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2013 Indian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

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2nd Friday Practice

 
Indian Grand Prix - 2013 - 2nd Friday Practice
(25/10/2013) 
14:09
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Welcome to our coverage of the 2013 Indian Grand Prix
14:10
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2nd Friday practice is underway under dry and hazy conditions
14:12
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Currently Grosjean is quickest from Alonso and Hamilton
14:12
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Hamilton and Alonso have set the exact time! 1:28.146
14:13
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Vettel goes quickest with a 1:27.360
14:13
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Ricciardo goes 3rd with a 1:28.021
14:13
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Raikkonen spins but recovers
14:14
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Grosjean improves with a 1:27.365
14:14
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Rosberg locks up and goes off the track, he rejoins
14:15
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Vettel improves in first with a 1:27.059
14:15
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Webber goes second with a 1:27.363
14:16
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Red Bull reporting a KERS problem on Vettel's car
14:16
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Perez on a quick lap
14:17
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And he goes second with a 1:27.244
14:18
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The two types of tyres for this event are the medium and soft. So far on the medium has been used
14:19
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Webber goes quickest with a 1:27.011 as Vettel pits
14:20
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14:20
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Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:27.010
14:23
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Massa goes 6th with a 1:27.494
14:25
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Most of the drivers have gone into the pits. They are now expected to try the soft tyres then they will go for long runs
14:28
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Vettel on the track on the softs and so is Raikkonen
14:30
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Button on the softs as well
14:31
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Grosjean goes quickest with a 1:26.955 on the mediums
14:31
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Vettel quickest with a 1:25.722 on the softs
14:33
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Hulkenberg goes 8th with a 1:27.810 on the softs
14:34
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Vettel improving
14:35
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He pits after setting the quickest S1 and S2
14:36
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Webber goes second with a 1:26.011, Raikkonen goes third
14:39
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Rosberg goes 3rd with a 1:26.582
14:39
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Massa goes 5th on the softs
14:42
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Hamilton and Alonso have yet to go on the softs
14:43
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Massa goes 4th with a 1:26.601
14:44
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Grosjean goes 3rd on the softs with a 1:26.426
14:47
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14:47
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Button goes 8th with a 1:26.972 on the mediums
14:48
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Alonso now on the softs
14:49
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Alonso goes 4th with a 1:26.430
14:53
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Hamilton now on the softs
14:56
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Hamilton goes 4th with a 1:26.399
14:59
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15:00
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Drivers now on long runs, most are on the softs
15:02
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The left front is going off quickly (soft)
15:03
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Replay shows the tyres on Webber's car are looking bad
15:04
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Vettel pits and switches to mediums, the left front was looking bad on his car too
15:08
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Looks like the softs are not lasting long. Will make for an interesting strategy choice for the race on Sunday
15:09
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Teams are focusing on the medium tyre
15:11
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Maldonado has a problem with his front right, Looks like his wheel wasn't fitted properly
15:12
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Replay shows the wheel nut flying off!
15:13
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Maldonado stopped just before the pits. His car is being cleared
15:14
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Pirelli acknowledging that the soft tyre is an aggressive choice and they are blistering (particularly the front left)
15:15
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Everyone is on the track except for Ricciardo (and Maldonado)
15:17
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15 minutes remain in the session
15:17
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15 minutes remain in the session
15:18
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Hamilton seems to be happy with his run on the softs having gone through the 'graining' phase
15:19
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Hard to read much into the times this session. Times on the long runs have varied between 1:30 and 1:33!
15:21
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Team tells Raikkonen "We want to push these tyres until you feel they are unsafe to use"! He is on the softs and Lotus realise that others are struggling with them
15:23
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Both Raikkonen and Alonso have been on the softs for more than 17 laps, the tyres look bad!
15:24
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Alonso pits
15:26
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And Raikkonen pits!
15:27
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5 minutes remain
15:29
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Those running on the mediums are showing good consistency
15:31
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On the mediums there isn't much variation on the lap times, around a 1 second range
15:33
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Session over
15:33
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15:48
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11th to 22nd: Ricciardo, Sutil, Bottas, Hulkenberg, di Resta, Maldonado, Gutierrez, Vergne, van der Garde, Bianchi and Pic
15:51
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Most laps by Massa with 41 then Rosberg, Hulkenberg and Perez with 40 laps each. Least laps by Ricciardo with 17 laps then Maldonado with 23 laps
15:51
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Saturday practice gets underway at 11:00 local time (that is 05:30 GMT)
15:52
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