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2014 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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2nd Friday Practice

Belgian Grand Prix - 2014 - 2nd Friday Practice

(22/08/2014)

14:01

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix

14:04

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The second Friday Practice session gets underway under dry but overcast conditions with air temperature at 17 degrees while track temperature at 32 degrees

14:04

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Max Chilton who was going to be replaced by Alexander Rossi this weekend is the first to take to the track

14:05

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It appears that contractual issues forced Marussia to keep Chilton this weekend

14:05

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More drivers head out

14:06

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Chilton completes an installation lap

14:08

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Magnussen is the first to set a time this afternoon with a 1:52.677

14:08

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Maldonado crashes!

14:09

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The session has been stopped

14:09

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Maldonado is ok

14:10

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Replay shows he went over the grass and lost control.

14:11

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Maldonado's car is being cleared

14:13

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Red Bull are reporting that Vettel will not take part in this session due to a power unit change

14:13

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Session restarting in 1 minute

14:15

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Session resumes

14:16

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10 drivers on the track

14:17

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The 2 tyre types for this event are the medium and the soft

14:18

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18 drivers on the track now

14:19

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Button goes quickest with a 1:52.285

14:19

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Kvyat goes second with a 1:52.647

14:20

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Now Rosberg tops the timesheets with a 1:52.065

14:20

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Hamilton betters that with a 1:51.989

14:21

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Alonso on a quick lap

14:21

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Alonso goes quickest with a 1:51.693

14:23

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Rosberg on a quick lap

14:24

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Rosberg doesn't improve after losing time in S2

14:25

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Now Hamilton on a quick lap

14:26

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Seems Raikkonen continues to have problems. He completed 2 timed laps which were very slow

14:26

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Hamilton quickest with a 1:51.276

14:27

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Ricciardo goes off but recovers

14:29

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Gutierrez has a spin and is stopped on the side of the track

14:29

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Gutierrez tells the team he has lost the gearbox

14:31

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Session stopped again due to Gutierrez;s car needing to be cleared

14:32

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FP2 - Top 10
Hamilton
Alonso
Rosberg
Massa
Button
Kvyat
Magnussen
Hulkenberg
Bottas
Sutil

14:35

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Session restarting in 1 minute

14:38

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Session resumes

14:39

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Drivers are now going out on the soft compound

14:39

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It will be interesting to see how big the difference is between the two tyres

14:40

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Magnussen quickest with a 1:51.074

14:41

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Button betters that with a 1:50.659

14:41

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Sutil goes 4th on the softs with a 1:51.450

14:43

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Raikkonen continues to have problems. Now the team tells him there is a misfire and he has to pit again

14:43

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Kvyat on a quick lap

14:43

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Kvyat goes second with a 1:50.725

14:46

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Bottas goes second with a 1:50.677

14:46

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Rosberg tops the timesheets with a 1:49.793

14:47

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Hamilton very quick

14:48

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A 1:49.189 for Hamilton

14:49

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Alonso goes 3rd with a 1:49.930

14:49

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Again on the softs, Alonso is the only driver close to the Mercedes cars

14:54

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Ricciardo on the track, he has only completed 2 flyers on the medium. Now he is on the soft

14:56

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Raikkonen has yet to set a time on the softs, he is in the pits with a misfiring problem. Gutierrez and Maldonado are out while Vettel's car is being repaired and how won't take to the track this session

15:00

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FP2 - Top 10
Hamilton
Rosberg
Alonso
Massa
Button
Bottas
Kvyat
Ricciardo
Magnussen
Hulkenberg

15:02

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Drivers will now go on long run in preparation for the race

15:07

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Both Hamilton and Rosberg are running the soft compound and are lapping in the mid 1:54s at this stage

15:12

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Seems the lap times aren't consistent, this could be due to the very long lap and traffic

15:16

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Raikkonen back on the track but complaining of poor grip in the rear

15:17

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Both Hamilton and Rosberg still lapping around the mid 1:54s with some fluctuation

15:22

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Now the Mercedes cars are lapping in the mid 1:55s

15:24

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Raikkonen is down in 15th even with the softs!

15:30

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Session over

15:31

NewsOnF1:

FP2 - Top 10
Hamilton
Rosberg
Alonso
Massa
Button
Bottas
Kvyat
Ricciardo
Magnussen
Hulkenberg
Vergne, Sutil, Perez, Grosjean, Raikkonen, Bianchi, Gutierrez, Chilton, Ericsson, Lotterer make the rest of the field
Maldonado crashed without setting a time while Vettel didn't set a time as his car required a power unit replacement

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