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Live Update

2012 Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

 

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Saturday Practice

 Spanish Formula One Grand Prix - Saturday Practice(05/12/2012) 
10:56
Welcome to our coverage of Saturday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix
Saturday May 12, 2012 10:56 
10:56
Air temperature is 26 degrees while track temperature is at 30 degrees
Saturday May 12, 2012 10:56 
11:00
All the teams are bringing upgrades to Barcelona. Most notably Ferrari who are said to have brougt virtually a new car!
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:00 
11:01
Session underway and the drivers head out on their installation laps
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:01 
11:06
All the drivers complete their installation laps with the exception of the 2 McLaren drivers
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:06 
11:06
Button heads out now
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:06 
11:07
And so does Hamilton
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:07 
11:08
The tyres available for this event are the hard and soft compound
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:08 
11:09
Alonso back out
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:09 
11:11
Alonso must be testing something, he isn't on a timed lap
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:11 
11:11
Alonso pits again
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:11 
11:12
[Comment From John John : ] 
You mentioned McL bought a virtually "new" car - any obvious visual signs of that? ED - That is Ferrari. McLaren have also brought new parts, the most obvious is a new raised front wing
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:12 John
11:14
[Comment From John John : ] 
sorry "new" car was Ferrai of course! ED - Yes Ferrari have a new front and rear wings, an new airbox, lots of small changes and from practice yesterday it looks like they have improved. Of course that remains to be proved in qualifying
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:14 John
11:15
A number of drivers head out onto the track
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:15 
11:16
Pic is the first on a timed lap
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:16 
11:16
He sets a 1:28.495
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:16 
11:17
Grosjean stopped on the track!
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:17 
11:17
Marshals are pushing the car off the track
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:17 
11:18
Meanwhile the times set so far are not competitive due to the yellow flags
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:18 
11:19
Ricciardo goes quickest with a 1:27.907
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:19 
11:19
Raikkonen now on a quick lap
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:19 
11:20
Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:25.158
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:20 
11:20
Raikkonen goes second with a 1:25.362
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:20 
11:21
Perez now quickest with a 1:24.554
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:21 
11:21
Maldonado in second with a 1:24.689
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:21 
11:22
[Comment From John John : ] 
Any idea what tyres the teams are using now? ED - They are all on hards, soon they'll switch to the softs
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:22 John
11:23
Kobayashi goes third with a 1:24.951
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:23 
11:23
Rosberg takes 3rd with a 1:24.937
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:23 
11:25
Maldonado improves with a 1:24.571, remains in second
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:25 
11:25
Hamilton goes slightly wide and aborts his lap
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:25 
11:26
Hamilton goes 10th with a 1:25.749
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:26 
11:27
Vergne goes 5th with a 1:25.209
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:27 
11:27
Webber, Vettel and Massa are on the track
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:27 
11:27
Hamilton moves into 3rd with a 1:24.907
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:27 
11:29
Vergne improves to 4th with a 1:24.935
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:29 
11:30
Vettel in 7th with a 1:24.967
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:30 
11:30
Hamilton improves in 3rd with a 1:24.778
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:30 
11:30
No one yet on the softs
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:30 
11:31
Alonso goes 3rd with a 1:24.730
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:31 
11:31
Massa in the meantime is in 14th
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:31 
11:32
Now Vettel takes 3rd with a 1:24.628
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:32 
11:32
Rosberg goes out on the softs
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:32 
11:33
Top 10 so far: Perez, Maldonado, Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton, Vergne, Robserg, Kobayashi, Ricciardo and Raikkonen
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:33 
11:33
Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:24.070
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:33 
11:35
Massa improves but only to 12th
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:35 
11:36
Alonso improves his time but remains in 5th
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:36 
11:36
More drivers put on the softs now
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:36 
11:36
Vergne and RIcciardo are on the softs
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:36 
11:38
Vergne quickest in S2 so far
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:38 
11:38
Vergne goes quickest with a 1:23.833
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:38 
11:38
Perez alsoon softs
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:38 
11:39
A 1:23.742 for Perez - Quickest so far
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:39 
11:39
Ricciardo goes 4th with a 1:24.331
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:39 
11:39
Schumacher now on softs
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:39 
11:41
Schumacher only 9th on the softs
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:41 
11:42
Schumacher's lap wasn't very clean
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:42 
11:43
Lotus got Grosjean's car. He will be going out again
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:43 
11:44
Rosberg improves in 3rd with a 1:24.070
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:44 
11:46
15 minutes remain and the top 10 so far are: Perez, Vergne, Rosberg, Ricciardo, Maldonado, Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton, Schumacher and Kobayashi
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:46 
11:48
Not many have gone on the softs, they will now!
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:48 
11:50
A few drivers on the track now on softs
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:50 
11:50
Track temperature has reached 42 degrees
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:50 
11:51
[Comment From John John : ] 
maybe out of context right now,but we seldom hear about ride height nowadays, is this still an issue,like in the old days the piece of wood or what ever was checked for wear ? ED - Yes the plank of wood still exists
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:51 John
11:51
Alonso on a quick lap
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:51 
11:52
Alonso gos 2nd with a 1:23.807, quickest in S3 but not so quick in S1 or S2
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:52 
11:53
A number of drivers on quick laps
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:53 
11:54
Massa goes 5th with a 1:24.179
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:54 
11:55
Raikkonen takes 4th with a 1:23.936
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:55 
11:55
Grosjean yet to go out again. Under 5 minutes remain
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:55 
11:55
Button goes 4th with a 1:23.909
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:55 
11:56
Hamilton quickest in S1 and S2
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:56 
11:56
Hamilton loses a lot of time in S3
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:56 
11:56
He doesn't improve
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:56 
11:57
Kobayashi on a quick lap
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:57 
11:57
Kobayashi quickest with a 1:23.350
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:57 
11:57
Maldonado betters that with a 1:23.336
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:57 
11:58
Webber goes 3rd with a 1:23.578
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:58 
11:58
Vettel on a quick lap
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:58 
11:59
Glock has stopped at the pit lane exit
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:59 
11:59
And Vettel goes quickest with a 1:23.168
Saturday May 12, 2012 11:59 
12:00
Session over - awaiting final laps
Saturday May 12, 2012 12:00 
12:01
Top 10: Vettel, Maldonado, Kobayashi, Webber, Perez, Alonso, Vergne, Button, Raikkonen and Rosberg
Saturday May 12, 2012 12:01 
12:01
The top 10 are separated by 0.902 seconds
Saturday May 12, 2012 12:01 
12:02
11th to 24th: Massa, Hulkenberg, Ricciardo, Senna, di Resta, Hamilton, Schumacher, Petrov, Kovalainen, Pic, Glock, Karthikeyan, de la Rosa and Grosjean (no time)
Saturday May 12, 2012 12:02 
12:03
[Comment From John John : ] 
HRT selected "Martin" Qinghua Ma as a test driver some monts ago, has he figured in the team yet ? ED - He hasn' tested the car yet
Saturday May 12, 2012 12:03 John
12:03
Join us for Qualifying at 2 pm local time (12:00 GMT)
Saturday May 12, 2012 12:03 
12:05
 

 
 
 

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