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2012 United States Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

 

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United States Grand Prix - 2012 - 1st Friday Practice
(16/11/2012) 
09:16
NewsOnF1: 
Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 United States Grand Prix
09:22
NewsOnF1: 
Drivers have completed their installation laps
09:23
NewsOnF1: 
Apologies, we are have a few technical difficulties at the moment.
09:31
NewsOnF1: 
It is a bit cool today at the track with air temperature at 12 degrees and track temperature at 18 degrees.
09:35
NewsOnF1: 
Webber is the quickest at this stage with a 1:43.672
09:36
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel is second with a 1:44.233
09:36
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton is third with a 1:44.252
09:42
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:42.603
09:43
NewsOnF1: 
Now Alonso goes quickest with a 1:42.538
09:44
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton responds with a 1:40.918
09:44
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso improves with a 1:41.365
09:45
NewsOnF1: 
Now Alonso goes quickest with a 1:40.603
09:45
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg is 3rd with a 1:42.131
09:46
NewsOnF1: 
1st Friday Practice - Top 10










09:47
NewsOnF1: 
Button goes 3rd with a 1:41.265
09:48
NewsOnF1: 
Looks like Alonso and Hamilton are the first to get a handle on this track
09:48
NewsOnF1: 
Still more time to come
09:49
NewsOnF1: 
Air temperature has increased to 14 degrees
09:50
NewsOnF1: 
de la Rosa is the only driver not to set a time so far this session
09:51
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton goes quickest again with a 1:40.175
09:52
NewsOnF1: 
Button improves with a 1:40.965
09:53
NewsOnF1: 
Only the top 3 are in the 1:40's, everyone else is in the 1:42's or slower!
09:53
NewsOnF1: 
Button now takes 2nd with a 1:40.528
09:54
NewsOnF1: 
The two tyre compounds here are the hard and the medium
09:54
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton pits
09:57
NewsOnF1: 
di Resta goes 5th with a 1:42.289
09:58
NewsOnF1: 
Now Kobayashi goes 4th with a 1:41.766 as Alonso returns to the track
09:59
NewsOnF1: 
1st Friday Practice - Top 10










10:00
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg takes 4th back with a 1:41.443
10:05
NewsOnF1: 
And Kobayashi takes 4th again with a 1:41.036
10:06
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso appears to be running with a lot of fuel on this run
10:06
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel is now in 10th with a best time of 1:42.454
10:08
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes 4th with a 1:40.978
10:10
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso seems to be trying a few things, now quickest in S1 but off the pace in S2
10:12
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes second with a 1:40.335
10:12
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso improves with a 1:40.337!
10:14
NewsOnF1: 
1st Friday Practice - Top 10










10:14
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso continues setting fastest S1 times but not as quick on the rest of the track
10:15
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso aborts and pits
10:19
NewsOnF1: 
Just over 10 minutes remaining in the session
10:22
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton improves with a 1:39.670, the first under the 1:40 mark
10:23
NewsOnF1: 
And Hamilton improves again with a 1:39.543
10:25
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel sets the quickest time in S2 but doesn't improve
10:25
NewsOnF1: 
All drivers on the track now
10:26
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes quickest with a 1:38.692
10:29
NewsOnF1: 
Session over
10:29
NewsOnF1: 
Awaiting final times
10:30
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel improves in 1st with a 1:38.125
10:35
NewsOnF1: 
1st Friday Practice - Top 10
1:38.125
1:39.543
1:40.337
1:40.528
1:40.650
1:40.966
1:41.023
1:41.036
1:41.159
1:41.473
10:38
NewsOnF1: 
11th to 24th: di Resta, Ricciardo, Vergne, Raikkonen, Grosjean, Maldonado, Schumacher, Pic, Kovalainen, Petrov, Glock, Senna, de la Rosa and Ma
10:39
NewsOnF1: 
Most laps by Rosberg with 32, least laps by de la Rosa with 13 laps
10:40
NewsOnF1: 
The second practice session is at 1 pm local time (that is 19:00 GMT)
10:44
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