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2014 Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix

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1st Friday Practice

Japanese Grand Prix - 2014 - 1st Friday Practice

(03/10/2014)

10:02

NewsOnF1:

Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. Weather is overcast but warm with air temperature at 26 degrees while track temperature is at 30 degrees

10:02

NewsOnF1:

Session is underway and the drivers are on their installation laps

10:06

NewsOnF1:

The two tyre compounds for this event are the hard and mediums

10:06

NewsOnF1:

A number of drivers have completed two installation laps

10:07

NewsOnF1:

Max Verstappen makes his official test debut today for Toro Rosso

10:07

NewsOnF1:

Another test driver this session is Roberto Merhi with Caterham

10:12

NewsOnF1:

The only driver not to go out yet is Max Chilton

10:14

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo heads out

10:16

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo pits without setting a time

10:16

NewsOnF1:

Bottas, Merhi and Verstappen are on the track

10:19

NewsOnF1:

Bottas sets a 1:37.436

10:20

NewsOnF1:

Merhi spins and is facing the wrong way and Bottas brakes hard to avoid hitting him

10:21

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton goes quickest with a 1;36.745

10:21

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg also on a quick lap

10:21

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg sets a 1:36.437

10:22

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton improves with a 1:36.550

10:23

NewsOnF1:

Early signs is that Mercedes are dominant here

10:24

NewsOnF1:

Bottas improves with a 1:37.029

10:24

NewsOnF1:

Alonso goes 4th with a 1:37.070

10:25

NewsOnF1:

Another improvement by Rosberg with a 1:36.244

10:29

NewsOnF1:

Max Chilton did an installation lap

10:31

NewsOnF1:

Magnussen and Chilton have not set times and lose out on practicing on the set of tyres that has to be returned fter the first 30 minutes of practice

10:31

NewsOnF1:

FP1 - Top 10
Rosberg
Hamilton
Bottas
Alonso
Kvyat
Button
Raikkonen
Massa
Ricciardo
Hulkenberg

10:35

NewsOnF1:

A period of quiet now as the teams prepare for their next runs

10:41

NewsOnF1:

Still no track activity

10:42

NewsOnF1:

Vettel heads out, he is currently in 11th

10:43

NewsOnF1:

Merhi heads back out

10:46

NewsOnF1:

Vettel goes 8th with a 1:38.020

10:46

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen and Ricciardo on the track

10:49

NewsOnF1:

Vettel improves to 5th with a 1:37.686

10:49

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg and Hamilton head out

10:50

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen takes 5th with a 1:37.187

10:50

NewsOnF1:

Magnussen heads out, he has yet to set a time

10:51

NewsOnF1:

Alonso on the track as well

10:52

NewsOnF1:

Magnussen goes 7th with a 1:37.802 as Rosberg is set to go quicker

10:52

NewsOnF1:

A 1:35.461 for Rosberg

10:52

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton improves but remains in second with a 1:35.612

10:54

NewsOnF1:

Alonso goes 3rd with a 1:36.037

10:55

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo goes 6th with a 1:37.466

10:57

NewsOnF1:

Bottas improves slightly with a 1:36.576, he remains 4th

10:57

NewsOnF1:

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

10:59

NewsOnF1:

Chilton is on the track after a long delay

11:01

NewsOnF1:

Teams now going for the long runs

11:05

NewsOnF1:

A lot of work going on Vettel's car at this stage

11:09

NewsOnF1:

Not much activity at this stage. Just 5 cars on the track. Teams must be concerned with engine allocations as the season nears its end

11:10

NewsOnF1:

Under twenty minutes remain

11:12

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg and Hamilton head back out

11:14

NewsOnF1:

More drivers head out on a heavy load

11:16

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg last lap was a 1:40.657 while Hamilton's was a 1:42.167. So far it is Rosberg who has the upper hand

11:17

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton sets a 1:40.304

11:18

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo lapping in the low 1:41s while Vettel in the mid 1:41s

11:19

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton sets a 1:40.274 while Rosberg sets a 1:40.662

11:20

NewsOnF1:

Of course this is only a time, we don't know the amount of fuel on board

11:22

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen sets a 1:38.568 on used hards, he obviously is on a lighter fuel load

11:22

NewsOnF1:

Alonso sets a 1:40.439 while Rosberg sets a 1:40.628

11:23

NewsOnF1:

Verstappen has a blow engine it appears. He stops on the side of the track

11:26

NewsOnF1:

Verstappen's best time was a 1:38.157 compared to Kvyat who set a best time of 1:37.714

11:28

NewsOnF1:

The hard compound is holding well. In the afternoon session we will see how the medium, compound behaves here

11:30

NewsOnF1:

Session over

11:33

NewsOnF1:

FP1 - Top 10
Rosberg
Hamilton
Alonso
Bottas
Raikkonen
Magnussen
Ricciardo
Button
Vettel
Kvyat
Massa, Verstappen, Perez, Hulkenberg, Grosjean, SUtil, Maldonado, Gutierrez, Ericsson, Merhi, Bianchi and Chilton make the rest of the field
Verstappen stopped on his debut due to an engine failure

11:34

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg and Ricciardo completed the most laps with 27 while Hulkenberg did the least laps with 9 then Perez and Bianchi with 10 laps each

11:35

NewsOnF1:

The second Friday practice is at 14:00 local time (that is 5:00 GMT), joins us then

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