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2014 British Formula 1 Grand Prix

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1st Friday Practice

British Grand Prix - 2014 - 1st Friday Practice

(04/07/2014)

10:00

NewsOnF1:

Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 British Grand Prix

10:01

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1st Friday practice is underway under sunny and dry conditions with air temperature at 17 degrees while track temperature is at 27 degrees

10:02

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Drivers are out on their installation laps

10:06

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Sussie Wolff is on her installation lap. She is test driver for Williams

10:08

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Only Hamilton and Massa yet to go out

10:11

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Magnussen completed 3 installation laps, Grosjean, Maldonado, Raikkonen and Alonso completed 2.

10:14

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There are strong winds today and that impacts the stability of the cars

10:15

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Ericsson, Maldonado and Wolff now back on the track

10:16

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Maldonado stalls at the pit lane exit. He is pulled back to his pits by his pit crew

10:16

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More drivers head out. They have one set of tyres that they must return by 10:30

10:17

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Wolff starts a timed lap

10:18

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Wolff sets a 1:44.212

10:19

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Button and Magnussen on quick laps

10:20

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A 1:38.412 for Button

10:21

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Wolff slows to a halt!

10:22

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She was on her second flyer!

10:23

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Yellow flags still out and drivers are having to lift in the 3rd sector

10:24

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Hamilton goes second with a 1:38.697

10:25

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Vergne goes quickest with a 1:38.020

10:26

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Raikkonen quickest with a 1:37.485

10:27

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Alonso betters that with a 1:36.889

10:27

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And Rosberg betters that with a 1:36.058

10:27

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Session stopped!

10:28

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Massa has crashed, he is Ok

10:29

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He went wide over the kerbs and spun into the barriers

10:30

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Session stopped - Both Williams cars are out

10:31

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This may actually help Wolff as her car is now being recovered

10:33

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FP1 - Top 10
Rosberg
Alonso
Raikkonen
Ricciardo
Magnussen
Vergne
Kvyat
Button
Hamilton
Gutierrez

10:35

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Massa's car has been cleared, session should be restarting shortly

10:38

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Massa's car is badly damaged, it will be a challenge for the team to get it ready for FP2

10:39

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Session still stopped

10:40

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Wolff's car arrives back in the pits

10:41

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Session restarting in 2 minutes

10:43

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Session restarts

10:43

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Kvyat is the first out

10:44

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Grosjean follows

10:45

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More drivers follow

10:47

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Kvyat takes 6th from his teammate

10:47

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And Raikkonen takes second from his teammate!

10:48

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Juncadella (test driver for Force India) goes 14th with a 1:39.483

10:49

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Vettel goes 9th with a 1:38.497

10:49

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A lot of work being carried out on Wolff's car

10:51

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Juncadella moves to 11th

10:52

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Button goes 4th with a 1:36.963

10:53

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Vettel moves into 6th with a 1:37.195

10:55

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FP1 - Top 10
Rosberg
Raikkonen
Alonso
Button
Kvyat
Vettel
Vergne
Ricciardo
Magnussen
Grosjean

10:56

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Looks like Wolff will not be able to go back out

10:57

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Alonso and Hamilton on quick laps

10:57

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Alonso goes second with a 1:36.354

10:57

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Hamilton betters that with a 1:36.155

10:58

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Rosberg improves in 1st with a 1:35.424

10:59

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RIcciardo goes 4th with a 1:36.623

11:00

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Both Alonso and Hamilton had to abort their laps due to yellow flags from a spun then stuck Ericsson!

11:02

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Ericsson gets out of the car

11:05

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Ericsson's car has yet to be cleared!

11:05

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FInally the car is cleared

11:11

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Most drivers are on long runs now

11:13

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Maldonado has yet to go back out to set a time

11:15

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FP1 - Top 10
Rosberg
Hamilton
Alonso
Ricciardo
Raikkonen
Vettel
Button
Kvyat
Magnussen
Vergne

11:17

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Ricciardo seems to have an issue, going slow. He is told to pit

11:19

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Frijns (Caterham test driver) is on the track trying to set a time

11:23

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Frijns sets a 1:43.343 and goes 20th

11:24

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The 2 Mercedes cars are currently lapping in the mid 1:39s

11:26

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Looks like Maldonado will not be able to set a time this session

11:29

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Final laps

11:30

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The Mercedes and Ricciardo are lapping in the mid 1:39's on long runs

11:30

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Vettel goes wide on his final lap but recovers

11:31

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Grosjean goes off then goes on the radio and tells the team that the rear end is doing whatever it wants!

11:32

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Alonso improves slightly with a 1;36.263, he is the closest to the Mercedes cars

11:33

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FP1 - Top 10
Rosberg
Hamilton
Alonso
Ricciardo
Raikkonen
Vettel
Button
Kvyat
Vergne
Magnussen
Perez, Gutierrez, Juncadella, van der Garde, Bianchi, Massa, Chilton, Ericsson, Frijns, Wolff and Maldondo make the rest of the field

11:34

NewsOnF1:

Second Friday practice starts at 14:00 local time, that is 13:00 GMT

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