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2012 Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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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

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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

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Schumacher was quickest in first practice ahead of Button

14:01

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Session underway and a few cars head out straight away

14:02

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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

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15 cars on the track now

14:04

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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

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Button betters that with a 1:26.398

14:10

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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

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Hamilton takes second with a 1:26.048. Button now quickest in S1

14:14

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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

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Indeed, Rosberg quickest with a 1:25.446

14:16

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2nd Friday Practice - Current Top 10
Rosberg
Button
Raikkonen
Hamilton
Massa
Schumacher
di Resta
Perez
Hulkenberg
Vettel

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

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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

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Alonso goes quickest with a 1:25.350

14:28

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2nd Friday Practice - Current Top 10
Alonso
Rosberg
Massa
Button
Hamilton
Raikkonen
Schumacher
di Resta
Perez
Hulkenberg

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

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Massa now on the medium compound

14:35

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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

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Alonso on the track as well

14:37

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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

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Massa goes back out after a small adjustment

14:40

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2nd Friday Practice - Current Top 10
Alonso
Rosberg
Massa
Button
Hamilton
Raikkonen
Schumacher
di Resta
Perez
Hulkenberg

14:41

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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
Alonso
Massa
Rosberg
Raikkonen
Button
Hamilton
di Resta
Perez
Schumacher
Vettel

14:46

NewsOnF1:

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
Hamilton
Button
Alonso
Massa
Rosberg
Raikkonen
di Resta
Perez
Schumacher
d'Ambrosio

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
Hamilton
Button
Alonso
Massa
Rosberg
Raikkonen
di Resta
Hulkenberg
Perez
Schumacher

15:08

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Alonso gets out of his car. Looks like the end of the session for him

15:11

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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
Hamilton1:25.290
Button1:25.328
Alonso1:25.348
Massa1:25.430
Rosberg1:25.446
Raikkonen1:25.504
di Resta1:25.546
Hulkenberg1:25.547
Perez1:26.068
Schumacher1:26.094

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

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Session over

15:32

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2nd Friday Practice - Top 10
Hamilton1:25.290
Button1:25.328
Alonso1:25.348
Massa1:25.430
Rosberg1:25.446
Raikkonen1:25.504
di Resta1:25.546
Hulkenberg1:25.547
Perez1:26.068
Schumacher1:26.094

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

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Most laps by Massa with 43, least laps by Alonso with 17

15:37

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15:38

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Join us tomorrow for the Saturday practice and qualifying. Our coverage starts at 11:00 am local time (9:00 GMT)