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2014 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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2nd Friday Practice

Australian Grand Prix - 2014 - 2nd Friday Practice

(14/03/2014)

16:31

NewsOnF1:

Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Australian Grand Prix
2nd Friday practice gets underway in a few minutes

16:32

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Session underway

16:33

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Sutil and Ericsson are the first to go out

16:33

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Vergne is the next to go out

16:37

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13 cars on the track as Sutil sets a 1:35.127

16:38

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Grosjean is on the track. He didn't go out in the first session

16:38

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Bottas now quickest with a 1:33.227

16:39

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Hamilton who stopped on the track in the first session sets a 1:35.748

16:39

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Now Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:32.013

16:40

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Vettel on the track

16:41

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Vettel goes second with a 1:32.755

16:42

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Bottas on a quick lap

16:43

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Bottas goes second with a 1:32.691

16:43

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Alonso on the track

16:44

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Grosjean completes just 1 installation lap

16:44

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Vettel improves slightly with a 1:32.710

16:46

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Button goes second with a 1:32.138

16:47

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All the cars are on the medium compound. They will switch to the softs at a later stage in the session

16:47

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All the cars are on the medium compound. They will switch to the softs at a later stage in the session

16:48

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Vettel goes off at turn 1 but recovers.

16:49

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Alonso goes 3rd with a 1:32.261

16:50

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FP2 Order
Rosberg
Button
Alonso
Vettel
Bottas
Ricciardo
Hamilton
Hulkenberg
Magnussen
Raikkonen

16:52

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Alonso takes second with a 1:32.046. Raikkonen goes 8th with a 1:32.841

16:54

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1st run for most is completed

16:55

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Raikkonen seems to have stalled at the exit of the pitlane. He was expected to do a practice start

16:55

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Raikkonen seems to have stalled at the exit of the pitlane. He was expected to do a practice start

16:56

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Grosjean who has yet to set a time today is back on the track

16:57

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Ericsson, Grosjean, Kobayashi, Maldonado and Gutierrez have all yet to set times

16:58

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Rosberg is the first to go out on the soft tyre

16:59

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Ricciardo goes quickest with a 1:30.597

16:59

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Grosjean goes off but recovers

17:00

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Riccardio is on the mediums but is he on low fuel ?

17:00

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Rosberg goes quickest on the softs with a 1:29.782

17:01

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Grosjean sets a time but a very slow one (1:40.575)

17:02

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Now the computer has updated the tyre type for Ricciardo, he is on the softs, apologies

17:02

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Hulkenberg goes 3rd with a 1:31.054 also on the softs

17:03

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Ricciardo improves with a 1:30.538

17:04

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Massa and Bottas are on the softs now as well

17:06

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Bottas goes 3rd with a 1:30.920

17:07

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Vettel on the softs goes second with a 1:30.381

17:07

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FP2 Order
Rosberg
Vettel
Ricciardo
Bottas
Hulkenberg
Massa
Magnussen
Alonso
Button
Kvyat
Quickest time in FP2 in 2014: 1:25.908 (Vettel)

17:09

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Hamilton in 11th however given that he missed running in FP1, he is probably doing a different programme

17:09

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Button quickest in the mid sector

17:10

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Button goes 3rd with a 1:30.510

17:10

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Alonso and Raikkonen on the track on the softs

17:12

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Raikkonen goes 6th with a 1:30.991

17:14

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Alonso quickest in S1

17:15

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Raikkonen improves to 5th with a 1:30.898

17:15

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Alonso goes second with a 1:30.132

17:17

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FP2 Order
Rosberg
Alonso
Vettel
Button
Ricciardo
Raikkonen
Bottas
Magnussen
Hulkenberg
Massa
Quickest time in FP2 in 2014: 1:25.908 (Vettel)

17:20

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Grosjean has completed 5 laps in total. He is 19th and last. Maldonado has not set a time nor has Kobayashi

17:21

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It does appear that Lotus and Caterham have the most problems

17:22

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Rosberg is on a longer run now

17:23

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Hamilton switches to the softs and goes quickest with a 1:29.625 as the teams start to fine tune their setting for qualifying and the race

17:28

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17:31

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Grosjean trying hard. On the softs goes to 18th but was sliding and locking!

17:32

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Rosberg lapping in the mid 1:33s consistently

17:33

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Vettel lapping in the mid 1:34s

17:34

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Bottas also in the mid a 1:34s

17:35

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Alonso and Raikkonen doing slow out-in laps

17:39

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Bottas continues to run consistently in the mid 1:34s

17:41

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18 cars now on the track with just over 20 minutes remaining

17:42

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Vettel lapping in the low 1:35s and so is Ricciardo

17:42

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Rosberg switches to the medium compound

17:43

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Vettel goes into the mid 1:34s, tyre degradation doesn't seem to be an issue here

17:45

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Alonso now on a long run, he is lapping in the mid 1:34s

17:47

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This year there is a 100kg fuel limit for the race and the teams need the long runs to estimate the fuel consumption

17:48

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With 18 cars on the track, there is a lot of traffic so lap times aren't consistent

17:49

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Vettel pits from his long run. 31 laps so far for him, good recovery by Red Bull

17:56

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In terms of reliability, this is better than what was expected. Brilliant job by all the teams. Caterham and Lotus are the two teams that are struggling

17:57

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Hulkenberg spins and is beached in the gravel

17:58

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And Grosjean slides and is off as well

18:00

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On replay, Grosjean actually hits the wall and goes off. It looked like he had something stuck under his car

18:01

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Yellow flags cleared however there is only a minute remaining