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2013 Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Saturday Practice

Chinese Grand Prix - 2013 - Saturday Practice

(13/04/2013)

10:59

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2013 Chinese Grand Prix

11:00

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Saturday practice gets underway

11:01

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Air temperature is at 25 degrees while track temperature is at 32 degrees

11:02

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Like yesterday, there is less haze. The sun is shining

11:02

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Drivers are on their installation laps

11:03

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Pic stays out for a second lap

11:04

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A lot of work on Raikkonen's car

11:05

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Pic sets a 1:41.995

11:08

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van der Garde sets a 1:41.924

11:08

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Raikkonen is the last driver to complete an installation lap this session

11:10

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Pic improves with a 1:41.434

11:12

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The 2 dry tyre compounds for this event are the medium and the soft

11:14

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Gutierrez sets a 1:42.703

11:15

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Yesterday the degradation on the softs was very high. The track should improve today

11:16

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More cars on the track now

11:17

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Perez goes quickest with a 1:38.769. Yesterday he had a difficult day

11:19

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Raikkonen on a quick lap

11:20

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He goes quickest with a 1:38.323

11:21

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Rosberg now quickest with a 1:37.699

11:21

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Everyone still on the mediums

11:21

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Vettel on the track now

11:21

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Vettel on the track now

11:22

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Hamilton too

11:22

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A 1:37.042 for Hamilton

11:23

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Vettel goes second with a 1:37.528

11:24

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Webber, Massa and Alonso yet to set times

11:24

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Rosberg goes second with a 1:37.351

11:26

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Top 10
Hamilton
Rosberg
Vettel
Raikkonen
Perez
Grosjean
Sutil
Button
Bottas
Ricciardo
Quickest time in 2012: Hamilton - 1:35.940

11:28

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Webber on the track

11:29

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Hamilton improves with a 1:36.691

11:29

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Rosberg improves with a 1:37.349 as Webber and Alonso head out

11:30

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Massa goes out as well

11:30

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The 2 Merecedes are staying out. Vettel pits

11:31

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Webber goes 4th with a 1:37.905

11:32

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Alonso goes 5th with a 1:37.964

11:33

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Massa goes 6th with a 1:38.099

11:33

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Top 10
Hamilton
Rosberg
Vettel
Webber
Alonso
Massa
Raikkonen
Perez
Bottas
Hulkenberg
Quickest time in 2012: Hamilton - 1:35.940

11:34

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Both Mercedes cars pit. Their runs on the mediums is fairly consistent. Lap times in the 1:37s mostly

11:35

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Webber improves with a 1:37.617

11:36

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Hamilton did 8 laps on his run, Rosberg did 9 while Vettel only 5

11:36

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Alonso improves with a 1:37.808

11:38

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Massa pits then goes back out

11:38

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Vettel back out

11:41

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Under 20 minutes remaining and we should see the soft compound now

11:44

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Hamilton and Rosberg on the softs

11:45

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Hamilton quickest in S1

11:46

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Rosberg pits without setting a time on the softs

11:46

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Mistake by Hamilton in S2!

11:47

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Hamilton trying again but already 0.2 slower in S1

11:47

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Quickest in S2

11:48

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A 1:36.065 for Hamilton

11:48

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Raikkonen on the softs

11:50

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It will be interesting to see how long Hamilton can remain quick on these softs

11:50

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No, Hamilton pits

11:51

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Raikkonen quickest in S1

11:51

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Not as quick in S2

11:52

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Massa on the softs now

11:52

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Raikkonen goes second with a 1:36.605. Grosjean much slower, down in 7th also on the softs

11:53

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Alonso on the softs

11:53

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Sutil goes second with a 1:36.549

11:54

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Massa and Alonso quick in S1

11:54

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Ricciardo goes 4th on the softs

11:54

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Massa and Alonso trading fastest S2 times!

11:55

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Webber heads out on the softs with 5 minutes remaining

11:55

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Massa goes quickest with a 1:36.013

11:56

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Alonso goes half a second quicker in the final sector! A 1:35.391

11:56

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Vettel also on the track

11:56

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Webber quickest in S1

11:57

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A bit slower in S2 than Alonso

11:58

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Webber goes 4th with a 1:36.420

11:58

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Vettel 0.2 down in S1

11:59

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Matching Webber in S2

11:59

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Vettel takes 4th with a 1:36.286

11:59

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Rosberg isn't going back out!

12:00

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Session over, awaiting final lap times

12:03

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Rosberg has a problem and isn't able to go back out. He hasn't set a time on the softs today

12:06

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Top 10
Alonso1:35.391
Massa1:36.013
Hamilton1:36.065
Vettel1:36.286
Webber1:36.420
Sutil1:36.549
Raikkonen1:36.605
Button1:36.693
Perez1:36.777
Hulkenberg1:36.853
Quickest time in 2012: Hamilton - 1:35.940

12:07

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11th to 22nd: Vergne, Ricciardo, Maldonado, Rosberg, Bottas, di Resta, Gutierrez, Grosjean, Bianchi, Pic, Chilton and van der Garde

12:08

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Most laps by Gutierrez with 20
Least laps by Massa and Maldonado with 11 laps each

12:09

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12:18

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Qualifying starts at 14:00 local time (that is 6:00 GMT)

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