2nd Friday Practice - Current Top 10
14:16
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Massa goes second with a 1:25.611
14:17
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And Alonso goes 3rd with a 1:25.713 on his first flyer
14:18
NewsOnF1: 
Massa and Alonso on quick laps!
14:19
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Massa and Alonso both improve but remain in 2nd and 3rd
14:20
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Raikkonen returns to the track
14:22
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso goes quickest with a 1:25.350
14:28
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2nd Friday Practice - Current Top 10
14:31
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Drivers haven't yet switched to the medium compound
14:32
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Robserg on a quick lap
14:32
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Big lockup from Hamilton and misses the first chicance
14:33
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Rosberg doesn't improve
14:34
NewsOnF1: 
Massa now on the medium compound
14:35
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg trying again
14:35
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Massa not quicker in S1
14:35
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He aborts his flyer
14:36
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso on the track as well
14:37
NewsOnF1: 
Massa seems to be on a heavy fuel load
14:37
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Alonso is on the mediums
14:37
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Massa pits after 2 flying laps
14:38
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Alonso improving on his time in S1
14:38
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But not as quick in S2
14:39
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Alonso doesn't improve
14:40
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Perez is also on the mediums, he isn't improving
14:40
NewsOnF1: 
Massa goes back out after a small adjustment
14:40
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2nd Friday Practice - Current Top 10
14:41
NewsOnF1: 
Now Raikkonen on mediums
14:41
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And he goes 4th with a 1:25.809
14:42
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Replay shows Alonso going straight at the first chicane
14:42
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Alonso reports to team something is broken!
14:42
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He pits
14:42
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Vettel on mediums
14:43
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Vettel is currently in 12th
14:44
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Ferrari looking at the left front of Alonso's car
14:44
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Massa goes second with a 1:25.430 after setting the quickest time in S3
14:45
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Vettel goes 10th
14:45
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2nd Friday Practice - Current Top 10
14:46
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Most laps so far by Senna with 20
14:47
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Least laps by Ricciardo with 11
14:47
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Button on the mediums now
14:48
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Button goes 4th with a 1:25.485
14:50
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Schumacher on mediums improves his time but remains in 9th
14:50
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Button on another quick lap
14:51
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Indeed, he goes quickest with a 1:25.328
14:52
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di Resta goes 6th with a 1:25.612
14:53
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Hamilton on the track on mediums
14:54
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Hamilton doesn't improve on this lap
14:54
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Hamilton quicker now
14:55
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Petrov takes a trip across the gravel, he recovers
14:55
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Hamilton quickest in S2
14:55
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And goes quickest with a 1:25.290
14:56
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2nd Friday Practice - Current Top 10
14:56
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Alonso and Massa head back out
14:57
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Looks like Red Bull are struggling here. Webber is 11th and Vettel is 13th. They weren't strong this morning either
14:57
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Alonso improves in S1
14:58
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But he makes a mistake and slows down
14:58
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Just 0.06 seconds separate the top 3
14:59
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The top 12 are separated by less than a second
15:00
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Alonso improves by 0.002, remains in 3rd!
15:00
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30 minutes remain in the session
15:01
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Robserg is back out on the hard compound
15:03
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Alonso going slow around the track
15:05
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Looks like Alonso has another problem. It sounded like he couldn't upshift
15:07
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2nd Friday Practice - Current Top 10
15:08
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso gets out of his car. Looks like the end of the session for him
15:11
NewsOnF1: 
Ferrari confirm a gearbox problem for Alonso, remains to be seen if he has to change the gearbox and get a 5 place grid penalty
15:11
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Most drivers are now back on long runs
15:15
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2nd Friday Practice - Current Top 10
1:25.290
1:25.328
1:25.348
1:25.430
1:25.446
1:25.504
1:25.546
1:25.547
1:26.068
1:26.094
15:16
NewsOnF1: 
21 drivers on the track
15:16
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Alonso and Kathikeyan sessions are over
15:19
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Track temperature reaches 41 degrees
15:20
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Seems everyone are on long runs, no time improvements expected
15:20
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Most laps by Massa with 35 and least laps by Alonso with 17
15:21
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Under 10 minutes remain
15:28
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No improvements
15:30
NewsOnF1: 
Session over
15:32
NewsOnF1: 
2nd Friday Practice - Top 10
1:25.290
1:25.328
1:25.348
1:25.430
1:25.446
1:25.504
1:25.546
1:25.547
1:26.068
1:26.094
15:35
NewsOnF1: 
11th to 24th: Webber, d'Ambrosio, Vettel, Maldonado, Ricciardo, Kobayashi, Senna, Kovalainen, Vergne, Petrov, Glock, Pic, de la Rosa and Karthkeyan
15:36
NewsOnF1: 
Most laps by Massa with 43, least laps by Alonso with 17
15:37
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15:38
NewsOnF1: 
Join us tomorrow for the Saturday practice and qualifying. Our coverage starts at 11:00 am local time (9:00 GMT)

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