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2013 Indian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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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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Top 10
Webber
Vettel
Perez
Rosberg
Grosjean
Hamilton
Raikkonen
Ricciardo
Hulkenberg
Button

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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Top 10
Vettel
Webber
Grosjean
Rosberg
Massa
Raikkonen
Perez
Hamilton
Sutil
Hulkenberg

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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Top 10
Vettel
Webber
Grosjean
Hamilton
Alonso
Rosberg
Massa
Raikkonen
Perez
Button

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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Top 10
Vettel
Webber
Grosjean
Hamilton
Alonso
Rosberg
Massa
Raikkonen
Perez
Button

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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