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2012 Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

 

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Japanese Grand Prix - 2012 - Saturday Practice
(6/10/2012) 
10:59
NewsOnF1: 
Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix
11:00
NewsOnF1: 
Saturday practice underway with air temperature at 24 degrees and track temperature is at 35 degrees
11:01
NewsOnF1: 
All the drivers have completed their installation laps
11:01
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg sets a time of 1:35.169
11:03
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher also sets a time as Rosberg pits
11:05
NewsOnF1: 
A 1:34.234 for Michael
11:12
Comment From nihil: 
what is the fastest time on FP2?
ED - 1:32.493
11:06
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen and Grosjean on the track
11:08
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher improves with a 1:34.008
11:09
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen pits without setting a time
11:09
NewsOnF1: 
More drivers head out
11:10
NewsOnF1: 
A 1:34.098 for Grosjean
11:12
NewsOnF1: 
Senna takes 3rd with a 1:34.619
11:12
NewsOnF1: 
Karthikeyan goes wide but recovers
11:13
NewsOnF1: 
Now Button goes 3rd with a 1:34.255
11:13
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton betters that with a 1:34.217
11:13
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado goes quickest with a 1:33.999
11:15
NewsOnF1: 
Webber complains on the radio of an engine misfire
11:15
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel heads out. Alonso and Massa still in the pits
11:16
NewsOnF1: 
Now Button goes quickest with a 1:33.621
11:16
NewsOnF1: 
Note that Button will take a 5 place grid penalty due to a gearbox change
11:17
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:33.569
11:18
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes 6th with a 1:34.017
11:19
NewsOnF1: 
So far everyone is on the hard compound
11:19
NewsOnF1: 
Webber improves but remains in 3rd
11:20
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso on the track as Maldonado is quickest in S1
11:20
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado improves but remains in 4th
11:21
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel on a quick lap
11:21
NewsOnF1: 
Indeed he goes quickest with a 1:33.215
11:22
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso goes 10th
11:22
NewsOnF1: 
Massa on the track
11:22
NewsOnF1: 
Massa on the track
11:23
NewsOnF1: 
Saturday practice - Halfway into the session
11:24
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen still in the pits
11:24
NewsOnF1: 
Massa goes 6th with a 1:33.951
11:25
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen heads out onto the track
11:27
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher goes 5th with a 1:33.902
11:28
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso moves into 8th with a 1:33.988
11:31
NewsOnF1: 
Drivers now going on the soft compound
11:32
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen still without a time. He is complaining to the team of a wrong part on the car
11:32
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg goes 5th on the softs
11:34
NewsOnF1: 
Hulkenberg is off
11:34
NewsOnF1: 
He goes into the barrier
11:36
NewsOnF1: 
A fair bit of damage to his car. Will be a challenge to his team to get it fixed before qualifying
11:37
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen back on the track, still yet to set a time
11:38
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher on the softs
11:39
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher goes quickest with a 1:32.918
11:39
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen goes 18th
11:41
NewsOnF1: 
Paul di Resta on the track on the softs
11:42
NewsOnF1: 
di Resta goes 3rd with a 1:33.299
11:43
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel improves in second (still on the hard)
11:46
NewsOnF1: 
Button is out on the softs with 7 minutes to go
11:49
NewsOnF1: 
Nearly everyone is on the track on the softs
11:50
NewsOnF1: 
Button's lap isn't quick as he is slowed down in S3
11:50
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton and Webber on quick laps
11:50
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton makes mistake at S3
11:51
NewsOnF1: 
Webber goes quickest with a 1:32.371
11:51
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel in second with a 1:32.499
11:51
NewsOnF1: 
Button goes 4th
11:52
NewsOnF1: 
Massa goes 3rd
11:53
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen goes 9th after struggling all session
11:53
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi in 5th
11:54
NewsOnF1: 
Perez betters that and he goes 5th
11:54
NewsOnF1: 
Session over, awaiting final times
11:55
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes quickest with a 1:32.136
11:58
NewsOnF1: 
Saturday practice
1:32.136
1:32.371
1:32.824
1:32.918
1:32.920
1:32.924
1:33.008
1:33.025
1:33.094
1:33.160
11:59
NewsOnF1: 
11th to 24th: Alonso, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Vergne, Rosberg, Senna, Ricciardo, Hulkenberg, Kovalainen, Petrov, Glock, Pic, Karthikeyan and de la Rosa
12:01
NewsOnF1: 
Most laps this session by Rosberg with 23 laps, least laps by Hulkenberg and Glock with 11 laps each
12:02
NewsOnF1: 
Qualifying gets underway at 14:00 local time, that is 5:00 GMT
12:02
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