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2014 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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1st Friday Practice

 
Belgian Grand Prix - 2014 - 1st Friday Practice
(22/08/2014) 
10:01
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Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix
10:02
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The 1st Friday practice from Spa gets underway under dry conditions with air temperature at 12 degrees while track temperature is at 17 degrees
10:03
NewsOnF1: 
Drivers are on their installation laps
10:05
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The two dry tyre types for this event are the medium and the soft
10:07
NewsOnF1: 
For Belgium Andre Lotterer will replace Kamui Kobayashi at Caterham. It isn't clear whether this replacement is only for 1 race or for the rest of the season
10:07
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Grosjean and Maldonado stay out for 2 laps while everyone else just did a single installation lap
10:12
NewsOnF1: 
There was speculation that Alexander Rossi was going to replace Max Chilton at Marussia for the weekend however he is only replacing him for FP1 as a test driver
10:15
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A few drivers head back out
10:16
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Button and Magnussen on the track
10:16
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Button sets a 1:54.221
10:17
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Magnussen betters that with 1:53.405
10:18
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More drivers head out
10:18
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Bottas sets a 1:54.242
10:19
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It is expected that the Mercedes powered teams will dominate on this track
10:19
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Hamilton second with a 1:53.555
10:20
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Rosberg quickest with a 1:52.143
10:24
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Alonso goes quickest with a 1:51.937
10:26
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After setting the fastest time Alonso stopped on the side of the track momentarily then he got going again but very slowly. He makes it back to the pits
10:27
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Rosberg quickest with a 1:51.724
10:27
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Maldonado is the only driver yet to set a time
10:29
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FP1 - Top 10










10:33
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Maldonado heads out
10:35
NewsOnF1: 
Looking at how Lotterer is doing so far, his best time after 7 laps is a 1:59.640 while his teammate Ericsson has set a best time of 1:57.977
10:37
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Maldonado goes 17th with a 1:56.359
10:40
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There is also a big gap between Alonso and Raikkonen ( 2.864), both only did 5 laps (2 flyers)
10:41
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Maldonado improves to 15th with a 1:55.346
10:42
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The gap between Bottas and Massa is also big ( 1.635)
10:44
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Loterrer joins Maldonado on the track
10:45
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Ericsson joins in the action and Maldonado pits
10:46
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Grosjean heads out
10:47
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Rosberg on the track as well
10:47
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Grosjean goes 9th with a 1:53.597
10:48
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Ericsson spins under braking at the end of the start-finish straight
10:51
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More drivers head back out
10:51
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Hamilton on a quick lap
10:52
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Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:51.674
10:54
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Button on a quick lap
10:55
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Meanwhile Rosberg retakes the top spot with a 1:51.577
10:55
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Button goes 4th with a 1:52.404
10:57
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Raikkonen still in the garage haviong only completed 5 laps. Alonso heads out
10:58
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Raikkonen goes out now
11:00
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FP1 - Top 10










11:01
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso improves slightly with a 1:51.805, he is the only driver that is close to the Mercedes cars
11:01
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Raikkonen goes 5th with a 1:52.818
11:05
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Perez goes 6th with a 1:52.903
11:09
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Raikkonen has some problem, he is told to head back to the pits slowly
11:11
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Everyone is in the pits with 19 minutes remaining
11:13
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Hulkenberg and Perez on the track
11:15
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15 minutes remain and more drivers head back out
11:18
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Raikkonen goes back out
11:19
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18 car on the track with 10 minutes remaining
11:20
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Now only Vettel and Kvyat in the pits
11:24
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Looks like Vettel has a problem as his mechanics are working on his car
11:28
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Not many improvements towards the end of the session as team test out aero parts
11:31
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FP1 - Top 10










Vettel, Kvyat, Grosjean, Sutil, MAssa, Vergne, van der Garde, Madlonado, Bianchi, Rossi, Lotterer and Ericsson make the rest of the field
11:41
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Join us for the second Friday practice session at 14;00 local time (that is 12:00 GMT)
11:42
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