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2013 Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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1st Friday Practice

Italian Grand Prix - 2013 - 1st Friday Practice

(09/06/2013)

10:05

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2013 Italian Grand Prix

10:06

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The 1st Friday practice is underway

10:06

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It is dry with air temperature at 26 degrees and track temperature at 31 degrees

10:07

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The two tyre compounds here at the hard and mediums

10:08

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Nearly all the drivers have completed their installation laps. Only Vettel has yet to go out

10:08

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A few drivers have opted for 2 installation laps but no one has set a timed lap yet

10:11

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No one is on the track at this stage

10:12

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Vettel now on the track for his installation lap

10:15

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There are 3 test drivers taking part today, James Calado replacing Adrian Sutil at Force India, Heikki Kovalainen replacing Giedo van der Garde at Caterham and Rodolfo Gonzalez replacing Jules Bianchi at Marussia

10:19

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Gonzalez and Gutierrez return to the track

10:22

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Gutierrez seems to be doing out/in laps. He pits after completing 3 laps without setting a time

10:22

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Gonzalez sets a 1:34.918, the first time of the day

10:25

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Gonzalez improves with a 1:30.795 as he continues to learn the track

10:26

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Gonzalez improves slightly with a 1:30.277

10:26

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Button and Perez are on the track

10:28

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A 1:29.494 for Button, Chilton on the track as well

10:29

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Button improves with a 1:27.715

10:29

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Gonzalez improves with a 1:29.617

10:30

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Perez goes second with a 1:27.889

10:31

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Chilton sets a 1:29.075

10:31

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Perez goes quickest with a 1:27.238

10:34

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Perez improves with a 1:26.497

10:35

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A few more drivers emerge out of the pits, we should see some more times shortly

10:37

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Grosjean goes 4th with a 1:28.651

10:38

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Then Massa takes 4th with a 1:27.927

10:38

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Grosjean improves to 3rd with a 1:27.226

10:38

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Vettel on the track

10:39

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Massa improves into second with a 1:26.991

10:39

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But Grosjean betters that with a 1:26.664

10:41

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Webber goes 3rd with a 1:26.672

10:42

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Vettel jumps into second with a 1:26.056

10:43

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Webber improves with a 1:26.258

10:44

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Now Vettel goes quickest with a 1:25.914

10:45

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Raikkonen goes a close second with a 1:26.003

10:47

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Alonso goes 4th with a 1:26.009. There is just 0.0095s separating the top 4!

10:48

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Top 10
Vettel
Raikkonen
Perez
Alonso
Webber
Rosberg
Massa
Grosjean
Ricciardo
Maldonado

10:50

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Alonso goes quickest with a 1:25.863

10:50

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Rosberg into 4th

10:54

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Hamilton goes 6th with a 1:26.185

10:56

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Hamilton on a quick lap

10:57

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Hamilton tops the timesheets with a 1:25.565

10:59

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Alonso goes quickest in S1 and S2 but remains in second with a 1:25.600!

11:00

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Now Vettel is back on the track trying to improve

11:01

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Top 10
Hamilton
Alonso
Vettel
Rosberg
Raikkonen
Perez
Webber
Massa
Gutierrez
Vergne

11:03

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Hamilton goes quickest in S1 and S2 but doesn't improve due to a slow S3

11:04

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Vettel improves slightly with a 1:25.753, remains in 3rd

11:09

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Button goes 7th with a 1:26.083, Grosjean in 10th with a 1:26.295

11:10

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Massa is down in 11th just ahead of Ricciardo

11:11

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Maldonado goes off but recovers, he is in 14th at this stage

11:12

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Hulkenberg has a gearbox problem, he is 18th and pits

11:14

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Ricciardo who has just been confirmed as Vettel's teammate next year is now in 11th ahead of Massa

11:14

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With just over 15 minutes remaining, most drivers are out on longer runs now

11:15

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Rosberg gets ahead of Vettel setting a 1:25.704

11:18

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

11:20

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At this stage the top 15 are covered by 1.068 seconds!

11:21

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Looks like Hulkenberg's problem hasn't been fixed. He tries to leave the pits but stops on his way out

11:23

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Vergne goes 9th with a 1:26.155

11:26

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5 minutes remaining

11:28

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19 drivers on the track

11:29

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Massa is down in 14th while his teammate is 2nd just 0.035 seconds off the quickest time

11:30

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It must be noted though that Massa has only done 15 laps while Alonso has done 24 laps

11:31

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Session over

11:31

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Top 10
Hamilton
Alonso
Rosberg
Vettel
Raikkonen
Perez
Button
Webber
Maldonado
Vergne

11:36

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11th to 22nd: Gutierrez, Grosjean, Ricciardo, Massa, di Resta, Bottas, Calado (test driver), Hulkenberg, Pic, Chilton, Kovalainen (test driver) and Gonzalez (test driver)

11:37

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Most laps by Webber with 27 then Vettel and Gonzalez with 26 laps each, Least laps by di Resta with 13 then Massa and Hulkenberg with 16 laps each

11:38

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11:38

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2nd Friday practice starts at 2 PM local time (12:00 GMT), join us then

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