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2014 Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix

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1st Friday Practice

Bahrain Grand Prix - 2014 - 1st Friday Practice

(04/04/2014)

13:56

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix

13:58

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First Friday Practice gets underway shortly

13:59

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Air temperature at 25 degrees while track temperature is at 46 degrees

14:01

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Session underway and the cars head out onto the track for their installation laps

14:04

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Only Magnussen and Button yet to go out

14:04

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Rosberg is slow

14:05

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He is on the radio complaining of not much power

14:07

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Maldonado stays out for 2 laps and pits

14:08

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Button goes out

14:09

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Magnussen goes out as well

14:12

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Magnussen complains of a problem with the front

14:13

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Both McLarens pit after 2 laps

14:14

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Test drivers van der Garde, Frijns and Nasr go back out

14:15

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Frijns test driver for Caterham is the first to set a time with a 1:45.483

14:16

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Nasr, test driver for Williams starts a flyer

14:16

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Frijns improves with a 1:44.052

14:17

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Nasr goes quickest with a 1:41.311

14:17

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More drivers head out

14:19

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Kvyat goes quickest with a 1:39.453

14:20

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Vergne goes second with a 1:39.585

14:20

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20 cars on the track now

14:21

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The teams are trying to capitalise on the new rule that provides 1 set of tyres to the teams in the first 30 minutes of 1st practice

14:21

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Only Massa and Ericsson in the pits

14:22

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Rosberg tops the timesheets with a 1:38.508

14:23

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Hulkenberg goes second with a 1:38.632

14:23

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Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:38.395

14:25

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Grosjean complains that he has no rear grip at all

14:26

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FP1 - Top 10
Hamilton
Rosberg
Hulkenberg
Raikkonen
Kvyat
Perez
Magnussen
Alonso
Button
Vergne

14:30

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Everyone is back in the pits as the first half hour has elapsed

14:31

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Massa and Ericsson yet to set a time

14:31

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Lotus are running although they are currently near the very end of the timesheets

14:32

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Maldonado heads back out. Lotus need to do as much running as they possibly can as they are so far behind in terms of track time

14:32

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Maldonado heads back out. Lotus need to do as much running as they possibly can as they are so far behind in terms of track time

14:33

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Ericsson goes back out

14:34

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The top 3 are Mercedes powered, Raikkonen in 4th is a full second behind Hamilton

14:35

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The two types of tyres for this event are the Medium (Prime) and Soft (Option)

14:36

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This is considered a power track and hence the advantage of Mercedes is evident while the Renault powered cars are lagging behind

14:38

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Ericsson sets a 1:46.279 as Maldonado has a moment

14:39

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A lot of body work going on at Red Bull

14:42

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Encouraging for Lotus that Maldonado has completed the most number of laps so far with 16

14:53

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Button goes 4th, another. Mercedes powered car

14:56

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And Magnussen goes 5th, top 5 now in the 1:38s

14:57

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Vettel goes 8th

14:58

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Massa who has yet to set a time is on the track now

15:00

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Massa goes 8th

15:01

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Vettel improves to 7th

15:02

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Perez now 7th

15:12

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FP1 - Top 10
Hamilton1:38.395
Rosberg
Hulkenberg
Button
Magnussen
Kvyat
Perez
Vettel
Raikkonen
Massa
Quickest time in FP1 in 2013 - 1:34.487 (Massa)

15:14

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Raikkonen goes 5th

15:15

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Alonso jumps to first!

15:20

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Hulkenburg with fast pace goes 2nd

15:21

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Rosberg jumps to 1st

15:23

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Hamilton regains 1st after he gets purple sectors in everything

15:27

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FP1 - Top 10
Hamilton1:37.502
Rosberg
Alonso
Hulkenberg
Button
Raikkonen
Magnussen
Kvyat
Perez
Vettel
Quickest time in FP1 in 2013 - 1:34.487 (Massa)

15:30

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Session over

15:43

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FP1 - Top 10
Hamilton1:37.502
Rosberg1:37.733
Alonso1:37.953
Hulkenberg1:38.122
Button1:38.636
Raikkonen1:38.783
Magnussen1:38.949
Kvyat1:39.056
Perez1:39.102
Vettel1:39.389
Massa, Vergne, Nasr, Ricciardo, Sutil, Maldonado, Bianchi, van der Garde, Grosejan, Chilton, Frijns and Ericsson make the rest of the field
Quickest time in FP1 in 2013 - 1:34.487 (Massa)

15:46

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Most laps by Frijns with 35 then Maldonado with 31 laps
Least laps by Hulkenberg with 10 laps then Massa with 11 laps

15:48

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The second practice session starts at 18:00 local time (that is 15:00 GMT), join us then

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