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2014 Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix

1st Friday Practice  2nd Friday Practice  Saturday Practice  Qualifying  Race

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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










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
1:40.737









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
1:39.909
1:39.944
1:39.970
1:40.051
1:40.103
1:40.112
1:40.276
1:40.628
1:40.638
1:40.691
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
1:39.909
1:39.944
1:39.970
1:40.051
1:40.103
1:40.112
1:40.276
1:40.628
1:40.638
1:40.691
Vergne, Magnussen, Sutil, Kvyat, Gutierrez, Perez, Grosejan, Chilton, Bianchi
15:43
NewsOnF1: 
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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