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2014 Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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2nd Friday Practice

Malaysian Grand Prix - 2014 - 2nd Friday Practice

(28/03/2014)

14:00

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix

14:01

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Second Friday practice gets underway

14:01

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Romain Grosjean goes out straight away

14:03

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Air temperature is at 33 degrees while track temperature at 49 degrees

14:03

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Grosjean starts a flying lap

14:03

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More cars head out

14:04

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Perez who like Grosjean didn't set a time in FP1 is also on a flyer

14:04

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A 1:44.005 for Grosjean

14:05

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Chilton seems to have gone off

14:05

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Indeed, he has half spun and is stuck, he cannot reverse out

14:06

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Perez set a 1:44.239

14:07

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Chilton gets out of his car

14:08

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Hulkenberg now quickest from Button

14:10

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The two tyre compounds for this weekend are the hard and mediums. So far everyone has gone out on the hards

14:10

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Vergne on a quick lap but spins at the end of that lap. No grip!

14:11

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Bottas on a quick lap

14:12

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Button goes quickest with a 1:41.635

14:12

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But Bottas goes quicker with a 1:41.072

14:13

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Now Massa goes second with a 1:41.075/ So close

14:13

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Raikkonen quick!

14:14

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He goes 3rd with 1 :41.142

14:14

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Hamilton, Vettel and Ricciardo head out

14:15

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Alonso goes 5th

14:15

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Rosberg takes 4th

14:16

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Rosberg doesn't improve

14:17

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Alonso quick

14:17

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And Hamilton quick

14:17

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Alonso goes quickest

14:17

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Alonso goes quickest

14:18

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Hamilton second

14:18

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Grosjean limping back to the pits stuck in gear it seems

14:19

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Big lockup for Hulkenberg and he goes off, he recovers onto the pitlane!

14:20

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Ricciardo quickest in S2

14:21

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Order in FP2
Alonso
Hamilton
Bottas
Massa
Ricciardo
Raikkonen
Rosberg
Vettel
Button
Gutierrez
Chilton went off
Quickest time in FP3 in 2013: 1:36.569 (Raikkonen)

14:23

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Most have completed their first runs although Hamilton and Vettel still on the track

14:24

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Vettel goes 3rd with a 1:41.041

14:27

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Kobayashi and Maldonado have yet to go out this session

14:29

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Vergne jumps into 9th

14:29

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Order in FP2
Alonso1:40.737
Hamilton
Vettel
Bottas
Massa
Ricciardo
Raikkonen
Rosberg
Vergne
Button
Chilton went off
Quickest time in FP3 in 2013: 1:36.569 (Raikkonen)

14:30

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Magnussen back on track. No time yet from him. He stopped on the track in FP1

14:30

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Magnussen is on the medium compound and so is Perez

14:33

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Second run gets underway

14:33

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Magnussen telling team 'Car not handling well'

14:34

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Massa on the mediums is going quick

14:34

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More heading out on the mediums

14:34

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Rosberg quickest in S2 on the mediums

14:35

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A 1:40.112 for Massa - Quickest

14:35

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Rosberg betters that with a 1:39.909

14:36

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Hamilton goes second

14:36

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Bottas has a poor 3rd sector, doesn't improve

14:37

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Alonso on the track on mediums

14:38

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Replay shows Bottas nearly losing it on his flyer

14:38

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Magnussen in 6th with a 1:41,014

14:39

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Raikkonen goes second with a 1:39.944

14:39

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Alonso quickest in S2

14:40

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Only 4th for Alonso due to a slowish 1st sector

14:41

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Vettel and Ricciardo on the track on mediums

14:42

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Vettel quickest in S2

14:42

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Vettel improves to 6th with a 1:40.161

14:44

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Looks like the medium tyre is only good for one flying lap

14:45

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Vettel pushing though

14:45

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Button goes 7th

14:46

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Vettel takes 3rd with a 1:39.970

14:47

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Second run over for most. Time for the long runs now

14:49

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Rosberg and Hamilton back out on the mediums. This will give us a better idea of race pace and tyre wear

14:50

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Rosberg pits

14:51

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Just goes through to practice a start

14:51

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Hamilton does the same thing

14:52

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A photographer tells Bernie Ecclestone to get the noise back. He said Melbourne was the worst F1 race for him

14:53

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Kobayashi and Maldonado yet to go out

14:54

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A 1:44.121 for Rosberg on a heavy load

14:55

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Alonso and Raikkonen also on the track

14:55

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A 1:43.756 for Hamilton

14:56

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Rosberg still in the low 1:44s

14:57

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Hamilton goes wide and hence a slower lap

14:59

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Hamilton back in the mid 1:43s

14:59

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Massa lapping in the low 1:44s

15:02

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18 cars on the track, now there is a lot of traffic causing the laptimes to fluctuate

15:03

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Ricciardo is on the hard compound and he is lapping in the 1:46s

15:03

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Massa has dropped from the 44s to 45s to 46s in 3 laps on the mediums

15:04

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Grosjean has gone back out

15:05

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Vettel lapping in the mid 1:44s

15:08

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Alonso lapping in the mid 1:44s

15:10

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Ferrari seem to be happy with Alonso's time

15:11

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20 cars on the track

15:12

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Grosjean slow again, tells team "lost gearbox"

15:12

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And he crawls to a halt

15:15

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Alonso, Raikkonen and Vettel all drop into the 1:47s

15:15

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Hamilton switches to the hard and so does Rosberg

15:19

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Alonso switches to the hards as well

15:20

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Chilton is back on the track after his car has been retrieved

15:20

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Under 10 minutes remain

15:21

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Order in FP2
Rosberg1:39.909
Raikkonen1:39.944
Vettel1:39.970
Hamilton1:40.051
Alonso1:40.103
Massa1:40.112
Ricciardo1:40.276
Button1:40.628
Bottas1:40.638
Hulkenberg1:40.691
Chilton went off, Grosjean stopped again
Quickest time in FP3 in 2013: 1:36.569 (Raikkonen)

15:23

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Raikkonen still on the mediums, tells team that his rears are starting to go off. He pits

15:25

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Vettel still on the mediums and lapping in the 1:46's

15:26

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Vettel pits

15:27

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Hamilton consistently in the 1:44s on the hard compound

15:28

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Team tells Ricciardo to try and downshift early. They are probably monitoring fuel consumption and fuel flow

15:29

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Big lockups entering the pits from Rosberg then Magnussen!

15:29

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Session over

15:30

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Ricciardo has gone off

15:30

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He recovers

15:31

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Ricciardo went wide and went through the gravel at high speed

15:34

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Order in FP2
Rosberg1:39.909
Raikkonen1:39.944
Vettel1:39.970
Hamilton1:40.051
Alonso1:40.103
Massa1:40.112
Ricciardo1:40.276
Button1:40.628
Bottas1:40.638
Hulkenberg1:40.691
Vergne, Magnussen, Sutil, Kvyat, Gutierrez, Perez, Grosejan, Chilton, Bianchi

15:43

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Kobayashi and Maldonado didn't go out. Both with power unit problems from the first session

15:44

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Most laps by Bottas with 35. Least laps by Grosjean with 14 laps then Magnussen and Chilton with 20 laps each

15:47

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Saturday practice starts at 13:00 local time (5:00 GMT). Join us then

15:47

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