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2013 Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Saturday Practice

Bahrain Grand Prix - 2013 - Saturday Practice

(20/04/2013)

10:58

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix

10:58

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Saturday practice is about to get underway

10:58

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Air temperature is at 31 degrees while track temperature is at 37 degrees

11:00

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Session is underway

11:00

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Chilton and Sutil are out

11:02

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More drivers head out on their installation laps

11:03

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Gutierrez stays out

11:04

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The 2 compounds for this race are the Hard and Medium

11:04

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Gutierrez sets a 1:42.573

11:04

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Gutierrez sets a 1:42.573

11:06

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Gutierrez improves with a 1:39.592

11:06

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Webber is the only driver yet to go out

11:08

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van der Garde and Pic stay out as well

11:09

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van der Garde sets a 1:37.281

11:11

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Now Pic goes quickest with a 1:36.015

11:11

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Chilton goes out. Webber still not out for an installation lap

11:12

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van der Garde improves with a 1:36.939

11:13

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Webber on the track now

11:13

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Pic about to go quicker

11:14

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Bianchi on the track

11:15

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A 1:35.911 for Pic

11:15

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Webber stays out for a second lap (Vettel did 2 installation laps)

11:16

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More drivers head out, all on hards for the time being

11:16

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Webber sets a 1:33.875

11:16

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Raikkonen sets a 1:34.105

11:20

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Hamilton takes second with a 1:34.073

11:20

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Grosjean quick!

11:20

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Nearly everyone on the track!

11:20

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Grosjean quickest with a 1:33.762

11:21

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Massa goes 3rd with a 1:33.949 and Raikkonen improves with a 1:34.008

11:22

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Rosbserg was quickest in S1 but lost a lot of time in the mid sector, 10th

11:22

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Alonso, di Resta and Vettel yet to set times

11:23

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Grosjean going quicker!

11:23

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A 1:33.464 for Grosjean

11:23

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Alonso leaps into second with a 1:33.620

11:25

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di Resta quickest in S1

11:25

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Rosberg now 3rd with a 1:33.868

11:26

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Vettel goes second with a 1:33.531

11:26

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di Resta in 4th with a 1:33.820

11:26

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Sutil now quickest in S1

11:26

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Force India are strong here

11:28

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Sutil pits

11:29

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Vettel now quickest in S1

11:29

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Indeed Vettel goes quickest with a 1:33.348

11:31

Comment From Tony:

These are very fast times! Are they still on hards?
Ed: Yes!

11:30

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Top 10
Vettel
Grosjean
Alonso
di Resta
Rosberg
Webber
Sutil
Massa
Raikkonen
Hamilton
Quickest in FP3 in 2012 - Rosberg: 1:33.254

11:32

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Webber and Massa on the track but it seems they are on a heavy fuel load

11:34

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Webber lapping in the mid 1:38s, Massa in the high 1:37s

11:35

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Alonso and Raikkonen also on the track

11:35

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It is worth noting that Grosjean has a new chassis this weekend

11:36

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Gutierrez who is 22nd is the first out on the mediums

11:38

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Alonso spins but recovers

11:38

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He goes through the gravel

11:38

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Grosjean lapping in the 1:38s

11:39

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Vettel back on the track

11:39

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Alonso pits after his off

11:40

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Rosberg on the mediums with 20 minutes remaining

11:42

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Hamilton on the mediums as well

11:43

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Strange to see Gutierrez way off the pace. His best time is a 1:39.592, nearly 2 seconds slower than Chilton!

11:43

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Rosberg goes quickest in S2 but has a poor S3 and doesn't improve

11:45

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Hamilton slow on what is supposed to be his flyer!

11:45

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Now Hamilton pushing

11:46

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Hamilton improves with a 1:33.455, second but on the mediums

11:47

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Rosberg improves slightly with a 1:33.764

11:47

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Remains 5th

11:49

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Only Gutierrez on the track with 10 minutes to go

11:49

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Now Alonso heads out on the mediums

11:50

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Raikkonen as well

11:52

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More drivers head out

11:53

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Alonso quickest with a 1:33.247

11:53

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Raikkonen quick!

11:53

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He goes 3rd with a 1:33.446

11:53

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Alonso had a very quick middle sector

11:53

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Sutil quickest in S1

11:54

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Sutil goes 6th

11:54

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Everyone on the track except for Vettel and Chilton

11:55

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And everyone on the mediums

11:56

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Now Vettel is on the track

11:56

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Alonso does a 1:34.4 on his second flyer on the mediums

11:57

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Raikkonen does a 1:33.8 on his second flyer

11:57

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Webber goes 3rd with a 1:33.380 after setting the quickest S3

11:58

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Vettel about to start his flyer

11:58

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A quick 1st sector from Vettel

11:59

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Improving in S2 but not quickest

12:00

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And has traffic and doesn't improve

12:00

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Top 10
Alonso
Vettel
Webber
Raikkonen
Hamilton
Grosjean
Sutil
di Resta
Rosberg
Hulkenberg
Quickest in FP3 in 2012 - Rosberg: 1:33.254

12:10

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11th to 22nd: Massa, Button, Perez, Ricciardo, Bottas, Vergne, Maldonado, Pic, Bianchi, van der Garde, Chilton and Gutierrez

12:13

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It is very close with just 1.035 seconds separating the top 13 drivers

12:14

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Top 10
Alonso1:33.247
Vettel1:33.348
Webber1:33.380
Raikkonen1:33.446
Hamilton1:33.455
Grosjean1:33.464
Sutil1:33.596
di Resta1:33.700
Rosberg1:33.764
Hulkenberg1:33.922
Quickest in FP3 in 2012 - Rosberg: 1:33.254

12:15

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12:16

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Qualifying is at 14:00 local time (that is 11:00 GMT)

12:37

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