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2014 Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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1st Friday Practice

Malaysian Grand Prix - 2014 - 1st Friday Practice

(28/03/2014)

09:54

NewsOnF1:

Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix

09:54

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The 1st Friday practice about to get underway

09:57

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This is one of the toughest races on the cars and drivers. Being only the second race of the season, it will be very interesting in terms of reliability

09:58

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

09:58

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

09:59

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Air temperature is at 29 degrees while track temperature is at 37 degrees.

10:01

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Session underway and drivers head out on their installation laps

10:01

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12 drivers on the track

10:03

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It will be really interesting to see the progress of Lotus. They struggled the most in Australia two weeks ago

10:04

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Magnussen in the McLaren is staying out for a second lap

10:05

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The 2 Lotus cars are on their installation laps. That is encouraging

10:05

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Only Vettel yet to go out

10:05

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Button also stays out for a second lap

10:07

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Rosberg locks up entering the pit lane and reports a problem with the back

10:07

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Vettel on the track now

10:09

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Encouraging to see that all the cars have made it out within the first 7 minutes

10:12

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Gutierrez heads back out on the hard compound

10:13

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Bottas on the track as well

10:14

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More drivers heading out

10:14

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Gutierrez starts his flyer

10:16

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Ericsson in the Caterham complaining of the engine cutting out

10:16

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A 1:45.851 for Gutierrez

10:16

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Bottas sets a 1:44.359

10:17

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Massa goes second with a 1:45.114

10:18

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10 cars on the track

10:18

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Bottas set to improve

10:18

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A 1:43.193

10:18

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For Bottas

10:19

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Alonso on the track and so is Ricciardo

10:20

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Alonso quick

10:20

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A 1:42.930 for Alonso

10:21

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Ricciardo pits without setting a time

10:21

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Hamilton on the track

10:22

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Button goes 3rd with a 1:44.078

10:23

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Button improves with a 1:42.531 - quickest

10:23

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Alonso quick again

10:24

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Alonso goes quickest again with a 1:41.923

10:24

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Magnussen quick as Hamilton has a big lockup

10:25

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Grosjean stops on the track

10:25

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Magnussen goes second with a 1:42.053

10:26

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Grosjean is out of the car, very frustrated

10:26

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Rosberg on the track. He is quick

10:27

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Hamilton goes 4th

10:27

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Ricciardo goes back out

10:28

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Rosberg 3rd with quickest 1st and 3rd sectors

10:28

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Order in FP1
Alonso
Magnussen
Rosberg
Button
Hamilton
Vergne
Hulkenberg
Sutil
Bottas
Raikkonen
Quickest time from FP1 in 2013: 1:36.935 (Vettel)

10:29

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Vettel also on the track

10:33

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Sutil goes off but recovers

10:33

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First run completed

10:35

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Vettel, Ricciardo, Grosejan, Maldonado, Perez and Kvyat haven't set times yet.

10:36

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Kvyat is on the track now

10:37

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Look at the sector times, Rosberg is 0.4 seconds quicker than Alonso in S1 but Alonso is 0.9 quicker in S2

10:40

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The new rule this season which provides the teams with an extra set of tyres for the first 30 minutes seems to be working as we saw some good track time this session

10:40

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Kvyat goes 7th with a 1:43.082

10:41

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Caterham reporting a problem for Kobayashi with his energy store, no more running for him this session

10:42

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Most laps so far by Bottas with 10 laps. Least by Maldonado with 1

10:43

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Gutierrez and Vergne head back out

10:45

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Magnussen back on the track

10:47

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Gutierrez sliding goes 8th with a 1:42.904

10:47

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Vergne goes 4th with a 1:42.263

10:48

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Now Vergne goes quickest with a 1:41.402

10:49

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Magnussen goes second with a 1:41.693

10:50

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Magnussen going quicker

10:51

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Both Vettel and Ricciardo are on the track

10:51

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Indeed Magnussen quickest with a 1:41.274

10:52

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Ricciardo goes 6th with a 1:42.595

10:53

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Ericsson spins but recovers

10:54

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Raikkonen nearly loses it! He isn't too happy with the car

10:54

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Vettel 16th but had to slow down due to Ericsson's spin

10:55

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Alonso quick as Magnussen stops on the pit lane entry

10:56

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Alonso was quickest again in S2 but had to slow down due to the flags

10:57

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Magnussen now being pushed into the pits

10:58

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Raikkonen 3rd with a 1:41.512

10:58

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The McLaren crew collect Magnussen from the marshals as he enters the pit area

10:59

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Raikkonen goes quickest as Alonso spins

10:59

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A 1:40.843 for Raikkonen

11:00

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And Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:40.723

11:00

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And going quicker

11:01

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Hamilton improves with a 1:40.691 after locking up in S3

11:02

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Order in FP1
Hamilton
Raikkonen
Rosberg
Button
Magnussen
Vergne
Vettel
Massa
Hulkenberg
Alonso
Grosjean and Magnussen stop on the track
Quickest time from FP1 in 2013: 1:36.935 (Vettel)

11:04

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Maldonado and Perez yet to go back out

11:04

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Just over 25 minutes remain

11:05

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Temperature has gone up to 31 degrees while track temperature is now at 44 degrees

11:06

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Massa spins in the same spot where Alonso spun, he recovers

11:07

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Everyone so far has gone out on the hard compound

11:08

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Just 4 cars on the track at this stage

11:09

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Maldonado is on the track. Lets hope he can complete his run

11:11

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Smoke coming out of Maldonado's car

11:11

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Not a good sign

11:12

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Lotus on the radio, stop the car, switch off

11:12

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He is coasting down the pit lane entry

11:13

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A very testing time for Lotus

11:14

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It looked like an engine failure for Maldonado

11:16

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Maldonado remains in the car. Lets hope the problem isn't an engine failure

11:17

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Drivers heading back out with just over 12 minutes remaining

11:17

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Maldonado gets out of the car.

11:19

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Ricciardo on the track but looks like he is on a long run

11:19

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Alonso doing out-in laps

11:20

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Grosjean back out. That is good news

11:22

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Hamilton also on a long run

11:23

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Grosjean completes 2 laps

11:26

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With 4 minutes to go, looks like Perez and the 2 Lotus cars will not set times this session.

11:27

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Raikkonen on the track and has improved in S1

11:28

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Ferrari look competitive here. Lets hope they can keep up with Mercedes although that may be unlikely!

11:29

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Raikkonen improves again in S1 but locks up in S2

11:30

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Hamilton goes off through the gravel but recovers

11:30

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Session over

11:48

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Order in FP1
Hamilton1:40.691
Raikkonen1:40:843
Rosberg1:41:028
Button1:41:111
Magnussen1:41:274
Vergne1:41:402
Vettel1:41:523
Hulkenberg1:41:642
Massa1:41:686
Bottas1:41:830
Grosjean, Maldonado and Magnussen stop on the track
Quickest time from FP1 in 2013: 1:36.935 (Vettel)

11:49

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Second practice at 14:00 local time (that is 6:00 GMT), join us then

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