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2014 Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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2nd Friday Practice

Russian Grand Prix - 2014 - 2nd Friday Practice

(10/10/2014)

13:58

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Russian Grand Prix

13:59

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Second Friday practice about to get underway

14:00

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It is sunny at Sochi with air temperature at 21 degrees while track temperature at 30 degrees

14:00

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Session undeway

14:02

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Chilton is the first to head out followed by Gutierrez

14:03

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The two tyre compounds at this event are the mediums and softs

14:04

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More drivers head out

14:05

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During the morning session, Mercedes were quickest although McLaren were close and so was Alonso

14:06

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Bottas sets a 1:44.352

14:07

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Bottas improves his time with a 1:44.019

14:07

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Magnussen betters that with a 1:43.961

14:08

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Marussia are only racing with 1 car this weekend out of respect for Bianchi who remains in critical condition in Japan following his crash at Suzuka

14:09

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Button goes quickest with a 1:43.155

14:10

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Bottas on a quick lap

14:11

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Bottas goes quickest with a 1:42.669

14:11

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Button about to respond

14:12

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Indeed a 1:41.928 for Button

14:12

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18 cars on the track now

14:13

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Mass is the only driver not to go out yet

14:14

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Hamilton goes second with a 1:42.333

14:14

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Rosberg and Alonso on quick laps

14:15

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Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:41.882

14:16

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Alonso into 6th with a 1:42.801

14:16

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Hamilton quickest in S1

14:17

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And Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:41.750

14:19

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FP2 - Top 10
Hamilton
Rosberg
Button
Bottas
Magnussen
Alonso
Perez
Massa
Vettel
Kvyat

14:20

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Both Hamilton and Rosberg are on quick laps

14:20

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Rosberg quickest with a 1:41.508

14:21

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Alonso goes 4th with a 1:42.527

14:22

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Massa has gone out onto the track

14:23

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Grosjean and Raikkonen are at the bottom of the timesheets, it seems both have problems

14:27

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Most drivers have completed their first run. We'll see the softs for the first time shortly

14:27

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Button quick

14:28

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Button improves but remains in 3rd with a 1:41.758

14:31

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Grosjean still in 20th, he is struggling with his car

14:32

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FP2 - Top 10
Rosberg
Hamilton
Button
Vergne
Alonso
Massa
Kvyat
Bottas
Magnussen
Perez

14:34

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Kvyat calls the car lazy and not responsive!

14:35

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Sutil and Gutierrez on the softs now

14:37

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The softs on Gutierrez move him to 12, under a second quicker than on the mediums

14:38

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Hulkenberg quick on the softs

14:38

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Hulkenberg improves more than 1.5 seconds on the softs and goes 4th with a 1:41.969

14:39

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Raikkonen goes out on the softs

14:42

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Hulkenberg goes second with a 1:41.677

14:42

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Raikkonen 5th on the softs with a 1:41.969

14:43

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More drivers switching to the softs

14:44

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Button quickest in S1 on the softs

14:44

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Rosberg quicker still

14:45

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Button quickest with a 1:41.196m around half a second quicker than his best time on the mediums

14:46

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Rosberg sets a 1:41.027, not much quicker but he had a poor 3rd sector

14:46

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Magnussen goes second with a 1:41.065

14:47

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Alonso still on the mediums and has just improved his time with a 1:41.985

14:48

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It does seem that the soft compounds are also durable here with drivers able to improve on subsequent fast laps

14:48

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Button and Magnussen quick

14:49

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Rosberg quickest with a 1:40.596

14:49

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Button second with a 1:40.718

14:49

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Now Magnussen quickest with a 1:40.494

14:50

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And now Hamilton gets a very fast lap in with a 1:39.817

14:51

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Alonso and Vettel yet to set times on the softs

14:52

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Rosberg responding!

14:52

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Again makes a mistake in the 3rd sector and is only 3rd

14:53

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FP2 - Top 10
Hamilton
Magnussen
Rosberg
Button
Massa
Bottas
Raikkonen
Hulkenberg
Kvyat
Alonso

14:54

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Hamilton having a better rhythm now, improving in first with a 1:39.630

14:57

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Red Bull continue to struggle on this track. Ricciardo on the softs has only managed 12th while Vettel is down in 17th

14:58

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Vettel now on the soft as is Alonso

15:00

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Vettel makes a mistake and aborts his flyer

15:01

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Alonso improves just half a second and moves into 8th with a 1;41.404

15:02

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Vettel complaining something is wrong and that he is losing power, team tells him nothing seems wrong and it might just be headwind

15:03

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A very poor lap by Vettel. He is trying again

15:04

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Time for some long runs now

15:06

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Alonso on a better lap on the softs

15:07

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Alonso takes 7th with a 1:40.889

15:09

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A few drivers on long runs on the soft compound now

15:10

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18 cars on the track

15:11

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FP2 - Top 10
Hamilton
Magnussen
Rosberg
Bottas
Button
Massa
Alonso
Kvyat
Vettek
Vergne

15:12

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Alonso still working on his softs on low fuel, he goes 3rd with a 1:40.504. It does appear that the softs reach their optimum after 3 flyers here!

15:13

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Hamilton lapping in the mid 1:44's and so is Rosberg

15:17

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Button and Magnussen also in the mid 1:44s now

15:19

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The softs also appear to be durable with lap times consistent

15:21

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Hamilton and Bottas lapping in the high 1:43s

15:21

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Ricciardo slow

15:22

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He grinds to a halt at a dangerous part of the track.

15:22

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Session stopped

15:24

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A lot of smoke coming out of the airbox on Ricciardo's car

15:27

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Ricciardo's car has now been cleared and the session resumes

15:27

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Just 3 minutes remaining

15:30

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Session over

15:32

NewsOnF1:

FP2 - Top 10
Hamilton
Magnussen
Alonso
Rosberg
Bottas
Button
Massa
Kvyat
Vettel
Vergne
Raikkonen, Hulkenberg, Ricciardo, Perez, Sutil, Grosjean, Maldonado, Gutierrez, Ericsson, Chilton and Kobayashi make the rest of the field
Ricciardo stopped on the track late in the session

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