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2013 Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Saturday Practice

Japanese Grand Prix - 2013 - Saturday Practice

(12/10/2013)

11:01

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2013 Japanese Grand Prix

11:02

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Saturday practice is underway under sunny conditions with air temperature at 25 degrees and track temperature at 35 degrees

11:02

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Saturday practice is underway under sunny conditions with air temperature at 25 degrees and track temperature at 35 degrees

11:03

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Session is underway and the cars head out for their installation laps

11:08

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Grosjean and Raikkonen stay out

11:08

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Grosjean sets a 1:36.187

11:08

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Raikkonen sets a 1:33.741

11:10

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The two compounds used here are the hards and mediums

11:10

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Perez sets a 1:39.792

11:10

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Grosjean on a quick lap

11:11

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Grosjean goes off in S3, he recovers but doesn't improve his time

11:12

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Perez goes second with a 1:34.586

11:13

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It is interesting that Raikkonen's time is the quickest so far this weekend indicating that the track conditions have improved

11:13

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Grosjean trying again as di Resta goes 3rd

11:15

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And he leaps to the top of the timesheets with a 1:33.232. Have Lotus found something or has the track improved that much, we'll have to wait and see how the Red Bulls and Mercedes' go

11:16

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Rosberg goes 3rd with a 1:33.551

11:18

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Both Raikkonen and Grosjean pit

11:19

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Webber goes quickest with a 1:32.722, this answers our question!

11:20

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Rosberg improves but only 3rd with a 1:33.508

11:21

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Vettel takes 3rd with a 1:33.327 after locking up

11:21

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Only the 2 Ferraris have yet to go back out

11:21

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Vettel now quickest in S1

11:23

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Vettel goes second with a 1:33.036

11:24

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Hamilton just 10th but now on a quicker lap

11:24

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Webber now quickest in S1

11:25

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Hamilton goes 4th with a 1:33.396

11:25

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Webber doesn't improve

11:26

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Massa goes 11th on his first timed lap, Alonso on the track

11:27

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Hard to explain why Mercedes have dropped back, they were very quick in FP1, they were either lighter then or heavier now!

11:27

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Hard to explain why Mercedes have dropped back, they were very quick in FP1, they were either lighter then or heavier now!

11:27

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Grosjean put on the mediums!

11:29

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Alonso 9th on his first timed lap

11:29

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Raikkonen also on the mediums

11:30

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Grosjean goes quickest with a 1:32.707 on the mediums

11:30

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Raikkonen goes 3rd also on the mediums

11:31

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Massa improves to 7th

11:33

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Alonso goes 9th!

11:33

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Looks like the Red Bulls have made a forward step overnight!

11:33

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Sutil is off

11:35

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He goes on the throttle a bit early, spins and brushes his front wing with the barrier. He can't get the car going. His session is over

11:35

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He was in 18th just behind his teammate

11:36

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

11:36

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Yellow flags as Sutil's car is cleared

11:38

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Yellow flags are cleared

11:39

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More drivers will go out now on the mediums to simulate a qualifying run

11:44

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Hamilton and Rosberg are on the track on the hards doing a second short run

11:45

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A lot of work around Vettel's car, looks like there is a problem

11:47

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Cars being prepared for their final run

11:49

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Vettel is out of his car, remains to be seen whether he returns to the track this session

11:50

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Grosjean goes wide at Turn 1, only him and Raikkonen on the track

11:52

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Alonso on the mediums

11:53

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The Ferrari is off the pace this session it seems

11:53

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The Ferrari is off the pace this session it seems

11:53

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Massa on the mediums as well

11:55

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More drivers head out now

11:55

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Alonso goes 3rd fractionally slower than Grosjean and Webber

11:56

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Massa goes 4th

11:56

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Webber quickest in S1 on the mediums

11:57

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Only Vettel and Rosberg in the pits. Sutil also not on the track due to his crash earlier

11:57

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Webber quickest in S2

11:57

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A 1:32.053 for Webber

11:59

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Rosberg finally goes out with just under 3 minutes to go

12:00

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Rosberg slightly slower than Webber in S1

12:00

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He goes 2nd with a 1:32.355

12:01

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Hamilton going for it

12:01

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He is quickest in S1

12:01

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Just off Webber in S2

12:02

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Only manages second with a 1:32.187 but like Rosberg, he had some traffic

12:02

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Session over

12:04

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Top 10
Webber
Hamilton
Rosberg
Grosjean
Alonso
Massa
Button
Raikkonen
Vettel
Hulkenberg
Sutil crashed out. Vettel had a technical problem

12:15

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

12:17

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Most laps by Grosjean with 26 then Raikkonen with 25. Least laps by Vettel and Sutil with 8 laps each (Vettel had a technical issue while Sutil crashed out)

12:19

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Qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix is at 14:00 local time (that is 5:00 GMT), join us then

12:20

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